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Dr. Lauren Elisabeth Wessel, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1184018095

Dr. Lauren Elisabeth Wessel, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Los Angeles, California. Qualified in 2015, 11 years ago. Practices with Regents of the University of California, a 68-clinician group, works from 3 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California and Missouri.

Years since qualifying
11
Licensed in
CA, MO
In the registry since
2015
Specialties on file
3
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MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

100 UCLA Medical Plz Ste 755
Los Angeles, CA 90024-6990
Phone: (310) 319-1234
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 1225 15th St Ste 2100, Santa Monica, CA 90404-1101 — (310) 319-1234
  • 4921 Parkview Pl, Saint Louis, MO 63110-1032 — (314) 747-2551

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence A171939 (CA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 2020010902 (MO)
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207XS0106X · Licence 2020010902 (MO)

Record details

NPI number1184018095
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 28, 2015
Last updated in NPPESAugust 5, 2021
Certification dateAugust 5, 2021

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Also practisesHAND SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2015 (11 years in practice)
Group practice Regents Of The University Of California — 68 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations5 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of nail tissue 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients231
Services billed 790 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $18,509 1 payment
Food and Beverage $22 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center Hospital · Los Angeles, CA
  • Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Hospital · Santa Monica, CA
  • Ucla West Valley Medical Center Hospital · West Hills, CA

Colleagues at Regents of the University of California

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 68 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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