Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. William Fulton Tucker Jr., MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1124175286

Dr. William Fulton Tucker Jr., MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Addison, Texas. Graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 1989, 37 years ago. Practices with Texas Joint Institute, PLLC, a 40-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
37
Trained at
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Licensed in
TX
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

17051 Dallas Pkwy Ste 420
Addison, TX 75001-7115
Phone: (214) 265-5050
Fax: (214) 265-0505
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence H8474 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1124175286
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJanuary 4, 2007
Last updated in NPPESOctober 20, 2023
Certification dateOctober 20, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL AT DALLAS
Graduated 1989 (37 years in practice)
Group practice Texas Joint Institute, Pllc — 40 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
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.

Knee replacement 148 times · 97th percentile
Hip replacement 59 times · 90th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 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 patients593
Services billed 5,332 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.

Royalty or License $22,971 3 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Consulting Fee $6,300 1 payment
Food and Beverage $105 4 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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. Those with a page here are linked.

Also affiliated with 1 inpatient rehabilitation facility, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Texas Joint Institute, PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 40 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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