Dr. Joshua Michael Kolz, MD

Dr. Kolz practices at Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center, Inc. in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Dr. Kolz's NPI, 1700318649, was assigned on March 30, 2017. Dr. Kolz graduated from Medical College of Wisconsin in 2017. Dr. Kolz holds South Dakota license 14205.

Dr. Kolz's primary practice is Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center, Inc., at 4141 5th St, Rapid City, SD 57701 in Pennington County. The practice phone is (605) 341-1414.

Dr. Kolz's primary practice is Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center, Inc. in Rapid City, South Dakota. Dr. Kolz is also affiliated with Monument Health Rapid City Hospital. The medical group on file is Black Hills Surgical Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kolz to 4 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Kolz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Kolz is licensed in South Dakota.

CMS data shows 1,169 Medicare services from Dr. Kolz across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 388 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $201,021 for them.

CMS counts 388 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kolz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 219 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 71% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.95, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kolz's median patient age at 71, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kolz wrote 167 Medicare Part D claims for 84 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 123 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,297 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 150 claims across 6 drugs.

Dr. Kolz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kolz as offering telehealth. CMS counts 499 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Kolz, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 20 papers to Dr. Kolz, published from 2020 to 2023. 2020 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Spinal Fusion, Postoperative Complications and Reoperation. Dr. Kolz has published most often in Clin Spine Surg. Dr. Kolz's most frequent co-authors are Arjun S. Sebastian, MD, Benjamin Daniel Elder, MD, PhD and Brett Arthur Freedman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 76 general payments to Dr. Kolz from 7 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. paid the most, $3,396.

Dr. Kolz graduated from Medical College of Wisconsin in 2017.