Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Walter Rayford, MD, PHD, FACS

Individual provider Urology Physician · NPI 1821103151

Dr. Walter Rayford, MD, PHD, FACS practises Urology in Memphis, Tennessee. Graduated from University of Kansas School of Med (KC/WICH/SAL) in 1991, 35 years ago. Practices with Urology Group PC, a 17-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Mississippi and Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
35
Trained at
University of Kansas School of Med (KC/WICH/SAL)
Licensed in
MS, TN
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.
PHD — Doctor of Philosophy
A research doctorate. In healthcare it usually sits alongside a clinical licence.
FACS — Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
A surgeon admitted as a fellow of the ACS.

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Practice location Address checks out

6029 Walnut Grove Rd Ste 300
Memphis, TN 38120-2112 Not confirmed with CMS for 18 years — call before visiting
Phone: (901) 767-8158
Fax: (901) 767-1555
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Specialties & licences

Urology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208800000X · Licence 19176 (MS)
Urology Physician Taxonomy 208800000X · Licence 40580 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1821103151
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD , PHD , FACS
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 19, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 17, 2008

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyUROLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MED (KC/WICH/SAL)
Graduated 1991 (35 years in practice)
Group practice Urology Group Pc — 17 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 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.

Prostate resection 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 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 patients1,175
Services billed 53,571 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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 $3,542 130 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,321 7 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 Urology Group PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 17 clinicians in the practice; 11 are shown here.

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