Dr. Ryan Scott Watson, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 59
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 127
- Part D claims, 2024
- 368
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Industry payments
- $9,169
- Practice address
- 420 E 1st St, Duluth, MN 55805
- Practice phone
- Call (218) 606-9200
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Essentia Health Surgery Centers-Duluth LLC
Duluth, Minnesota
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Dr. Ryan Scott Watson is a general surgeon in Duluth, Minnesota
Dr. Watson practices at Essentia Health Surgery Centers-Duluth LLC in Duluth, Minnesota.
Dr. Watson's NPI, 1053757583, was assigned on May 10, 2013. Dr. Watson graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2013. Dr. Watson holds Minnesota license 63994.
- NPI
- 1053757583NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1254655178
- NPI enumeration date
- May 10, 2013
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (218) 606-9200
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 39
- Medical school graduation
- 2013
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ryan Scott Watson practices at Essentia Health Surgery Centers-Duluth LLC in Duluth, Minnesota
Dr. Watson's primary practice is Essentia Health Surgery Centers-Duluth LLC, at 420 E 1st St, Duluth, MN 55805 in Saint Louis County. The practice phone is (218) 606-9200.
- Essentia Health Surgery Centers-Duluth LLC420 E 1st St, Duluth, MN 55805 · Saint Louis CountyPhone(218) 606-9200
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Ryan Scott Watson is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 5 medical groups
Dr. Watson's primary practice is Essentia Health Surgery Centers-Duluth LLC in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Watson is also affiliated with Essentia Health-Virginia. The medical group on file is Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 2 more hospitals, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ryan Scott Watson's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Watson practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Essentia Health Surgery Centers-Duluth LLC | Available with a free account |
| +5 more sites and 4 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ryan Scott Watson is one of 616 general surgeons in Minnesota
Surgery is Dr. Watson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Watson is licensed in Minnesota.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, MinnesotaPrimary
General surgeons near Dr. Watson
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ryan Scott Watson billed Medicare for 59 services in 2024
CMS data shows 59 Medicare services from Dr. Watson across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 127 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,366 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Dr. Watson's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 402024: 438%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 442024: 1664%
Dr. Watson compared with the Minnesota median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Watson
- Minnesota median
- Medicare services
- 59vs 8430% below
- Medicare patients
- 127vs 9632% above
- Part D claims
- 291vs 348.6 times
Medians across 549 general surgeons in Minnesota with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Watson'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. Ryan Scott Watson treated 127 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69
CMS counts 127 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 60 patients. 74% of them have high blood pressure, and 64% have high cholesterol. 31% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.86, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Watson's median patient age at 68, with 51% women.
Dr. Watson's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Watson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women6047%
- Men6753%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Watson's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure74%
- High cholesterol64%
- Arthritis40%
- Anxiety32%
- Mood disorders31%
- Diabetes28%
- Depression26%
- Tobacco use25%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Watson's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 68
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men49%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ryan Scott Watson wrote 368 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Watson wrote 368 Medicare Part D claims for 245 patients. 74% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 291 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,591 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 271 claims across 8 drugs.
Dr. Watson's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic274 claims74%
- Brand-name94 claims26%
Dr. Watson'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. Watson's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids11%40 of 368 claims
- Antibiotics6%23 of 368 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: 2712024: 2917%
Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 8 in 2023.
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. Ryan Scott Watson ranks in the 54th percentile for upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux in Medicare
Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Watson as offering telehealth. CMS counts 26 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Watson, more than 54% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Where Dr. Watson ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
- 54th percentile26 procedures
- Colonoscopy
- 48th percentile20 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Ryan Scott Watson received $9,169 in industry payments from 2017 to 2020
CMS Open Payments shows 18 general payments to Dr. Watson from 4 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2020. Education make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $8,392.
General payments to Dr. Watson by program year, 2017 to 2020
General payments to Dr. Watson by kind, 2017 to 2020
- Education$7,00076%
- Travel and lodging$1,65418%
- Food and beverage$5156%
Companies that paid Dr. Watson the most, 2017 to 2020
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ryan Scott Watson graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. Watson graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2013.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Ryan Scott Watson's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Ryan Scott Watson's NPI number?
Dr. Ryan Scott Watson's NPI number is 1053757583. It was assigned on May 10, 2013, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ryan Scott Watson?
Dr. Ryan Scott Watson is a general surgeon in Duluth, Minnesota. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Ryan Scott Watson practice?
Dr. Watson practices at 420 E 1st St, Duluth, MN 55805. Dr. Watson's primary practice is Essentia Health Surgery Centers-Duluth LLC in Duluth, Minnesota. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watson to 2 hospitals, 4 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.
What is Dr. Ryan Scott Watson's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Watson is (218) 606-9200.
What is Dr. Ryan Scott Watson's medical license number?
Dr. Watson holds Minnesota license 63994.
Which hospitals is Dr. Ryan Scott Watson affiliated with?
Dr. Watson is affiliated with Essentia Health-Virginia. Dmand AI links Dr. Watson to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Ryan Scott Watson part of?
Dr. Watson is linked to Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Watson to 4 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Ryan Scott Watson accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Watson billed Medicare for 59 services in 2024, and Dr. Watson accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Ryan Scott Watson offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Watson as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ryan Scott Watson see?
CMS counts 127 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watson in 2024, with an average age of 69.
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What services does Dr. Ryan Scott Watson bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Watson's most billed Medicare services were surgery: digestive system (45385), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: digestive system (43239).
Where did Dr. Ryan Scott Watson go to medical school?
Dr. Watson graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2013.
What drugs does Dr. Ryan Scott Watson prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Watson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Peg-3350 And Electrolytes, Omeprazole and Gavilyte-G.
Has Dr. Ryan Scott Watson received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $9,169 in general payments to Dr. Watson from 4 companies from 2017 to 2020. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Ryan Scott Watson been practicing?
Dr. Watson graduated from medical school in 2013, 13 years ago.
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