Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Harrisonville, MO
Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Harrisonville, Missouri, and NPI 1417993957, issued on Jun 22, 2006. Check the license (Missouri 2010007567, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter Woolfolk Costner
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 2010007567 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2820 E Rock Haven Road, Harrisonville, MO 64701
- Phone
- (816) 380-2446
- Enumerated
- Jun 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (816) 380-4791
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100626000417); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2820 E Rock Haven Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Walter Woolfolk Costner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Search for license 2010007567Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
22% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
115 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 41 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl37 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: $641.10
38 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Cass Regional Medical CenterHarrisonville, MO · Critical Access Hospitals4 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Walter Woolfolk Costner among 714 surgery physician records in Missouri
Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D. is one of 714 surgery physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 78% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2006 among the 410 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 surgery physician records list a practice address in Harrisonville
They are 2 of the 229 NPPES records with a practice address in Harrisonville, and 714 surgery physician records in Missouri.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jack Hudkins, MDHarrisonville, MO 647011306064092
- William Joyce, D.O.Butler, MO 647301407895170
- Sunanda Ghosh, MDClinton, MO 647351760665319
- Kimberly Jones, MDClinton, MO 647351962983098
- Monte Roper, MDClinton, MO 647351144807827
- Carroll Wetzel, M.D.Clinton, MO 647351841212362
- David Brown, D.O.Lamar, MO 647591083614291
- David Steele, M.D.Lamar, MO 647591629148135
Common questions
What is Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D.'s NPI number?
Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417993957, issued on Jun 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2820 E Rock Haven Road, Harrisonville, MO, 64701. Phone: (816) 380-2446. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number 2010007567, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter Woolfolk Costner, M.D. had 115 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.