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Dr. William O. Bell, MD

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Specializes in: Neurosurgery

50 Miller Street Suite I
Winston-Salem, NC 27104

(336) 277-2225

Dr. William O. Bell, MD is a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC specializing in neurosurgery.

Office Locations

152 E Kinderton Way Suite 101
Advance, NC 27006

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2810 Maplewood Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27103

(336) 768-1811

(336) 768-0360

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50 Miller Street Suite I
Winston-Salem, NC 27104

(336) 277-2225

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In The News

“That afternoon, Kluttz checked into Forsyth Medical Center (FMC), and two days later neurosurgeon Dr. William Bell performed surgery to remove the tumor.”—"Rowan native beats the odds in beating cancer - Salisbury Post", Salisbury Post, December 2009

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2012 were spinal procedures, nerve procedures, decompression surgery and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	14
decompression surgery	52
doctor visit	197
hospital care	25
inpatient care	25
neck surgery	14
nerve procedures	52
spinal procedures	63

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2013 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery, spinal procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	45
doctor visit	291
hospital care	25
implant surgery	11
inpatient care	25
nerve procedures	45
neurostimulator replacement	11
open surgery	13
spinal procedures	32
upper extremity surgery	13

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	136
Female	165

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	269
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	130
From 75 to 84	65
85 and over	19
Less than 65	87

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2013

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	29
Dementia	11
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	19
doctor visit	283
hospital care	21
inpatient care	21
nerve procedures	19
spinal procedures	19

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	117
Female	143

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	239
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	121
From 75 to 84	51
85 and over	18
Less than 65	70

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2014

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	33
Dementia	11
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2015 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery, spinal procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	26
doctor visit	232
hospital care	24
inpatient care	24
nerve procedures	26
revision surgery	13
spinal procedures	26

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	232
Female	250

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	428
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	216
From 75 to 84	96
85 and over	30
Less than 65	140

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2015

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	5
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	33
Dementia	11
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, neurostimulator replacement and implant surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	250
hospital care	20
implant surgery	11
inpatient care	20
neurostimulator replacement	11
spinal procedures	11

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	109
Female	128

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	214
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	95
From 75 to 84	49
85 and over	14
Less than 65	79

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2016

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	31
Dementia	11
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2017 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery, spinal procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	11
decompression surgery	29
doctor visit	183
hospital care	24
inpatient care	24
neck surgery	11
nerve procedures	29
spinal procedures	29

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	101
Female	100

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	184
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	83
From 75 to 84	48
85 and over	12
Less than 65	58

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2017

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	35
Dementia	12
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	14
doctor visit	236
hospital care	17
inpatient care	17
nerve procedures	14
spinal procedures	14

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	89
Female	111

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	183
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	80
From 75 to 84	41
85 and over	16
Less than 65	63

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2018

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	40
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	38
Dementia	11
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	12
doctor visit	235
hospital care	32
inpatient care	32
nerve procedures	12
spinal procedures	12

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	84
Female	92

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	156
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	87
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	43

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2019

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	28
Dementia	7
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2020 were nerve procedures, hospital care, decompression surgery and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	13
doctor visit	145
hospital care	13
inpatient care	13
nerve procedures	13
spinal procedures	13

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	69
Female	76

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	130
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	78
From 75 to 84	26
85 and over	12
Less than 65	29

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2020

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	43
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	37
Dementia	16
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2021 were nerve procedures, hospital care, decompression surgery and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	15
doctor visit	153
hospital care	15
inpatient care	15
nerve procedures	15
spinal procedures	15

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	69
Female	89

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	143
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	69
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2021

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	42
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	33
Dementia	13
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC during 2022 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery, spinal procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	19
doctor visit	178
hospital care	17
inpatient care	17
nerve procedures	19
spinal procedures	19

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	82
Female	89

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	160
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	76
From 75 to 84	53
85 and over	15
Less than 65	27

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	41
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	35
Dementia	9
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William O. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Advance, NC were nerve procedures, decompression surgery, spinal procedures and hospital care.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	12
decompression surgery	24
doctor visit	216
hospital care	21
implant surgery	11
inpatient care	21
neck surgery	12
nerve procedures	24
neurostimulator replacement	11
open surgery	13
revision surgery	13
spinal procedures	23
upper extremity surgery	13

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	98
Female	113

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	191
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	43
85 and over	12
Less than 65	54
65 to 74	94

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. William O. Bell, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and diabetes.

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	9
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	30
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Dementia	10
Cancer	9

Education & Training

He has a state license in North Carolina.

Licensed In: North Carolina

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Boston Scientific Corporation	$467 WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 $299	WAVEWRITER ALPHA $69	GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT $61	PAIN MANAGEMENT $25	SPECTRA WAVEWRITER $12
Medtronic Xomed, Inc.	$109 Laser ablation $78	Image Guided Surgery Products $32
Cyberonics, Inc.	$71 VNS Therapy $71
Globus Medical, Inc.	$68 Spine $68
Osteomed LLC	$37 Neuro-Profile0 $37
Other	$245 All Spine Stimulation $37	SCS leads $21	GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo $18	Gliadel $18	TIGRIS Stent $18	Other $133

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$998

Biography

Dr. William Bell specializes in neurosurgery and practices in Advance, NC and Winston Salem, NC. Dr. Bell has obtained a license to practice in North Carolina.

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

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2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2013

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2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2014

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2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2015

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2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2016

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2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2017

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2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2018

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2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2019

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2020

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, MD in 2021

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William O. Bell, 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. William O. Bell, MD From 2012 - 2022

Education & Training

Ratings & Reviews

General Payments

Biography