National Provider Identifier
Dale R Wheeler, M.D.
Dale R Wheeler, M.D. is listed in the NPPES registry with a primary specialty of Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician in Amherst, NY and a listed phone number of (716) 250-9999.
Source: public NPPES record, last updated February 15, 2018. This profile is informational and is not medical advice, a quality rating, or a provider recommendation.
Profile Overview
- NPI
- 1366448367
- Provider Type
- Individual
- Primary Specialty
- Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician
- Enumeration Date
- June 23, 2005
- Last Updated
- February 15, 2018
Practice Location
- 3925 Sheridan Dr
- Amherst, NY 14226-1738
Phone: (716) 250-9999
Mailing Address
- 3925 Sheridan Dr
- Ste 100
- Buffalo, NY 14226-1738
Specialties
- Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (207XS0106X)
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Medicare Part B Activity
Reported 114 Medicare fee-for-service service lines in 2024.
Peer comparison
Compared to Orthopaedic Surgery providers in the Buffalo, NY metro area.
This provider is in the 14th percentile for Medicare service volume.
Lower volume than many peers.
Performs 77% fewer Medicare services than the peer median.
Higher than 11 of 79 peers.
- Activity Percentile
- 13.9%
- Rank by Services
- 68 of 79
- Total Services
- 114
- Est. Allowed Value
- $6,334.64
- Dataset Year
- 2024
- Drug Code Share
- 31.6%
Estimated allowed value reflects Medicare fee-for-service allowed amounts only. It does not include Medicare Advantage, commercial insurance, cash-pay services, or employment compensation.
Peers are grouped by the broader Orthopaedic Surgery classification rather than the exact subspecialty label shown elsewhere on the page.
Percentile distribution
Each bar represents a 10-point percentile band of peers by total Medicare services for Orthopaedic Surgery across the Buffalo, NY metro area. Taller bars indicate higher service-volume bands. Highlighted bar marks this provider's percentile band.
Observed service range: 17 to 9,601 total Medicare services.
Top Clinical Services
- 99203: New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
26 services | $2,763.22
- 99213: Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
23 services | $1,995.86
- 20550: Injection into tendon or ligament
16 services | $823.81
- 73140: X-ray of finger, minimum of 2 views
13 services | $504.11
Common Drug-Related Codes
- J0702: Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
36 services | $247.64
Biography
Dale R. Wheeler, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained hand and upper-extremity orthopaedic surgeon at Excelsior Orthopaedics. He earned his medical degree from Upstate Medical University after undergraduate study at Northwestern University, and completed both his orthopaedic residency and clinical fellowship at the University at Buffalo. Excelsior notes that he has participated in Buffalo’s fellowship training program since its inception, and he has also coauthored peer-reviewed research on hand surgery outcomes, including trigger finger after carpal tunnel release.
Full Record
- NPI
- 1366448367
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Last Name
- Wheeler
- First Name
- Dale
- Middle Name
- R
- Credential
- M.D.
- Mailing Street Address
- 3925 Sheridan Dr
- Mailing Address Line 2
- Ste 100
- Mailing City
- Buffalo
- Mailing State
- NY
- Mailing ZIP Code
- 14226-1738
- Mailing Country
- US
- Mailing Phone
- (716) 250-6409
- Practice Street Address
- 3925 Sheridan Dr
- Practice City
- Amherst
- Practice State
- NY
- Practice ZIP Code
- 14226-1738
- Practice Country
- US
- Practice Phone
- (716) 250-9999
- Practice Fax
- (716) 250-6555
- Enumeration Date
- June 23, 2005
- Last Updated
- February 15, 2018
- Sex
- Male
- Sole Proprietor
- No
- Taxonomies
- Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (207XS0106X)
- Other Identifiers
- 00964021 (NY), 0906766 (NY, Independent Health), 00010188301 (NY, Univera), 000510214001 (NY, Blue Cross & Blue Shield)