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Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD

(Dr. Paul Dean Hartleben, MD)

(4 Ratings)

Specializes in: Spine Surgery and Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

University of Minnesota Medical School (1983)

Professional interests include: sports health, spine problems

5803 Neal Avenue N
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082

(651) 439-8807

Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD is a spine surgeon in Oak Park Heights, MN specializing in spine surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. He graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1983 and has 43 years of experience. Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD is affiliated with Children’s Wisconsin and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Office Locations

5803 Neal Avenue N
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082

(651) 439-8807

(651) 439-0232

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One Veterans Drive Minneapolis Vamc (618)
Minneapolis, MN 55417

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In The News

“The concern is echoed locally by Dr. Paul Hartleben, a spine surgeon with Summit Orthopedics in Woodbury.”—"Surgeons, medical device makers find insurers resisting costly back fusions", Twin Cities Pioneer Press, January 2011

“Sainted: Dr. Paul Hartleben, Dr. John Shearen, Cami and Kathy at Summit Orthopedics and all the Woodwinds Hospital angels including Dr. Thomas Cathey, Pamela, Eric, Scott, Stephanie and Denise, who...”—"What a day, Vulcans", Twin Cities Pioneer Press, January 2008

“A special thanks to HealthEast Hospice nurses, Karen and LuLu, Dr. William Armstrong, Dr. Peter Daly, Dr. Paul Hartleben, Dr. Peter Kelly, Dr. Donald Piper, St. Joseph's Hospital and St. Mary's Home.”—"Anthony P. Stephens", Twin Cities Pioneer Press, September 2006

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Oak Park Heights, MN during 2012 were X-rays, spinal procedures, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	18
doctor visit	154
hospital care	40
inpatient care	40
nerve procedures	18
pelvic imaging	20
spinal procedures	50
X-rays	52

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Oak Park Heights, MN during 2013 were X-rays, spinal procedures, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	23
doctor visit	180
hip imaging	15
hospital care	32
inpatient care	32
musculoskeletal imaging	15
nerve procedures	23
pelvic imaging	15
spinal procedures	68
X-rays	75

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	52
Female	119

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	158
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	45
From 75 to 84	56
85 and over	46
Less than 65	24

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2013

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	42
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	25
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	24
Dementia	15
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Oak Park Heights, MN during 2014 were spinal procedures, hospital care, inpatient care and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	16
doctor visit	141
hospital care	26
inpatient care	26
nerve procedures	16
spinal procedures	40
X-rays	24

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	48
Female	95

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	132
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	35
From 75 to 84	31
85 and over	53
Less than 65	24

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	25
Dementia	16
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	107

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	76
Female	88

**Age**
From 65 to 74	58
From 75 to 84	56
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2015

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	185

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	70
Female	76

**Age**
From 65 to 74	54
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	14
Less than 65	32

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2016

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	23
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	23
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	143

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	55
Female	69

**Age**
From 65 to 74	41
From 75 to 84	44
85 and over	15
Less than 65	24

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2017

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	36
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	26
Dementia	13
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	16
Female	31

**Age**
From 65 to 74	19
From 75 to 84	15
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	26
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	28
Dementia	28
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	33

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	22
Female	35

**Age**
From 65 to 74	20
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	21
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	51
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	25
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	33
Dementia	37
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Oak Park Heights, MN during 2020 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	13
hospital care	12
inpatient care	12

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	18
Female	26

**Age**
From 65 to 74	15
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	13
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2020

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	41
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	32
Diabetes	34
Dementia	32
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	17

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	11
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	52
Depression	66
Chronic Kidney Disease	62
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	38
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	45
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	16

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Male	11
Female	19

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	13
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	50
Chronic Kidney Disease	50
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	53
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	37
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2023 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	16
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD in 2023

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	43
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	43
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2023

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Oak Park Heights, MN were spinal procedures, X-rays, hospital care and inpatient care.

decompression surgery	19
doctor visit	98
hip imaging	15
hospital care	27
inpatient care	27
musculoskeletal imaging	15
nerve procedures	19
pelvic imaging	17
spinal procedures	52
X-rays	50

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2023

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

**Gender**
Female	46
Male	30

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	24
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	14
75 to 84	22
Less than 65	8
65 to 74	23

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD From 2012 - 2023

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	34
Asthma	5
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	25
Atrial Fibrillation	9
Dementia	11
Cancer	2

Education & Training

Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1983. He completed residency at University of Minnesota Affiliated Hospitals. He has a state license in Wisconsin.

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School (1983)

Residency: University of Minnesota Affiliated Hospitals (1988)

Licensed In: Wisconsin

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Children’s Wisconsin

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD has a high overall rating with an average of 4.38 out of 5 stars based on 4 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Oak Park Heights, MN.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Spineology Inc.	$3,750 Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion system $2,500	Threshold Pedicle Screw System $1,250
LDR SPINE USA, INC	$122 Spinal Implant $122
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.	$114 Mobi C $114
Paradigm Spine, LLC	$62 DSS $62
Stryker Corporation	$21 ACCULIF $21
Other	$17 RIALTO $17

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$3,750
Food and Beverage	$337

Ownership and Interest Payments

This table describes ownership payments received by Dr. Paul D. Hartleben, MD.

Spineology Inc.	2020	$22,000.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Common Stock
Spineology Inc.	2021	$21,800.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Common Stock
Spineology Inc.	2019	$21,400.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Common Stock
Spineology Inc.	2022	$19,300.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Common Stock
Spineology Inc.	2018	$19,000.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Common Stock
Spineology Inc.	2016	$17,100.00	Physician Covered Recipient	COMMON STOCK
Spineology Inc.	2017	$16,800.00	Physician Covered Recipient	COMMON STOCK
Spineology Inc.	2015	$12,500.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Common Stock
Spineology Inc.	2014	$11,700.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Common Stock
Spineology Inc.	2013	$11,000.00	Physician Covered Recipient	Investment in Common Stock

Biography

Dr. Paul Hartleben specializes in spine surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. These areas are among Dr. Hartleben's clinical interests: sports health and spine problems. He obtained his medical school training at the University of Minnesota Medical School and performed his residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Minnesota. His professional affiliations include Children’s Wisconsin and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.