In 2012, among providers in related specialties within California, Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD performed more major joint aspiration, major joint injection, and spinal procedures procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of them and he also had a list price for 360-degree lumbar fusion, fracture surgery, lumbar osteotomy, neck X-ray, posterior column osteotomy, posterior spinal osteotomy, posterolateral lumbar fusion (PLF), and spinal osteotomy that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 75% of them. 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

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2012 were manual therapy, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic evaluation	125
doctor visit	639
fracture surgery	13
hospital care	35
image guided procedures	11
injections	11
inpatient care	35
manual therapy	2570
minimally invasive procedures	11
open surgery	13
pain management	11
rehabilitation	821
spinal procedures	43
X-rays	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2013 were manual therapy, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic evaluation	96
doctor visit	559
hospital care	31
inpatient care	31
manual therapy	1955
rehabilitation	603
spinal procedures	12

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	172
Female	239

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	329
Black	19
Hispanic	35
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	175
From 75 to 84	117
85 and over	64
Less than 65	55

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2013

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	21
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	24
Dementia	9
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2014 were manual therapy, hospital care, inpatient care and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	14
doctor visit	486
hospital care	28
image guided procedures	13
injections	13
inpatient care	28
manual therapy	50
minimally invasive procedures	13
nerve procedures	14
pain management	13
spinal procedures	27

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	130
Female	199

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	265
Black	11
Hispanic	35
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	138
From 75 to 84	86
85 and over	48
Less than 65	57

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2014

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	24
Dementia	8
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2015 were spinal procedures, X-rays, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	12
decompression surgery	25
doctor visit	492
nerve procedures	25
pelvic imaging	19
spinal procedures	241
X-rays	197

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	256
Female	368

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	494
Black	0
Hispanic	78
Asian	26
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	272
From 75 to 84	170
85 and over	88
Less than 65	94

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2015

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	26
Dementia	6
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2016 were spinal procedures, X-rays, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	11
decompression surgery	16
doctor visit	391
image guided procedures	12
injections	12
minimally invasive procedures	12
nerve procedures	16
pain management	12
pelvic imaging	13
spinal procedures	179
X-rays	142

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	119
Female	165

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	221
Black	0
Hispanic	28
Asian	17
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	132
From 75 to 84	65
85 and over	42
Less than 65	45

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2016

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	24
Dementia	8
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2017 were spinal procedures, X-rays, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	16
doctor visit	383
nerve procedures	16
spinal procedures	155
X-rays	139

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	112
Female	152

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	198
Black	11
Hispanic	30
Asian	11
Other	14
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	121
From 75 to 84	72
85 and over	28
Less than 65	43

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2017

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	26
Dementia	9
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2018 were spinal procedures, X-rays, pain management and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	494
image guided procedures	12
injections	12
minimally invasive procedures	12
pain management	12
spinal procedures	188
X-rays	176

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	123
Female	206

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	253
Black	0
Hispanic	49
Asian	12
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	127
From 75 to 84	95
85 and over	53
Less than 65	54

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2018

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	30
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2019 were spinal procedures, X-rays, open surgery and fracture surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

bone surgery	15
doctor visit	407
fracture surgery	20
open surgery	20
spinal procedures	152
X-rays	117

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	104
Female	188

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	211
Black	0
Hispanic	54
Asian	14
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	130
From 75 to 84	80
85 and over	35
Less than 65	47

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2019

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	20
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	29
Dementia	11
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2020 were spinal procedures, X-rays, bone surgery and arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	17
bone surgery	25
doctor visit	339
fracture surgery	14
open surgery	14
spinal procedures	177
X-rays	98

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	97
Female	160

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	175
Black	0
Hispanic	54
Asian	0
Other	12
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	110
From 75 to 84	78
85 and over	32
Less than 65	37

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2020

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	35
Dementia	10
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2021 were spinal procedures, X-rays, bone surgery and arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	24
bone surgery	30
doctor visit	324
spinal procedures	191
X-rays	114

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	95
Female	161

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	182
Black	0
Hispanic	50
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	102
From 75 to 84	84
85 and over	24
Less than 65	46

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2021

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	31
Dementia	10
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA during 2022 were spinal procedures, X-rays, injections and aspiration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	21
aspiration	62
bone surgery	23
doctor visit	584
image guided procedures	12
injections	74
minimally invasive procedures	12
musculoskeletal imaging	37
pain management	12
spinal procedures	165
X-rays	132

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	181
Female	259

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	335
Black	0
Hispanic	68
Asian	16
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	195
From 75 to 84	143
85 and over	54
Less than 65	48

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD in 2022

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	22
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	23
Dementia	6
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Monterey, CA were manual therapy, rehabilitation, spinal procedures and X-rays.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	17
aspiration	62
bone surgery	23
decompression surgery	17
diagnostic evaluation	110
doctor visit	463
fracture surgery	15
hospital care	31
image guided procedures	12
injections	24
inpatient care	31
manual therapy	1525
minimally invasive procedures	12
musculoskeletal imaging	37
nerve procedures	17
open surgery	15
pain management	12
pelvic imaging	16
rehabilitation	712
spinal procedures	139
X-rays	126

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD.

**Gender**
Male	126
Female	190

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	3
Asian / Pacific Islander	8
Non-Hispanic White	242
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	43
Other	2

**Age**
75 to 84	90
85 and over	42
Less than 65	47
65 to 74	136

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and depression.

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	10
Osteoporosis	16
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	24
Atrial Fibrillation	9
Dementia	7
Cancer	9

Education & Training

He completed residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and has a state license in California.

Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Licensed In: California

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD has a high overall rating with an average of 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 5 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Mark Willard Howard, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Monterey, CA.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc.	$36,080 Interventional Therapies $35,906	Thoracolumbar - TL Therapies $169	Enabling Technologies - NIM, NAV, Power $5
Medtronic USA, Inc.	$21,266 KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty $20,743	Spinal Cord Neurostimulation - Neuro $202	OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION $179	DIVERGENCE-L $71	CD HORIZON $46	Other $24
Arthrex, Inc.	$20,000 $20,000
Boston Scientific Corporation	$2,683 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER $532	COVEREDGE $378	PAIN MANAGEMENT $372	WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 $352	GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT $130	Other $918
Medtronic, Inc.	$349 UNID_PASS $349
Other	$1,629 Spine $212	Integrated Operative Solutions $167	ARTHROPLASTY $160	iFuse Implant $159	PROCARE $147	Other $784

**Types of Payments**
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$50,700
Grant	$20,000
Food and Beverage	$6,501
Travel and Lodging	$4,571
Education	$234

Biography

Dr. Mark Howard's specialties are spine surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. His training includes a residency program at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Howard's average rating from his patients is 4.0 stars (out of 5). He is conversant in Spanish. Doctor.com reports that he is not accepting new patients.