Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Richard Glenn Fessler, MD

Individual provider Neurological Surgery Physician · NPI 1447473426

Dr. Richard Glenn Fessler, MD practises Neurosurgery in Chicago, Illinois. Graduated from University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine in 1983, 43 years ago. Practices with Rush University Medical Group, a 1,499-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
43
Trained at
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2007
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1725 W Harrison Ave Ste 855
Chicago, IL 60612 Not confirmed with CMS for 13 years — call before visiting
Phone: (312) 942-6644
Fax: (312) 942-2176
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Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence 036071536 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1447473426
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 10, 2007
Last updated in NPPESMay 28, 2013

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1983 (43 years in practice)
Group practice Rush University Medical Group — 1499 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations4 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.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 30 times · 60th percentile
Spinal fusion 34 times · 47th percentile

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 patients164
Services billed 294 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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.

Food and Beverage $1,835 22 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Consulting Fee $1,440 1 payment
Travel and Lodging $635 3 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Rush University Medical Group

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1499 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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