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

Miss. Melissa Ann Spera, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1346508256

Miss. Melissa Ann Spera, MD practises Gastroenterology in New Orleans, Louisiana. Graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with Ochsner Clinic LLC, a 2,842-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Louisiana.

Years since qualifying
14
Trained at
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Licensed in
LA
In the registry since
2012
Specialties on file
3
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

1542 Tulane Ave
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 538-5477
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence MD.207843 (LA)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence MD.207843 (LA)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1346508256
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 27, 2012
Last updated in NPPESJuly 3, 2018

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN NEW ORLEANS
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice Ochsner Clinic Llc — 2842 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 139 times · 83rd percentile
Colonoscopy 30 times · 54th 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 patients228
Services billed 419 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age70

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 Ochsner Clinic LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2842 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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