Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez, MD

  • Saint Louis, MO
  • General surgeon
NPI1548610850PAC ID8224578406
Medicare services, 2024
16
Medicare patients, 2024
37
Part D claims, 2024
101
Hospital affiliations
4
Industry payments
$1,387
Practice address
915 N Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63106
Practice phone
Call (913) 578-4409
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

VA St Louis Health Care System

Saint Louis, Missouri

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Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez is a general surgeon in Saint Louis, Missouri

Dr. Ramirez practices at VA St Louis Health Care System in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Ramirez's NPI, 1548610850, was assigned on June 16, 2016. Dr. Ramirez holds Missouri license 2016015527.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8224578406
NPI enumeration date
June 16, 2016
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(913) 578-4409
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
38
Medical school graduation
2014

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

Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez practices at VA St Louis Health Care System in Saint Louis, Missouri

Dr. Ramirez's primary practice is VA St Louis Health Care System, at 915 N Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63106 in Saint Louis City. The practice phone is (913) 578-4409.

  • VA St Louis Health Care System
    915 N Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63106 · Saint Louis CityPhone(913) 578-4409

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

Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Ramirez's primary practice is VA St Louis Health Care System in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Ramirez is also affiliated with Mercy Hospital Springfield. The medical group on file is Mercy Clinic Family Medicine - Hollister. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ramirez to 3 more hospitals, 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 Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ramirez practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
VA St Louis Health Care SystemAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez is one of 593 general surgeons in Missouri

Surgery is Dr. Ramirez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Ramirez is licensed in Missouri.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, MissouriPrimaryLicense 2016015527 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Ramirez

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

Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez billed Medicare for 16 services in 2024

CMS data shows 16 Medicare services from Dr. Ramirez across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 37 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,957 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202416
Medicare patients37
Paid by Medicare$1,957
Procedure codes1

Dr. Ramirez compared with the Missouri median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Ramirez
  • Missouri median
Medicare services
16vs 16991% below
Medicare patients
37vs 12771% below
Part D claims
69vs 4168% above

Medians across 570 general surgeons in Missouri with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ramirez'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. Ricardo Jose Ramirez treated 37 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 37 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ramirez in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 16 patients. 68% of them have high blood pressure, and 68% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.95, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ramirez's median patient age at 71, with 50% women.

Medicare patients, 202437
Average age74
Average risk score0.95

Dr. Ramirez's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Ramirez's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women2157%
  • Men1643%

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

  1. High blood pressure68%
  2. High cholesterol68%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Diabetes35%

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

Dr. Ramirez's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women50%
  • Men50%

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

Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez wrote 101 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ramirez wrote 101 Medicare Part D claims for 37 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 69 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $436 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 2024101
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$436
Part D patients37

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

  • Generic95 claims94%
  • Brand-name and other6 claims6%

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

  • Opioids32%32 of 101 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: 122024: 69475%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 1 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. Ricardo Jose Ramirez offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Ramirez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ramirez as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Spinal fusion: 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. Ricardo Jose Ramirez received $1,387 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 23 general payments to Dr. Ramirez from 13 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $373.

General payments to Dr. Ramirez by program year, 2017 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Ramirez the most, 2017 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

Sources for Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez'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)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez's NPI number?

Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez's NPI number is 1548610850. It was assigned on June 16, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez?

Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez is a general surgeon in Saint Louis, Missouri. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez practice?

Dr. Ramirez practices at 915 N Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63106. Dr. Ramirez's primary practice is VA St Louis Health Care System in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ramirez to 3 hospitals.

What is Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ramirez is (913) 578-4409.

What is Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez's medical license number?

Dr. Ramirez holds Missouri license 2016015527.

Which hospitals is Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez affiliated with?

Dr. Ramirez is affiliated with Mercy Hospital Springfield. Dmand AI links Dr. Ramirez to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez part of?

Dr. Ramirez is linked to Mercy Clinic Family Medicine - Hollister.

Does Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ramirez billed Medicare for 16 services in 2024, and Dr. Ramirez accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Ramirez as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez see?

CMS counts 37 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ramirez in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ramirez's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204).

What drugs does Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ramirez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl, Ondansetron ODT and Ibuprofen.

Has Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,387 in general payments to Dr. Ramirez from 13 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. Ricardo Jose Ramirez been practicing?

Dr. Ramirez graduated from medical school in 2014, 12 years ago.

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