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Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD

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Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Harvard Medical School

One North Center Ct. Street Suite 110
Portland, OR 97227

(503) 732-6863

Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD is an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. He graduated from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD is affiliated with Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center and Legacy Health.

Office Locations

Legacy Health

200 Ne Mother Joseph Place Suite 110
Vancouver, WA 98664

(360) 254-6161

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3101 Se 192nd Avenue Suite 103
Vancouver, WA 98683

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Legacy Health

One North Center Ct. Street Suite 110
Portland, OR 97227

(503) 732-6863

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2012 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and pelvic imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	64
doctor visit	357
immobilization	12
injections	64
pelvic imaging	29
spinal procedures	13
X-rays	42

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2013 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	61
doctor visit	358
hip imaging	30
injections	61
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	18
musculoskeletal imaging	30
pelvic imaging	21
X-rays	33

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Male	98
Female	166

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	238
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	126
From 75 to 84	67
85 and over	25
Less than 65	46

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD in 2013

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	28
Dementia	7
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2014 were aspiration, injections, immobilization and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	71
doctor visit	318
immobilization	16
injections	71
spinal procedures	13
X-rays	13

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Male	73
Female	171

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	225
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	109
From 75 to 84	68
85 and over	33
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD in 2014

Hypertension	58
High Cholesterol	42
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	29
Dementia	9
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2015 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	73
doctor visit	292
hip imaging	36
injections	73
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	23
musculoskeletal imaging	36
pelvic imaging	19
spinal procedures	15
X-rays	47

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Male	166
Female	304

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	418
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	226
From 75 to 84	136
85 and over	50
Less than 65	58

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD in 2015

Hypertension	58
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	33
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2016 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	56
doctor visit	172
injections	56
spinal procedures	15
X-rays	15

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Male	53
Female	99

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	135
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	76
From 75 to 84	48
85 and over	15
Less than 65	13

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD in 2016

Hypertension	58
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	29
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2017 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	49
doctor visit	142
injections	49
spinal procedures	14
X-rays	14

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Male	42
Female	103

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

**Age**
From 65 to 74	67
From 75 to 84	49
85 and over	15
Less than 65	14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD in 2017

Hypertension	52
High Cholesterol	34
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	27
Dementia	11
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2018 were aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	46
doctor visit	147
injections	46

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Male	40
Female	101

**Age**
From 65 to 74	66
From 75 to 84	39
85 and over	25
Less than 65	11

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD in 2018

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	40
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	24
Dementia	10
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2019 were aspiration, injections, spinal procedures and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	87
doctor visit	185
injections	87
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	18
spinal procedures	41
X-rays	23

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Male	72
Female	130

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	179
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	84
From 75 to 84	64
85 and over	33
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD in 2019

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	38
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	25
Dementia	9
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA during 2020 were aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	20
doctor visit	38
injections	20

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Male	22
Female	39

**Age**
From 65 to 74	31
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD in 2020

Hypertension	52
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	34
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated as an orthopedist in Vancouver, WA were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and hip imaging.

aspiration	58
doctor visit	223
hip imaging	33
immobilization	14
injections	58
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	19
musculoskeletal imaging	33
pelvic imaging	23
spinal procedures	18
X-rays	26

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD.

**Gender**
Female	123
Male	62

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	147
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	21
75 to 84	53
Less than 65	21
65 to 74	87

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD From 2012 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and depression.

Hypertension	49
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	25
Atrial Fibrillation	9
Dementia	7
Cancer	6

Education & Training

Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD graduated from Harvard Medical School. He completed residency at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the Orthopedic Surgery, Board-certified, Fellowship Trained and has a state license in Washington.

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: Orthopedic Surgery, Board-certified, Fellowship Trained

Licensed In: Washington

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Ralph Wendell Pierce, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center

Legacy Health

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Smith & Nephew, Inc.	$156 FIRSTPASS MINI $156

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$156

Biography

Dr. Ralph Pierce specializes in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. He is affiliated with Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. He graduated from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pierce's residency was performed at a hospital affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a hospital affiliated with Harvard University. Dr. Pierce offers interpreting services for his patients.