Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 30,465
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 288
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,176
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $11,609
- Practice address
- 1608 Glenn SW Blvd, Fort Payne, AL 35968
- Practice phone
- Call (256) 547-0536
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Alabama Cancer Care
Fort Payne, Alabama
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Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch is a medical oncologist in Fort Payne, Alabama
Dr. Bunch practices at Alabama Cancer Care in Fort Payne, Alabama.
Dr. Bunch's NPI, 1295773125, was assigned on June 3, 2006. Dr. Bunch graduated from Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Bunch's Alabama license number on file is 22389.
- NPI
- 1295773125NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1850322850
- NPI enumeration date
- June 3, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (256) 547-0536
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 55
- Medical school graduation
- 1997
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch practices at Alabama Cancer Care in Fort Payne, Alabama
Dr. Bunch's primary practice is Alabama Cancer Care, at 1608 Glenn SW Blvd, Fort Payne, AL 35968 in De Kalb County. The practice phone is (256) 547-0536.
- Alabama Cancer Care1608 Glenn SW Blvd, Fort Payne, AL 35968 · De Kalb CountyPhone(256) 547-0536
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 5 medical groups
Dr. Bunch's primary practice is Alabama Cancer Care in Fort Payne, Alabama. Dr. Bunch is also affiliated with Gadsden Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Alabama Cancer Care of Gadsden. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bunch to 1 more hospital, 4 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bunch practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Alabama Cancer Care | Available with a free account |
| +3 more sites and 4 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch is one of 24 medical oncologists in Alabama
Medical oncology is Dr. Bunch's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RX0202X. Dr. Bunch is board certified in medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Bunch's licenses on file in 2 states: Alabama and Texas.
Specialties and state licenses
- Medical oncology, AlabamaPrimary
- Texas license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists chronic anemia, chronic hypertension, chronic kidney disease, hypercalcemia, immune deficiency disease, neutropenia, osteoporosis and purpura and thrombocytopenia among the conditions Dr. Bunch treats.
Medical oncologists near Dr. Bunch
Counts of medical oncologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch billed Medicare for 30,465 services in 2024
CMS data shows 30,465 Medicare services from Dr. Bunch across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 288 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $90,246 for them.
Dr. Bunch's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Other services
- 2023: 34,6802024: 25,06828%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 12,7282024: 3,71871%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,0872024: 65939%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 7112024: 45636%
- Surgery
- 2023: 5202024: 28745%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4822024: 27743%
Where Dr. Bunch's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office30,449100%
- In a facility160%
Dr. Bunch compared with the Alabama median for medical oncologists, 2024
- Dr. Bunch
- Alabama median
- Medicare services
- 30,465vs 1,87616.2 times
- Medicare patients
- 288vs 33213% below
- Part D claims
- 821vs 67023% above
Medians across 24 medical oncologists in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Bunch's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch treated 288 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 288 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bunch in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 109 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 22% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.06, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bunch's median patient age at 70, with 63% women.
Dr. Bunch's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Bunch's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women17260%
- Men11640%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Bunch's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis56%
- Cancer49%
- Chronic kidney disease47%
- Diabetes45%
- Ischemic heart disease38%
- COPD27%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Bunch's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 70
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women63%
- Men37%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch wrote 1,176 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Bunch wrote 1,176 Medicare Part D claims for 252 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 821 of them, across 29 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,009,271 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,419 claims across 39 drugs.
Dr. Bunch's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic894 claims76%
- Brand-name282 claims24%
Dr. Bunch's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Bunch's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids14%162 of 1,176 claims
- Antibiotics2%28 of 1,176 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,4192024: 82142%
Drugs named by CMS: 29 in 2024, 39 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
How Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch takes part in Medicare
Dr. Bunch accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch received $11,609 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 623 general payments to Dr. Bunch from 71 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $1,104.
General payments to Dr. Bunch by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Bunch by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$11,29597%
- Education$3143%
Companies that paid Dr. Bunch the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch graduated from Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine
Dr. Bunch graduated from Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Bunch is a member of ACP and ASCO.
- Medical school
- Board certified in medical oncology
- Board certified in medical oncology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers
Dr. Bunch is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Cigna
- United Healthcare
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Aspirus Health Plan
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- +8 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Bunch accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO11
- Medicare9
- HMO8
- POS5
- EPO4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch's NPI number?
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch's NPI number is 1295773125. It was assigned on June 3, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch?
Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch is a medical oncologist in Fort Payne, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Medical Oncology Physician (taxonomy code 207RX0202X).
Where does Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch practice?
Dr. Bunch practices at 1608 Glenn SW Blvd, Fort Payne, AL 35968. Dr. Bunch's primary practice is Alabama Cancer Care in Fort Payne, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bunch to 1 hospital, 4 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Bunch is (256) 547-0536.
What is Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch's medical license number?
Dr. Bunch's Alabama license number on file is 22389, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bunch in Alabama (1999 to 2025) and Texas (2005 to 2026).
Which hospitals is Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch affiliated with?
Dr. Bunch is affiliated with Gadsden Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Bunch to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch part of?
Dr. Bunch is linked to Alabama Cancer Care of Gadsden. Dmand AI links Dr. Bunch to 4 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bunch billed Medicare for 30,465 services in 2024, and Dr. Bunch accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch see?
CMS counts 288 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bunch in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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Is Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch board certified?
Yes. Dr. Bunch is board certified in medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Bunch's most billed Medicare services were medicare temporary code (Q0138), injected or infused drug (J0897) and injected or infused drug (J1100).
Where did Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch go to medical school?
Dr. Bunch graduated from Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine in 1997.
What drugs does Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bunch's most prescribed drugs by claims were Letrozole, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Promethazine HCl.
Has Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $11,609 in general payments to Dr. Bunch from 71 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
How long has Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch been practicing?
Dr. Bunch graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Laura Christopher Bunch accept?
Dr. Bunch is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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