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Dr. James A. Bell, MD

(2 Ratings)

Specializes in: Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Trauma

151 S Sunrise Way Suite 100
Palm Springs, CA 92262

(760) 568-2684

Dr. James A. Bell, MD is a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA specializing in sports medicine and orthopedic trauma. Dr. James A. Bell, MD is affiliated with Desert Orthopedic Center.

Office Locations

151 S Sunrise Way Suite 100
Palm Springs, CA 92262

(760) 568-2684

(760) 341-5832

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 5%

By Volume:

arthroscopic meniscectomy

lower extremity surgery

major joint aspiration

major joint injection

By Affordability:

arthroscopic meniscectomy

arthroscopic meniscus surgery

In 2023, among providers in related specialties within California, Dr. James A. Bell, MD performed more arthroscopic meniscectomy, lower extremity surgery, major joint aspiration, and major joint injection procedures for Medicare patients than 95% of them and he also had a list price for arthroscopic meniscectomy, arthroscopic meniscus surgery, joint X-ray, knee X-ray, meniscectomy (meniscus removal), meniscus surgery, and X-rays that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 95% 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.

Top 10%

By Volume:

joint surgery

In 2023, Dr. James A. Bell, MD performed more joint surgery procedures for Medicare patients than 90% of providers in related specialties within California.

Top 25%

By Volume:

hip replacement

reconstructive surgery

total knee replacement

In 2012, Dr. James A. Bell, MD performed more hip replacement, reconstructive surgery, and total knee replacement procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within California.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2012 were injections, aspiration, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	721
doctor visit	1414
fracture surgery	22
hip imaging	130
hospital care	44
injections	762
inpatient care	44
joint surgery	60
lower extremity surgery	82
minimally invasive procedures	39
musculoskeletal imaging	397
pelvic imaging	98
reconstructive surgery	21
spinal procedures	28
X-rays	523

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2013 were injections, aspiration, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	779
doctor visit	1540
fracture surgery	12
hip imaging	137
hospital care	47
injections	811
inpatient care	47
joint surgery	75
lower extremity surgery	87
minimally invasive procedures	36
musculoskeletal imaging	396
reconstructive surgery	39
spinal procedures	24
X-rays	420

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	310
Female	402

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	623
Black	12
Hispanic	53
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	319
From 75 to 84	222
85 and over	100
Less than 65	71

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2013

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	25
Dementia	9
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2014 were injections, aspiration, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	656
doctor visit	1395
fracture surgery	12
hip imaging	114
hospital care	52
injections	684
inpatient care	52
joint surgery	91
lower extremity surgery	103
minimally invasive procedures	29
musculoskeletal imaging	229
reconstructive surgery	62
X-rays	229

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	364
Female	444

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	708
Black	18
Hispanic	62
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	367
From 75 to 84	255
85 and over	105
Less than 65	81

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2014

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	25
Dementia	9
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2015 were injections, aspiration, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	716
decompression surgery	11
doctor visit	1592
fracture surgery	11
hip imaging	130
hospital care	44
injections	733
inpatient care	44
joint surgery	105
lower extremity surgery	105
minimally invasive procedures	55
musculoskeletal imaging	247
reconstructive surgery	50
spinal procedures	14
upper extremity surgery	11
X-rays	261

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	812
Female	972

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	1572
Black	0
Hispanic	114
Asian	24
Other	42
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	846
From 75 to 84	566
85 and over	232
Less than 65	140

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2015

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	26
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2016 were injections, aspiration, joint surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	825
decompression surgery	18
doctor visit	1762
hospital care	49
injections	857
inpatient care	49
joint surgery	185
lower extremity surgery	156
minimally invasive procedures	96
musculoskeletal imaging	81
pelvic imaging	15
reconstructive surgery	89
spinal procedures	28
upper extremity surgery	29
X-rays	124

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	491
Female	505

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	852
Black	23
Hispanic	77
Asian	0
Other	28
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	500
From 75 to 84	299
85 and over	110
Less than 65	87

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2016

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	25
Dementia	5
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2017 were injections, aspiration, lower extremity surgery and joint surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	724
decompression surgery	13
doctor visit	1641
fracture surgery	16
hospital care	30
injections	760
inpatient care	30
joint surgery	143
lower extremity surgery	146
minimally invasive procedures	99
musculoskeletal imaging	77
reconstructive surgery	44
spinal procedures	13
upper extremity surgery	13
X-rays	90

