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Oliver Lee Kesterson III, M.D.

NPI 1306997515ActiveIndividual· Neurological Surgery· Fort Worth, TX

Neurological Surgery (M.D.) in Fort Worth, Texas, trained at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas (class of 1981). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $36,595 for 83 patients in 2024, with only 30 Part D claims. Baxter Healthcare was the largest of 3 companies reporting payments in 2025, $80.92 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1306997515
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJan 15, 2007
Last updated in NPPESNov 30, 2021
Certified by providerNov 30, 2021

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Neurological Surgery Primary207T00000XF9664TX
Neurological Surgery207T00000X18384MS

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Neurosurgery (MS); Practitioner - Neurosurgery (TX)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients83
Services billed153 across 31 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$36,595

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)30 · 45 30-day fills
Patients14
Total drug cost$903.25
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Graduation year1981
Medicare specialtyNeurosurgery

Medical groups

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$80.92 · 3 payments from 3 companies
  • 2024$20.56 · 1 payment from 1 company

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Baxter Healthcare$28.241
Medtronic, Inc.$27.921
Si-Bone, Inc.$24.761

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$80.92 · 3 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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