Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Lionel Van der Westhuizen, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1306057500

Lionel Van der Westhuizen, MD practises General Surgery in Boone, North Carolina. Graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 2007, 19 years ago. Practices with Appalachian Regional Medical Associates Inc, a 149-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
19
Trained at
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Licensed in
NC, SC
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
2
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

965 State Farm Rd
Boone, NC 28607-4948 Not confirmed with CMS for 13 years — call before visiting
Phone: (828) 264-3240
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 2013-00842 (NC)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 29764 (SC)

Record details

NPI number1306057500
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 28, 2007
Last updated in NPPESJune 20, 2013

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolMEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2007 (19 years in practice)
Group practice Appalachian Regional Medical Associates Inc — 149 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 20 times · 89th percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 29 times · 55th percentile
Colonoscopy 20 times · 48th percentile
Hernia repair - groin (open) 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 patients192
Services billed 381 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Appalachian Regional Medical Associates Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 149 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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