Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler, MD

  • Minneapolis, MN
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1699201038PAC ID5395015309
Medicare services, 2024
818
Medicare patients, 2024
204
Part D claims, 2024
232
Clinical trials
2
MIPS score, 2024
92
Practice address
4010 West 65th Street, Edina, MN 55435
Practice phone
Call (651) 325-8486
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Primary practice

Crosstown Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Edina, Minnesota

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Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler is an orthopedic surgeon in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dr. Nessler practices at Crosstown Surgery Center in Edina, Minnesota.

Dr. Nessler's NPI, 1699201038, was assigned on May 4, 2017. Dr. Nessler graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Nessler holds Minnesota license 73880.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5395015309
NPI enumeration date
May 4, 2017
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(651) 325-8486
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
35
Medical school graduation
2017

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

Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler practices at Crosstown Surgery Center in Edina, Minnesota

Dr. Nessler's primary practice is Crosstown Surgery Center, at 4010 West 65th Street, Edina, MN 55435. The practice phone is (651) 325-8486.

  • Crosstown Surgery Center
    4010 West 65th Street, Edina, MN 55435Phone(651) 325-8486

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Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Nessler's primary practice is Crosstown Surgery Center in Edina, Minnesota. Dr. Nessler is also affiliated with M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. The medical group on file is Buffalo Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nessler to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nessler practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Crosstown Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+7 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler is one of 533 orthopedic surgeons in Minnesota

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Nessler's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Nessler's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, MinnesotaPrimaryLicense 73880 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • Adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery, WisconsinLicense 70087 · taxonomy 207XS0114X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Nessler

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Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler billed Medicare for 818 services in 2024

CMS data shows 818 Medicare services from Dr. Nessler across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 204 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $41,824 for them.

Medicare services, 2024818
Medicare patients204
Paid by Medicare$41,824
Procedure codes12

Dr. Nessler's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 792024: 275248%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 742024: 266259%
Imaging
2023: 162024: 1991144%
Surgery
2023: 172024: 78359%

Where Dr. Nessler's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office80699%
  • In a facility121%

Dr. Nessler compared with the Minnesota median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Nessler
  • Minnesota median
Medicare services
818vs 3462.4 times
Medicare patients
204vs 16524% above
Part D claims
194vs 682.9 times

Medians across 514 orthopedic surgeons in Minnesota with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nessler'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

Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler treated 204 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 204 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nessler in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 97 patients. 70% of them have arthritis, and 69% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.22, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nessler's median patient age at 62, with 55% women.

Medicare patients, 2024204
Average age73
Average risk score1.22
Also on Medicaid9%

Dr. Nessler's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nessler's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women12662%
  • Men7838%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Nessler's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis70%
  2. High blood pressure69%
  3. High cholesterol63%
  4. Mood disorders30%
  5. Anxiety29%
  6. Depression27%
  7. Ischemic heart disease24%
  8. Atrial fibrillation21%

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

Dr. Nessler's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 62

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women55%
  • Men44%

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

Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler wrote 232 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nessler wrote 232 Medicare Part D claims for 114 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 194 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,020 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 266 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024232
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$2,020
Part D patients114

Dr. Nessler's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic228 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims2%

Dr. Nessler'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 Dr. Nessler's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids28%65 of 232 claims
  • Antibiotics35%82 of 232 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: 2662024: 19427%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 6 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

Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler scored 92 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Nessler for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nessler accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 28 procedures of hip replacement by Dr. Nessler, more than 74% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Nessler's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 92of 100Final score
  • 95.1of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 82of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Nessler ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Hip replacement
74th percentile28 procedures
Knee replacement
57th percentile23 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler has worked on 2 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Nessler to 2 clinical trials. Stryker Orthopaedics sponsors the most, 2. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Nessler that name 2 trials.

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Nessler

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Nessler

Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler received $25,333 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 120 general payments to Dr. Nessler from 11 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 65% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $24,615. It also lists 3 research payments totaling $1,230 from 2023 to 2024, naming 2 clinical trials.

General payments to Dr. Nessler by program year, 2022 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Nessler by kind, 2022 to 2025

$25.3Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$16,45265%
  • Consulting fees$4,50018%
  • Food and beverage$4,38117%

Companies that paid Dr. Nessler the most, 2022 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

Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine

Dr. Nessler graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 2017.

  1. Medical schoolCreighton University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (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 Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler's NPI number?

Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler's NPI number is 1699201038. It was assigned on May 4, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler?

Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler is an orthopedic surgeon in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler practice?

Dr. Nessler practices at 4010 West 65th Street, Edina, MN 55435. Dr. Nessler's primary practice is Crosstown Surgery Center in Edina, Minnesota. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nessler to 4 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nessler is (651) 325-8486.

What is Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler's medical license number?

Dr. Nessler holds Minnesota license 73880, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Nessler in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Which hospitals is Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler affiliated with?

Dr. Nessler is affiliated with M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Nessler to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler part of?

Dr. Nessler is linked to Buffalo Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Nessler to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nessler billed Medicare for 818 services in 2024, and Dr. Nessler accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler's MIPS score?

Dr. Nessler's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 92 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler see?

CMS counts 204 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nessler in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nessler's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), office visit, established patient (99213) and diagnostic imaging (73502).

Where did Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler go to medical school?

Dr. Nessler graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 2017.

What drugs does Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nessler's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl, Amoxicillin and Celecoxib.

Has Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $25,333 in general payments to Dr. Nessler from 11 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler been practicing?

Dr. Nessler graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.

Does Dr. Joseph Michael Nessler do research?

Dr. Nessler has worked on 2 clinical trials.

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