Tyler Ball
NPI 1659799179ActiveIndividual· Neurological Surgery· Nashville, TN
Neurological Surgery with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, practicing in Nashville, Tennessee. Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $82,369 for 155 patients in 2024, with only 44 Part D claims. Riwospine, Inc. was the largest of 4 companies reporting payments in 2025, $321.19 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a hospital affiliation.
Overview
| NPI | 1659799179 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Mar 22, 2022 |
| Certified by provider | Mar 22, 2022 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neurological Surgery Primary | 207T00000X | 62719 | TN |
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 390200000X | — | — |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Neurosurgery (TN) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 155 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 326 across 54 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $82,369 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 44 · 46 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 11 |
| Total drug cost | $431.31 |
| Generic share | 100% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Neurosurgery |
| Telehealth | Offers telehealth |
Medical group
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · 3,567 clinicians
Hospital affiliation
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$321.19 · 5 payments from 4 companies
- 2024$1,405 · 9 payments from 2 companies
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Riwospine, Inc. | $216.28 | 1 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $43.12 | 1 |
| Insightec,inc | $37.86 | 2 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $23.93 | 1 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Food and Beverage$321.19 · 5 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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