Joseph Fritzlen, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Kansas City, KS
Joseph Fritzlen, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1821626631, issued on Mar 28, 2020. Check the license (Kansas 94-11665, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Fritzlen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License numbers
- 94-11665 KS
ML61073004 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4000 Cambridge St # MS 4035, Kansas City, KS 66160
- Phone
- (913) 588-9792
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jul 31, 2025
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Fritzlen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 94-11665Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician in 2024
41 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries, against an average of 101 among the 2,587 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl20 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $262.10
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Joseph Fritzlen among 52 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Kansas
Joseph Fritzlen, MD is one of 52 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 94% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 94% of these records are older, 2% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 65% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Kansas
There are 52 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Kansas.
All 52 in Kansas → Every provider in Kansas City → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Omar Almoghrabi, MDKansas City, KS 661601215373717
- Chad Cash, DOKansas City, KS 661601710408414
- Todd Crawford, MDKansas City, KS 661601528301603
- Matthew Danter, BSC, MD, FRCSCKansas City, KS 661601497164727
- Emmanuel Daon, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601770534018
- Jeffrey Kramer, MDKansas City, KS 661601275644114
- Gregory Muehlebach, MDKansas City, KS 661601285745208
- Alykhan Nagji, MDKansas City, KS 661601427262658
Common questions
What is Joseph Fritzlen, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Fritzlen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821626631, issued on Mar 28, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Fritzlen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4000 Cambridge St # MS 4035, Kansas City, KS, 66160. Phone: (913) 588-9792. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Fritzlen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 94-11665, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joseph Fritzlen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Fritzlen, MD had 41 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries; the average among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician prescribers was 101. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.