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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1568410553

Richard L Hussong Jr. practises General Surgery in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1993, 33 years ago. Practices with Hilton Head Laparoscopic and General Surgery PA, a 3-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
33
Trained at
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Licensed in
SC
In the registry since
2006
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Practice location Address checks out

25 Hospital Center Cmn Ste 100
Hilton Head, SC 29926 Not confirmed with CMS for 18 years — call before visiting
Phone: (843) 681-9489
Fax: (843) 681-4502
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 23407 (SC)

Record details

NPI number1568410553
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 4, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMarch 10, 2008

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1993 (33 years in practice)
Group practice Hilton Head Laparoscopic And General Surgery Pa — 3 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 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.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 28 times · 94th percentile
Removal of tissue 227 times · 92nd percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 12 times · 66th percentile
Colonoscopy 11 times · 41st percentile
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Mastectomy 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 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 patients391
Services billed 1,470 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age77

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 $219 6 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.

  • Candler Hospital Hospital · Savannah, GA · listed as Candler Hospital, Inc
  • Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center Hospital · Hilton Head Island, SC · listed as Hilton Head Medical Center LLC
  • Coastal Carolina Hospital Hospital · Hardeeville, SC
  • Centerwell Home Health Home health agency · Walterboro, SC

Colleagues at Hilton Head Laparoscopic and General Surgery PA

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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