Wynndel T. Buenger, MD
Pain Medicine Physician · Alton, IL
Wynndel T. Buenger, MD is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in Alton, Illinois, and NPI 1336257245, issued on Aug 29, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036.092158, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Wynndel T. Buenger
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License number
- 036.092158 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3 Professional Dr Ste B, Alton, IL 62002
- Phone
- (618) 465-7177
- Enumerated
- Aug 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071009000876); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Saint Louis University School Of Medicine, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 3 Professional Dr Ste B
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Tricia Clayton, MSN,FNP-BC,NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1679963920
Verify Wynndel T. Buenger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036.092158Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine physician in 2024
136 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,095 among the 944 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 50 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Hyclate29 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen28 claims
- Doxycycline Monohydrate27 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: $1,447.94
38 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 769 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,397.95 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 2 group practices
- Interventional Pain Consultants LLCAlton, IL
- Orthopaedic Center OF Southern Illinois, LtdMount Vernon, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pain Medicine Physician providers in Illinois
There are 30 pain medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Wynndel T. Buenger, MD's NPI number?
Wynndel T. Buenger, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336257245, issued on Aug 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Wynndel T. Buenger, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3 Professional Dr Ste B, Alton, IL, 62002. Phone: (618) 465-7177. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Wynndel T. Buenger, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036.092158, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Wynndel T. Buenger, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Wynndel T. Buenger, MD had 136 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Wynndel T. Buenger, 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.