Dr. Caleb J. Mentzer, DO
General Surgery (Surgical Critical Care Physician)
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Years since graduation
- 15
- In the NPI registry since
- 2011
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 150
Licensed in Texas since 2017, according to the Texas Medical Board. We show license dates only for the states that publish them in bulk; see which states do. For other states, check the state medical board.
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
- 2011Registered 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
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Surgical Critical Care Physician primary
ID license O-1974 · SC license 52097 · TX license R4098 (first issued 2017; delinquent - incomplete registration) -
Surgery Physician
SC license 52097 -
Trauma Surgery Physician
GA license 076864 · TX license R4098 (first issued 2017; delinquent - incomplete registration)
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- St Luke's Regional Medical Center Boise, ID
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Boise, ID
- Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario Ontario, OR
- St. Alphonsus Medical Center - Baker City Baker City, OR
- Grande Ronde Hospital La Grande, OR
Medical groups
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Inc (680 clinicians)
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
- 150
- Services billed
- 288
- Patients’ average age
- 78
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | 123 | 67 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 120 | 48 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | 105 | 60 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | 95 | 93 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | 43 | 43 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | 26 | 22 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 15 | 11 |
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, 3 companies reported 13 payments worth $1,466 in total to this clinician.
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $1,244 |
|---|---|
| Ethicon US, LLC | $114 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | $108 |
| Travel and Lodging | $984 |
|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $482 |
What the payments were for
| Company | What it was for | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Jun 21, 2025 | Travel and Lodging RIBFIX TITAN · CMF & Thoracic · travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind | $305 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Jun 19, 2025 | Travel and Lodging RIBFIX TITAN · CMF & Thoracic · travel to Evansville, IN · in-kind | $297 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Jun 20, 2025 | Travel and Lodging RIBFIX TITAN · CMF & Thoracic · travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind | $229 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Jun 20, 2025 | Travel and Lodging RIBFIX TITAN · CMF & Thoracic · travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind | $57.65 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Jun 19, 2025 | Travel and Lodging RIBFIX TITAN · CMF & Thoracic · travel to Fort Worth, TX · in-kind | $35.00 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Jun 19, 2025 | Travel and Lodging RIBFIX TITAN · CMF & Thoracic · travel to New Orleans, LA · in-kind | $35.00 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Jun 19, 2025 | Travel and Lodging RIBFIX TITAN · CMF & Thoracic · travel to College Park, GA · in-kind | $25.00 |
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.