Dr. John L. Butsch, MD

  • Buffalo, NY
  • General surgeon
NPI1396810172PAC ID0042359085
Medicare services, 2024
84
Medicare patients, 2024
59
Part D claims, 2024
84
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
99
Practice address
100 High St., Buffalo, NY 14203
Practice phone
Call (716) 859-2556
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Primary practice

Kaleida Health - Unit

Acute Care Hospital-Unit · Buffalo, New York

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Dr. John L. Butsch is a general surgeon in Buffalo, New York

Dr. Butsch practices at Kaleida Health - Unit in Buffalo, New York.

Dr. Butsch's NPI, 1396810172, was assigned on November 21, 2006. Dr. Butsch graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Butsch holds New York license 254778.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0042359085
NPI enumeration date
November 21, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(716) 859-2556
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
56
Medical school graduation
1996

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

Dr. John L. Butsch practices at Kaleida Health - Unit in Buffalo, New York

Dr. Butsch's primary practice is Kaleida Health - Unit, at 100 High St., Buffalo, NY 14203 in Erie County. The practice phone is (716) 859-2556.

  • Kaleida Health - Unit
    100 High St., Buffalo, NY 14203 · Erie CountyPhone(716) 859-2556

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Dr. John L. Butsch is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Butsch's primary practice is Kaleida Health - Unit in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Butsch is also affiliated with Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute. The medical group on file is Kaleida Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Butsch to 3 more hospitals and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account. Dr. Butsch's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. John L. Butsch's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Butsch practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Kaleida Health - UnitAvailable with a free account
+5 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. John L. Butsch is one of 1,604 general surgeons in New York

Surgery is Dr. Butsch's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Butsch's licenses on file in 2 states: New York and Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, New YorkPrimaryLicense 254778 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Illinois licenseLicense 36105077

General surgeons near Dr. Butsch

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Dr. John L. Butsch billed Medicare for 84 services in 2024

CMS data shows 84 Medicare services from Dr. Butsch across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 59 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,723 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202484
Medicare patients59
Paid by Medicare$4,723
Procedure codes2

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1642024: 8449%

Dr. Butsch compared with the New York median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Butsch
  • New York median
Medicare services
84vs 15445% below
Medicare patients
59vs 10946% below
Part D claims
31vs 2429% above

Medians across 1,502 general surgeons in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Butsch'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. John L. Butsch treated 59 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 59 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Butsch in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 21 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. 36% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.83, 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. Butsch's median patient age at 65, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 202459
Average age69
Average risk score1.83
Also on Medicaid36%

Dr. Butsch's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Butsch's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women3559%
  • Men2441%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure73%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Mood disorders37%
  5. Ischemic heart disease36%
  6. Anxiety32%
  7. Depression32%
  8. Atrial fibrillation27%

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

Dr. Butsch's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 65

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men44%

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

Dr. John L. Butsch wrote 84 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Butsch wrote 84 Medicare Part D claims for 46 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 31 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $109 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 41 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202484
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$109
Part D patients46

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

  • Generic78 claims93%
  • Brand-name and other6 claims7%

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

  • Opioids46%39 of 84 claims
  • Antibiotics25%21 of 84 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: 412024: 3124%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 2 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. John L. Butsch scored 99 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Butsch for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Butsch accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Butsch's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 99of 100Final score
  • 87.7of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 76of 100Cost

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

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

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 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. John L. Butsch has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Butsch, published from 2023 to 2025. Dr. Butsch's most frequent co-authors are Lucy Diane Mastrandrea, MD, Alan R. Posner, MD and Teresa Quattrin, MD.

Papers2
Years published2023 to 2025

Dr. Butsch's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Butsch

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

Dr. John L. Butsch received $13,363 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 126 general payments to Dr. Butsch from 30 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 40% of the total. Acell, Inc. paid the most, $2,906.

General payments to Dr. Butsch by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Butsch by kind, 2016 to 2025

$13.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$5,30940%
  • Travel and lodging$3,90529%
  • Education$3,23924%
  • Consulting fees$8757%
  • Other$350%

Companies that paid Dr. Butsch 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

Dr. John L. Butsch graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine

Dr. Butsch graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1996.

  1. Medical schoolState University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine

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Sources for Dr. John L. Butsch'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 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)
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 Dr. John L. Butsch's NPI number?

Dr. John L. Butsch's NPI number is 1396810172. It was assigned on November 21, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. John L. Butsch?

Dr. John L. Butsch is a general surgeon in Buffalo, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. John L. Butsch practice?

Dr. Butsch practices at 100 High St., Buffalo, NY 14203. Dr. Butsch's primary practice is Kaleida Health - Unit in Buffalo, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Butsch to 3 hospitals and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. John L. Butsch's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Butsch is (716) 859-2556.

What is Dr. John L. Butsch's medical license number?

Dr. Butsch holds New York license 254778, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. John L. Butsch been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Butsch in New York and Illinois.

Which hospitals is Dr. John L. Butsch affiliated with?

Dr. Butsch is affiliated with Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute. Dmand AI links Dr. Butsch to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. John L. Butsch part of?

Dr. Butsch is linked to Kaleida Health.

Does Dr. John L. Butsch accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Butsch billed Medicare for 84 services in 2024, and Dr. Butsch accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. John L. Butsch's MIPS score?

Dr. Butsch's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 99 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. John L. Butsch see?

CMS counts 59 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Butsch in 2024, with an average age of 69.

What services does Dr. John L. Butsch bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Butsch's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, new patient (99203).

Where did Dr. John L. Butsch go to medical school?

Dr. Butsch graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1996.

What drugs does Dr. John L. Butsch prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Butsch's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. John L. Butsch received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $13,363 in general payments to Dr. Butsch from 30 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Acell, Inc.

How long has Dr. John L. Butsch been practicing?

Dr. Butsch graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.

Does Dr. John L. Butsch do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Butsch, published from 2023 to 2025.

Who does Dr. John L. Butsch publish with?

Dr. Butsch's most frequent co-authors are Lucy Diane Mastrandrea, MD (2 shared papers), Alan R. Posner, MD (2 shared papers) and Teresa Quattrin, MD (2 shared papers).

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