Dr. William Scott Helton, MD

Dr. Helton practices at Virginia Mason Medical Center - HOPD in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Helton's NPI, 1649282922, was assigned on August 13, 2006. Dr. Helton graduated from University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Helton holds Washington license MD00020229.

Dr. Helton's primary practice is Virginia Mason Medical Center - HOPD, at 1100 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101.

Dr. Helton's primary practice is Virginia Mason Medical Center - HOPD in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Helton is also affiliated with Virginia Mason Medical Center. The medical group on file is Franciscan Orthopedics - Silverdale. Dmand AI also links Dr. Helton to 2 more group practices and clinics, 1 imaging center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Helton's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Helton practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 236 Medicare services from Dr. Helton across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 168 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,339 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 168 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Helton in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 75 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% 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. Helton's median patient age at 73, with 38% women.

In 2021, Dr. Helton wrote 17 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 1 drug, with $34,553 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 15 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Helton accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Helton as offering telehealth. CMS counts 26 procedures of hernia repair - groin (open) by Dr. Helton, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Dmand AI links 22 papers to Dr. Helton, published from 2010 to 2023. 2016 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Pancreatic Neoplasms, Hepatectomy and Liver Neoplasms. Dr. Helton has published most often in HPB (Oxford). Dr. Helton's most frequent co-authors are Thomas R. Biehl, MD, Adnan Ali Alseidi, MD and Vincent J. Picozzi, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 48 general payments to Dr. Helton from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 33% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $13,102.

Dr. Helton graduated from University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine in 1981.