Dr. Jesse Guardado, MD

Dr. Guardado practices at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, part of Avera Health.

Dr. Guardado's NPI, 1700171162, was assigned on June 14, 2011. Dr. Guardado holds South Dakota license 11592.

Dr. Guardado's primary practice is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, at 1325 S Cliff Ave Post Office Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 in Minnehaha County. The practice phone is (605) 322-8000.

Dr. Guardado's primary practice is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, part of Avera Health. Dr. Guardado is also affiliated with Lakes Regional Healthcare. The medical group on file is Surgical Institute of South Dakota, PC. Dmand AI also links Dr. Guardado to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Colon and rectal surgery is Dr. Guardado's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208C00000X. Dr. Guardado is licensed in South Dakota.

CMS data shows 420 Medicare services from Dr. Guardado across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 265 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $87,093 for them.

CMS counts 265 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Guardado in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 136 patients. 73% of them have high blood pressure, and 65% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.48, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Guardado's median patient age at 62, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Guardado wrote 298 Medicare Part D claims for 160 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 244 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,303 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 286 claims across 5 drugs.

Dr. Guardado accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 96 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Guardado, more than 79% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 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)

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Guardado, published from 2015 to 2020. The most frequent topics are Inflammation, Mice, Inbred C57BL and Shock, Hemorrhagic. Dr. Guardado's most frequent co-authors are David Stanley Medich, MD, Othman Mohamed-Asem Abdul-Malak and Evie Harvell Carchman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 71 general payments to Dr. Guardado from 21 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $4,669.