Ralph B. Garretson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Warrenton, VA
Ralph B. Garretson, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Warrenton, Virginia, and NPI 1790702249, issued on Jul 17, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 101232359, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ralph B. Garretson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 101232359 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 52 W Shirley Ave, Warrenton, VA 20186
- Phone
- (540) 347-9220
- Enumerated
- Jul 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 9, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (540) 347-0342
- Medicaid ID
- 6409342 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100927001493); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Washington University School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ralph B. Garretson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 101232359Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
98 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam53 claims
- Celecoxib16 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: $27.37
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Mindray DS USA, Inc. 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
- Blue Ridge Orthopaedic Associates PCWarrenton, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ralph B. Garretson among 586 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Virginia
Ralph B. Garretson, MD is one of 586 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 358 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 57% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Warrenton
They are 10 of the 592 NPPES records with a practice address in Warrenton, and 586 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Virginia.
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- James Ramser, MDWarrenton, VA 201861982621439
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Common questions
What is Ralph B. Garretson, MD's NPI number?
Ralph B. Garretson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790702249, issued on Jul 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ralph B. Garretson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 52 W Shirley Ave, Warrenton, VA, 20186. Phone: (540) 347-9220. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ralph B. Garretson, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 101232359, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ralph B. Garretson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ralph B. Garretson, MD had 98 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ralph B. Garretson, MD'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.