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	473
Female	503

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	848
Black	27
Hispanic	59
Asian	0
Other	25
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	458
From 75 to 84	328
85 and over	89
Less than 65	101

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2017

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	26
Dementia	7
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2018 were injections, aspiration, joint surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	746
decompression surgery	14
doctor visit	1540
hospital care	21
injections	788
inpatient care	21
joint surgery	169
lower extremity surgery	155
minimally invasive procedures	89
musculoskeletal imaging	103
reconstructive surgery	80
upper extremity surgery	14
X-rays	103

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	480
Female	503

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	840
Black	21
Hispanic	79
Asian	0
Other	27
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	471
From 75 to 84	332
85 and over	97
Less than 65	83

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2018

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	24
Dementia	8
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2019 were injections, aspiration, joint surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	754
doctor visit	1435
hospital care	39
injections	784
inpatient care	39
joint surgery	113
lower extremity surgery	113
minimally invasive procedures	41
musculoskeletal imaging	61
reconstructive surgery	72
spinal procedures	17
X-rays	78

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	437
Female	486

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	793
Black	19
Hispanic	69
Asian	0
Other	24
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	422
From 75 to 84	311
85 and over	112
Less than 65	78

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2019

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	28
Dementia	7
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2020 were injections, aspiration, joint surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	628
doctor visit	1117
hospital care	22
injections	645
inpatient care	22
joint surgery	84
lower extremity surgery	84
minimally invasive procedures	32
musculoskeletal imaging	28
reconstructive surgery	52
spinal procedures	15
X-rays	43

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	404
Female	364

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	670
Black	0
Hispanic	50
Asian	14
Other	22
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	364
From 75 to 84	267
85 and over	69
Less than 65	68

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2020

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	29
Dementia	8
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2021 were injections, aspiration, joint surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	736
decompression surgery	11
doctor visit	1328
hospital care	19
injections	755
inpatient care	19
joint surgery	119
lower extremity surgery	108
minimally invasive procedures	56
musculoskeletal imaging	36
reconstructive surgery	63
spinal procedures	18
upper extremity surgery	11
X-rays	54

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	433
Female	449

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	769
Black	25
Hispanic	52
Asian	0
Other	21
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	424
From 75 to 84	305
85 and over	85
Less than 65	68

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2021

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	26
Dementia	8
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA during 2022 were aspiration, injections, joint surgery and lower extremity surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	684
doctor visit	1108
injections	684
joint surgery	135
lower extremity surgery	135
minimally invasive procedures	49
musculoskeletal imaging	35
reconstructive surgery	86
X-rays	35

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	376
Female	450

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	717
Black	17
Hispanic	51
Asian	0
Other	25
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	408
From 75 to 84	277
85 and over	84
Less than 65	57

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD in 2022

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	25
Dementia	4
Cancer	18

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James A. Bell, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Palm Springs, CA were injections, aspiration, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

aspiration	724
decompression surgery	13
doctor visit	1442
fracture surgery	14
hip imaging	127
hospital care	36
injections	751
inpatient care	36
joint surgery	116
lower extremity surgery	115
minimally invasive procedures	56
musculoskeletal imaging	153
pelvic imaging	56
reconstructive surgery	59
spinal procedures	19
upper extremity surgery	15
X-rays	178

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James A. Bell, MD.

**Gender**
Male	416
Female	461

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	14
Asian / Pacific Islander	3
Non-Hispanic White	762
Hispanic	60
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	19

**Age**
75 to 84	287
85 and over	98
Less than 65	75
65 to 74	416

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

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. James A. Bell, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	58
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	10
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	23
Atrial Fibrillation	10
Cancer	11
Dementia	6

Education & Training

He has a state license in California.

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. James A. Bell, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Desert Orthopedic Center

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. James A. Bell, MD has a good overall rating with an average of 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 2 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. James A. Bell, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Palm Springs, CA.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Stryker Corporation	$9,610 Mako $8,158	TRIDENT $1,015	TRIATHLON $178	KNEES $146	Mobile Bearing Hip System $65	Other $47
SportsTek Medical, Inc	$1,061 $1,061
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$760 EUFLEXXA $760
ConforMIS, Inc.	$229 ALL $229
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.	$215 AccuFill $137	KNEES $72	Spinal Pak 2 $7
Other	$708 Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System $154	Zilretta $112	MONOVISC $43	TFN ADVANCED $34	Duexis $30	Other $334