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Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD

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Specializes in: Radiation Oncology

Harvard Medical School (2004)

4001 Rainbow Boulevard Ms 4033
Kansas City, KS 66160

(913) 588-3600

Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD is a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS specializing in radiation oncology. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2004 and has 22 years of experience. Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD is affiliated with The University of Kansas Physicians (UKP) and TOPEKA PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC.

Office Locations

4001 Rainbow Boulevard Ms 4033
Kansas City, KS 66160

(913) 588-3600

(913) 588-3663

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In The News

“Anywhere near a 40 percent reduction in NIH funding, as Trump's budget proposal suggests, would do lasting damage, said Dr. Ronald Chen, a radiology oncologist who works at the University of Kansas...”—"Kansas City s top cancer researchers worry about federal funding cuts doing lasting damage | Jefferson City News-Tribune", News Tribune, November 2025

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 5%

By Affordability:

brachytherapy

internal radiation therapy

prostate brachytherapy

In 2023, Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD had a list price for brachytherapy (seed implants), internal radiation therapy, and prostate brachytherapy that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 95% of providers in related specialties within Kansas. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	369

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2013 were radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	470
radiation therapy	16

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	190
Female	27

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	146
Black	59
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	106
From 75 to 84	68
85 and over	16
Less than 65	27

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2013

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	12
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2014 were radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	420
radiation therapy	17

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	201
Female	19

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	154
Black	54
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	120
From 75 to 84	65
85 and over	14
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2014

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	11
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	29
Dementia	7
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2015 were radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	444
radiation therapy	27

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	478
Female	30

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	346
Black	128
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	304
From 75 to 84	134
85 and over	22
Less than 65	48

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2015

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	32
Dementia	5
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2016 were radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	478
radiation therapy	42

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	256
Female	25

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	201
Black	63
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	169
From 75 to 84	72
85 and over	17
Less than 65	23

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2016

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	15
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	30
Dementia	7
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2017 were radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	583
radiation therapy	52

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	271
Female	28

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	217
Black	62
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	173
From 75 to 84	90
85 and over	15
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	28
Dementia	5
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2018 were radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	474
radiation therapy	63

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	285
Female	24

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	224
Black	65
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	192
From 75 to 84	86
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2018

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	28
Dementia	5
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2019 were radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	418
radiation therapy	53

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	267
Female	27

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	219
Black	57
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	177
From 75 to 84	90
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2019

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	27
Dementia	6
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	32

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

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

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2020

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
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	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2021 were radiation therapy and marker placement for prostate radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	179
marker placement for prostate radiation therapy	12
radiation therapy	17

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	93
Female	30

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	109
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	77
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2021

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	20
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS during 2022 were radiation therapy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	234
radiation therapy	58

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	137
Female	34

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	141
Black	12
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	101
From 75 to 84	53
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated as a radiation oncologist in Kansas City, KS were radiation therapy.

doctor visit	372
radiation therapy	38

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	198
Female	22

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	45
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	159
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	59
85 and over	7
Less than 65	12
65 to 74	130

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD treated were cancer, hypertension, high cholesterol and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	13
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	5
Osteoporosis	1
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	23
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Dementia	3
Cancer	68

Education & Training

Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2004. He has a state license in North Carolina.

Medical School: Harvard Medical School (2004)

Licensed In: North Carolina

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

The University of Kansas Physicians (UKP)

TOPEKA PHYSICIAN GROUP LLC

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Medivation Inc.	$9,446 XTANDI $9,446
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$6,819 Xofigo $6,819
Accuray Incorporated	$5,042 CyberKnife System $5,042
Myovant Sciences Inc.	$4,850 ORGOVYX $4,850
AbbVie Inc.	$3,712 Lupron Depot $2,362	$1,350
Other	$14,437 Erleada $3,590	Axumin $1,634	REFLEXION MEDICAL RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM $1,624	ILLUCCIX $1,402	Halcyon $1,031	Other $5,155

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$18,165
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$12,140
Travel and Lodging	$8,152
Honoraria	$4,619
Food and Beverage	$1,231

Research Payments

Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD has received 20 research payments totaling $1,165,892.

Biography

Dr. Ronald Chen practices radiation oncology in Kansas City, KS. Dr. Chen studied medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is affiliated with The University of Kansas Physicians (UKP).

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2023

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2013

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2014

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2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2015

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2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2016

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2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2017

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2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2018

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2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2019

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2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2020

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2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2021

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2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD in 2022

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ronald C. Chen, MD From 2012 - 2022

Education & Training

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General Payments

Research Payments

Biography

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