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Dr. Peter F. Johnston, MD

General Surgery (Surgery Physician)

13400 E Shea Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85259

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Maricopa County includes primary care (13% of residents) and dental (0% of residents) and mental health (4% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas

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  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
14
In the NPI registry since
2012
Medicare patients seen, 2024
246

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2012Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery Physician primary
    AZ license 63625
  • Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

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Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
246
Services billed
484
Patients’ average age
74
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes8054
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes7536
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes3728
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes3130
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes2626
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes1414
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes1414
Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope1313

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 1 companies reported 4 payments worth $811 in total to this clinician.

By type
Travel and Lodging$433
Food and Beverage$378

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Feb 18, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Feb 18, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to PHOENIX, AZ · in-kind
$230
Feb 18, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Feb 18, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to PHOENIX, AZ · in-kind
$183
Feb 18, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Feb 18, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to PHOENIX, AZ · in-kind
$19.00

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated September 16, 2021), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1104192913. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.