Dr. Joey Kevin Grochmal, MD, PhD

Dr. Grochmal practices at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Grochmal's NPI, 1053832527, was assigned on July 5, 2017. Dr. Grochmal graduated from University of Alberta in 2006. Dr. Grochmal holds Texas license R8364.

Dr. Grochmal's primary practice is St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital, at 17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX 77384 in Montgomery County. The practice phone is (936) 266-4055.

Dr. Grochmal's primary practice is St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Grochmal is also affiliated with Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital. The medical group on file is Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Grochmal to 1 more hospital, 2 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. Grochmal practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Grochmal's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Grochmal's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Wisconsin.

Dmand AI lists back and neck pain treatment without fusion, lower back pain, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain, neck pain and spine problems, spinal fusion and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Grochmal treats.

CMS data shows 29 Medicare services from Dr. Grochmal across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 32 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,389 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 32 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Grochmal in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 16 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.97, 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. Grochmal's median patient age at 62, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Grochmal wrote 38 Medicare Part D claims for 22 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 23 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $141 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Grochmal accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 18 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Grochmal, more than 46% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 21 papers to Dr. Grochmal, published from 2011 to 2024. 2015 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Peripheral Nerve Injuries, Schwann Cells and Rats, Inbred Lew. Dr. Grochmal has published most often in J Neurosurg. Dr. Grochmal's most frequent co-authors are Jason Andrew Felton, MD, Ekin Guney, MD and Carrie Ann Kubiak, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 248 general payments to Dr. Grochmal from 25 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 42% of the total. Highridge Medical LLC paid the most, $12,663.

Dr. Grochmal graduated from University of Alberta in 2006.

Dr. Grochmal is in network with 21 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.