Edwin K. McDonald

  • Chicago, IL
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1831346774PAC ID9436464682
Medicare services, 2024
431
Medicare patients, 2024
286
Part D claims, 2024
714
Publications
10
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Practice phone
Call (773) 702-1530
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Primary practice

The University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

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Edwin K. McDonald is a gastroenterologist in Chicago, Illinois

Edwin McDonald practices at The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Edwin McDonald's NPI, 1831346774, was assigned on August 22, 2008. Edwin McDonald graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2008. Edwin McDonald holds Illinois license 036127904.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9436464682
NPI enumeration date
August 22, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(773) 702-1530
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
44
Medical school graduation
2008

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Edwin K. McDonald practices at The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois

Edwin McDonald's primary practice is The University of Chicago Medical Center, at 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 in Cook County. The practice phone is (773) 702-1530.

  • The University of Chicago Medical Center
    5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 · Cook CountyPhone(773) 702-1530

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Edwin K. McDonald is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Edwin McDonald's primary practice is The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Edwin McDonald is also affiliated with University of Chicago Medical Center. The medical group on file is UChicago Medicine Physicians. Dmand AI also links Edwin McDonald to 2 more hospitals and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Edwin K. McDonald's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Edwin McDonald practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The University of Chicago Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Edwin K. McDonald is one of 771 gastroenterologists in Illinois

Gastroenterology is Edwin McDonald's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Edwin McDonald is licensed in Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, IllinoisPrimaryLicense 036127904 · taxonomy 207RG0100X

Gastroenterologists near Edwin McDonald

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Edwin K. McDonald billed Medicare for 431 services in 2024

CMS data shows 431 Medicare services from Edwin McDonald across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 286 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $48,519 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024431
Medicare patients286
Paid by Medicare$48,519
Procedure codes14

Edwin McDonald's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1582024: 18316%
Surgery
2023: 1612024: 1727%
Other services
2023: 02024: 60
Tests and treatments
2023: 202024: 1620%

Edwin McDonald compared with the Illinois median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Edwin McDonald
  • Illinois median
Medicare services
431vs 49813% below
Medicare patients
286vs 3077% below
Part D claims
539vs 37046% above

Medians across 757 gastroenterologists in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Edwin McDonald's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Edwin K. McDonald treated 286 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 286 Medicare patients who saw Edwin McDonald in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 130 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 70% have high cholesterol. 45% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Edwin McDonald's median patient age at 66, with 66% women.

Medicare patients, 2024286
Average age69
Average risk score2.35
Also on Medicaid45%

Edwin McDonald's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Edwin McDonald's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women18565%
  • Men10135%

Chronic conditions among Edwin McDonald's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol70%
  3. Arthritis54%
  4. Diabetes42%
  5. Chronic kidney disease39%
  6. Heart failure37%
  7. Ischemic heart disease36%
  8. Mood disorders35%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Edwin McDonald's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women66%
  • Men33%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Edwin K. McDonald wrote 714 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Edwin McDonald wrote 714 Medicare Part D claims for 145 patients. 58% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 539 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,274,748 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 607 claims across 19 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024714
Drugs named by CMS18
Total drug cost$2.3M
Part D patients145

Edwin McDonald's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic416 claims58%
  • Brand-name and other298 claims42%

Edwin McDonald's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Edwin McDonald's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics3%24 of 714 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 6072024: 53911%

Drugs named by CMS: 18 in 2024, 19 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Edwin K. McDonald ranks in the 66th percentile for upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux in Medicare

Edwin McDonald accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Edwin McDonald as offering telehealth. CMS counts 57 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Edwin McDonald, more than 66% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Edwin McDonald ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
66th percentile57 procedures
Colonoscopy
57th percentile37 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Edwin K. McDonald has 10 publications on record

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Edwin McDonald, published from 2017 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 3. Edwin McDonald has published most often in Gastroenterology. Edwin McDonald's most frequent co-authors are Dejan Micic, David Hakimian, MD and Fares Walid Ayoub, MD.

Papers10
Years published2017 to 2025

Edwin McDonald's papers by year, 2017 to 2025

Edwin McDonald's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Edwin McDonald

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Edwin K. McDonald received $44,560 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 60 general payments to Edwin McDonald from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education speaker fees make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Bausch Health Americas, Inc. paid the most, $24,097. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $7,600 in 2020.

General payments to Edwin McDonald by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Edwin McDonald by kind, 2016 to 2025

$44.6Kin total
  • Education speaker fees$22,80051%
  • Consulting fees$13,48930%
  • Travel and lodging$6,45514%
  • Food and beverage$1,8164%

Companies that paid Edwin McDonald the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Edwin K. McDonald graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Edwin McDonald graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2008.

  1. Medical schoolNorthwestern University Feinberg Medical School

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Sources for Edwin K. McDonald's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Edwin K. McDonald's NPI number?

Edwin K. McDonald's NPI number is 1831346774. It was assigned on August 22, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Edwin K. McDonald specialize in?

Edwin K. McDonald is a gastroenterologist in Chicago, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Edwin K. McDonald practice?

Edwin McDonald practices at 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637. Edwin McDonald's primary practice is The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dmand AI also links Edwin McDonald to 2 hospitals and 1 medical group.

What is Edwin K. McDonald's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Edwin McDonald is (773) 702-1530.

What is Edwin K. McDonald's medical license number?

Edwin McDonald holds Illinois license 036127904.

Which hospitals is Edwin K. McDonald affiliated with?

Edwin McDonald is affiliated with University of Chicago Medical Center. Dmand AI links Edwin McDonald to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Edwin K. McDonald part of?

Edwin McDonald is linked to UChicago Medicine Physicians. Dmand AI links Edwin McDonald to 1 more medical group.

Does Edwin K. McDonald accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Edwin McDonald billed Medicare for 431 services in 2024, and Edwin McDonald accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Edwin K. McDonald offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Edwin McDonald as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Edwin K. McDonald see?

CMS counts 286 Medicare patients who saw Edwin McDonald in 2024, with an average age of 69.

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What services does Edwin K. McDonald bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Edwin McDonald's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99222), office visit, established patient (99214) and medicare service (G2211).

Where did Edwin K. McDonald go to medical school?

Edwin McDonald graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2008.

What drugs does Edwin K. McDonald prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Edwin McDonald's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ozempic, Linzess and Gattex.

Has Edwin K. McDonald received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $44,560 in general payments to Edwin McDonald from 13 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Bausch Health Americas, Inc.

How long has Edwin K. McDonald been practicing?

Edwin McDonald graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.

Does Edwin K. McDonald do research?

Dmand AI links 10 publications to Edwin McDonald, published from 2017 to 2025.

Who does Edwin K. McDonald publish with?

Edwin McDonald's most frequent co-authors are Dejan Micic (5 shared papers), David Hakimian, MD (3 shared papers) and Fares Walid Ayoub, MD (1 shared paper).

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