Samuel Otto Wetzel, OD

Primary specialty

OptometristTaxonomy code 152W00000X

License

4082 Issued in WI

Practice address

1836 South Ave
La Crosse, WI 54601-5429

Phone

(608) 782-7300

NPI assigned

Jul 1, 2025

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in WI, IA2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Optometry

Education

Other, 2025

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Gundersen Clinic LTDGroup PAC ID 9638082779, 422 clinicians

Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center IncGroup PAC ID 2163331414, 888 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: swetzel1128758@direct.emplifyhealth.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Gundersen Clinic LTD

  • Clinic/Center
  • La Crosse, WI
  • NPI 1851343115

  IA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc

  • Clinic/Center
  • La Crosse, WI
  • NPI 1225873458
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Gundersen Regional Clinics, LLC

  • Clinic/Center
  • Decorah, IA
  • NPI 1699461558
  Medicare reassignment
• Gundersen Lutheran Express Care, Inc

  • Clinic/Center
  • La Crosse, WI
  • NPI 1043446974
  NPD
• Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • La Crosse, WI
  • NPI 1376593442
  NPD
• Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc

  • Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center)
  • Onalaska, WI
  • NPI 1871837567
  NPD
• Gundersen Clinic, LTD.

  • Clinic/Center
  • Calmar, IA
  • NPI 1306890959
  NPD (past)

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "created_epoch": "1751328000000",
    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1751328000000",
    "number": "1215826649",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1836 SOUTH AVE",
            "city": "LA CROSSE",
            "state": "WI",
            "postal_code": "546015429",
            "telephone_number": "608-782-7300"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1836 SOUTH AVE",
            "city": "LA CROSSE",
            "state": "WI",
            "postal_code": "546015429",
            "telephone_number": "608-782-7300"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "WETZEL",
        "first_name": "SAMUEL",
        "middle_name": "OTTO",
        "credential": "OD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-07-01",
        "last_updated": "2025-07-01",
        "certification_date": "2025-07-01",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "152W00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Optometrist",
            "state": "WI",
            "license": "4082",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Joshua Westbrook, M.D.
• Susan M Wester, MD
• Western Wisconsin Cares
• Western Wisconsin Oral Health Initiative
• Max Richard Wetzel, MD
• Talia T Wetzel, DPT
• Kinsey J Weyer, SLP
• Christopher J Whalen, M.D.
• Kelsey Rae Whalen, LMFT
• John P. Wheeler Jr., MD

• Optometrist in La Crosse, WI
• Providers in La Crosse, WI by specialty
• Optometrist in Wisconsin

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 1, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.