Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Bowling Green, OH
Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Bowling Green, Ohio, and NPI 1275528275, issued on Sep 15, 2005. Check the license (Ohio 35085092, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Merrill Lee Gladden
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 35085092 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1215 Ridgewood Dr Ste A, Bowling Green, OH 43402
- Phone
- (419) 352-1519
- Enumerated
- Sep 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 25, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (419) 352-7004
- Medicaid ID
- 2517637 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050119000303); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio State University College Of Medicine, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1215 Ridgewood Dr Ste A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Scott Deering, MDSports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1245433036
Verify Merrill Lee Gladden in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35085092Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
67% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
579 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims. 289 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen126 claims
- Tramadol Hcl75 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen71 claims
- Gabapentin58 claims
- Meloxicam52 claims
- Nabumetone52 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $161.99
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axogen. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Bowling Green Orthopaedics Inc.Bowling Green, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Merrill Lee Gladden among 921 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Ohio
Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D. is one of 921 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 79% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2004 among the 579 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Ohio
There are 921 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Ohio.
All 921 in Ohio → Every provider in Bowling Green → Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Richard Barker, MDBowling Green, OH 434021528053527
- Carlos Gomez Orozco, M.D.Bowling Green, OH 434021801058441
- George Stepanic, DOClyde, OH 434101881687192
- John Bondra, DOFremont, OH 434201609868249
- Gary Kresge, D.O.Port Clinton, OH 434521134155351
- Benjamin Hammer, DOUpper Sandusky, OH 433511922627611
- Diane Vonstein, M.D.Upper Sandusky, OH 433511346274875
- Peter Sanford, MDMount Gilead, OH 433381972555241
Common questions
What is Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D.'s NPI number?
Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275528275, issued on Sep 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1215 Ridgewood Dr Ste A, Bowling Green, OH, 43402. Phone: (419) 352-1519. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35085092, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D. had 579 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Merrill Lee Gladden, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.