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Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD

(3 Ratings)

Specializes in: Spine Surgery and Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

18626 Hardy Oak Boulevard Suite 300
San Antonio, TX 78258

(210) 495-9047

Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD is a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX specializing in spine surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery.

Office Locations

18626 Hardy Oak Boulevard Suite 300
San Antonio, TX 78258

(210) 495-9047

(210) 495-9048

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX during 2012 were rehabilitation, spinal procedures, X-rays and nerve procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	76
diagnostic evaluation	23
doctor visit	419
manual therapy	74
nerve procedures	76
rehabilitation	772
revision surgery	14
spinal procedures	302
X-rays	190

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX during 2013 were rehabilitation, spinal procedures, X-rays and nerve procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	40
diagnostic evaluation	15
doctor visit	445
nerve procedures	40
pelvic imaging	21
rehabilitation	489
spinal procedures	234
X-rays	215

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

**Gender**
Male	111
Female	151

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	215
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	142
From 75 to 84	82
85 and over	15
Less than 65	23

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	27
Dementia	11
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX during 2014 were rehabilitation, spinal procedures, X-rays and nerve procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	54
diagnostic evaluation	17
doctor visit	409
nerve procedures	54
pelvic imaging	14
rehabilitation	403
spinal procedures	217
X-rays	177

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

**Gender**
Male	104
Female	122

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	186
Black	0
Hispanic	27
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	120
From 75 to 84	77
85 and over	17
Less than 65	12

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	28
Dementia	8
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX during 2015 were rehabilitation, spinal procedures, X-rays and manual therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	44
diagnostic evaluation	29
doctor visit	453
manual therapy	232
nerve procedures	44
pelvic imaging	29
rehabilitation	915
spinal procedures	311
X-rays	267

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

**Gender**
Male	232
Female	286

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	422
Black	0
Hispanic	68
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	270
From 75 to 84	172
85 and over	50
Less than 65	26

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD in 2015

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	5
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	31
Dementia	10
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX during 2016 were rehabilitation, spinal procedures, X-rays and manual therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	11
decompression surgery	49
diagnostic evaluation	22
doctor visit	436
manual therapy	150
nerve procedures	49
pelvic imaging	28
rehabilitation	739
spinal procedures	306
X-rays	256

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

**Gender**
Male	124
Female	121

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	205
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	131
From 75 to 84	86
85 and over	15
Less than 65	13

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD in 2016

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	33
Dementia	8
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX during 2017 were spinal procedures, X-rays, rehabilitation and nerve procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	51
doctor visit	398
nerve procedures	51
rehabilitation	87
spinal procedures	297
X-rays	188

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

**Gender**
Male	114
Female	136

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	207
Black	0
Hispanic	32
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	137
From 75 to 84	80
85 and over	15
Less than 65	18

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	30
Dementia	9
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX during 2018 were spinal procedures, X-rays, rehabilitation and nerve procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	26
doctor visit	395
nerve procedures	26
pelvic imaging	22
rehabilitation	120
spinal procedures	153
X-rays	129

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

**Gender**
Male	114
Female	135

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	202
Black	0
Hispanic	31
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	131
From 75 to 84	90
85 and over	17
Less than 65	11

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD in 2018

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	27
Dementia	14
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX during 2019 were spinal procedures, X-rays, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	24
doctor visit	337
nerve procedures	24
pelvic imaging	15
spinal procedures	130
X-rays	98

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

**Gender**
Male	94
Female	112

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	174
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	102
From 75 to 84	76
85 and over	16
Less than 65	12

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD in 2019

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	34
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	29
Dementia	9
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	13

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated as a spine surgeon in San Antonio, TX were rehabilitation, spinal procedures, X-rays and manual therapy.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	11
decompression surgery	45
diagnostic evaluation	21
doctor visit	367
manual therapy	152
nerve procedures	45
pelvic imaging	21
rehabilitation	503
revision surgery	14
spinal procedures	243
X-rays	190

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

**Gender**
Male	99
Female	118

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	179
Hispanic	17
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	73
85 and over	16
Less than 65	12
65 to 74	114

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD From 2012 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	6
Osteoporosis	9
Heart Failure	7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	22
Atrial Fibrillation	6
Cancer	9
Dementia	7

Education & Training

He has a state license in Texas.

Licensed In: Texas

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.83 out of 5 stars based on 3 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in San Antonio, TX.

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Lanx, Inc.	$181,103 Spinal Fusion Device $181,103
Amedica Corporation	$7,821 VALEO INTERBODY $7,821
Brainlab, Inc.	$460 Image Guided Surgical Device $359	Surgical planning and navigation radiation treatment planning and positioning $101
Stryker Corporation	$304 THORACO-LUMBAR $304
NUVASIVE, INC.	$70 Thoracolumbar $70
Other	$147 BioSurgery - FLOSEAL $41	Osteosponge $25	Olympus Laparoscopes $25	FORTEO $24	iFuse Implant $17	Other $15

**Types of Payments**
Current or prospective ownership or investment interest	$181,103
Royalty or License	$7,821
Food and Beverage	$982

Ownership and Interest Payments

This table describes ownership payments received by Dr. Gregg S. Gurwitz, MD.

Lanx, Inc.	2013	$181,102.66	Physician Covered Recipient	Stock
Amedica Corporation	2013	$1,474.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Preferred Stock

Biography

Dr. Gregg Gurwitz's specialties are spine surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. He practices in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Gurwitz's patients gave him an average rating of 5.0 stars (out of 5).