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Dr. Thomas Bence Carter, DO
NPI1366555674PAC ID8729104195
- Medicare services, 2024
- 589
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 210
- Part D claims, 2024
- 699
- Publications
- 4
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 2609 Village Professional Pkwy, Opelika, AL 36801
- Practice phone
- Call (334) 749-6523
- Professional email
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- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Hypertension & Nephrology
Opelika, Alabama
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Dr. Thomas Bence Carter is a nephrologist in Opelika, Alabama
Dr. Carter practices at Hypertension & Nephrology in Opelika, Alabama.
Dr. Carter's NPI, 1366555674, was assigned on August 17, 2006. Dr. Carter graduated from Nova Southeastern College of Osteo Medicine in 1987. Dr. Carter holds Alabama license DO175.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1366555674NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8729104195
- NPI enumeration date
- August 17, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (334) 749-6523
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 65
- Medical school graduation
- 1987
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Thomas Bence Carter practices at Hypertension & Nephrology in Opelika, Alabama
Dr. Carter's primary practice is Hypertension & Nephrology, at 2609 Village Professional Pkwy, Opelika, AL 36801 in Lee County. The practice phone is (334) 749-6523.
- Hypertension & Nephrology2609 Village Professional Pkwy, Opelika, AL 36801 · Lee CountyPhone(334) 749-6523
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Thomas Bence Carter is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Carter's primary practice is Hypertension & Nephrology in Opelika, Alabama. Dr. Carter is also affiliated with East Alabama Medical Center. The medical group on file is Hypertension and Nephrology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Carter to 4 more dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Hypertension & NephrologyPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Thomas Bence Carter's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Carter practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Hypertension & Nephrology | Available with a free account |
| +6 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Thomas Bence Carter is one of 185 nephrologists in Alabama
Nephrology is Dr. Carter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Carter is licensed in Alabama.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, AlabamaPrimary
Nephrologists near Dr. Carter
Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
185nephrologists in Alabama
5nephrologists in Opelika
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Thomas Bence Carter billed Medicare for 589 services in 2024
CMS data shows 589 Medicare services from Dr. Carter across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 210 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $82,907 for them.
Medicare services, 2024589
Medicare patients210
Paid by Medicare$82,907
Procedure codes8
Dr. Carter's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 2482024: 37551%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4102024: 20251%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 12
Where Dr. Carter's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office33156%
- In a facility25844%
Dr. Carter compared with the Alabama median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Carter
- Alabama median
- Medicare services
- 589vs 1,27454% below
- Medicare patients
- 210vs 34038% below
- Part D claims
- 413vs 80849% below
Medians across 180 nephrologists in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Carter'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. Thomas Bence Carter treated 210 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 67
CMS counts 210 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Carter in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 75 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 41% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 5.92, 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. Carter's median patient age at 69, with 48% women.
Medicare patients, 2024210
Average age67
Average risk score5.92
Also on Medicaid41%
Dr. Carter's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Carter's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women9545%
- Men11555%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Carter's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- Diabetes65%
- High cholesterol65%
- Ischemic heart disease46%
- Heart failure42%
- Arthritis33%
- Atrial fibrillation28%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Carter's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 69
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women48%
- Men52%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Thomas Bence Carter wrote 699 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Carter wrote 699 Medicare Part D claims for 178 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 413 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $17,668 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 382 claims across 12 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024699
Drugs named by CMS15
Total drug cost$17,668
Part D patients178
Dr. Carter's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic658 claims94%
- Brand-name41 claims6%
Dr. Carter'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. Carter's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics4%29 of 699 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: 3822024: 4138%
Drugs named by CMS: 15 in 2024, 12 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. Thomas Bence Carter takes part in Medicare
Dr. Carter 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. Thomas Bence Carter has 4 publications on record
Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Carter, published from 2011 to 2022. The most frequent topics are Acute Kidney Injury. Dr. Carter's most frequent co-authors are Linda Marie Dansby, MD, Lautrec Wilson Radcliff, MD and Charles J. Diskin, MD.
Papers4
Years published2011 to 2022
Dr. Carter's papers by year, 2011 to 2022
Topics Dr. Carter writes about most
- Acute Kidney Injury
Dr. Carter's most frequent co-authors
- Linda Marie Dansby, MD4 shared papers
- Lautrec Wilson Radcliff, MD4 shared papers
- Charles J. Diskin, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Carter
Int Urol Nephrol
Arteriovenous Shunt, SurgicalCatheters, IndwellingForearm
Nephrol Dial Transplant
AlabamaEosinophiliaEosinophils
AbsorptionAcute Kidney InjuryAzotemia
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Thomas Bence Carter received $1,528 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 58 general payments to Dr. Carter from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Akebia Therapeutics Inc paid the most, $287.
General payments to Dr. Carter by program year, 2016 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Carter 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. Thomas Bence Carter graduated from Nova Southeastern College of Osteo Medicine
Dr. Carter graduated from Nova Southeastern College of Osteo Medicine in 1987.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Thomas Bence Carter'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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Thomas Bence Carter's NPI number?
Dr. Thomas Bence Carter's NPI number is 1366555674. It was assigned on August 17, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Thomas Bence Carter?
Dr. Thomas Bence Carter is a nephrologist in Opelika, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Thomas Bence Carter practice?
Dr. Carter practices at 2609 Village Professional Pkwy, Opelika, AL 36801. Dr. Carter's primary practice is Hypertension & Nephrology in Opelika, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Dr. Carter to 4 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Thomas Bence Carter's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Carter is (334) 749-6523.
What is Dr. Thomas Bence Carter's medical license number?
Dr. Carter holds Alabama license DO175.
Which hospitals is Dr. Thomas Bence Carter affiliated with?
Dr. Carter is affiliated with East Alabama Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Thomas Bence Carter part of?
Dr. Carter is linked to Hypertension and Nephrology.
Does Dr. Thomas Bence Carter accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Carter billed Medicare for 589 services in 2024, and Dr. Carter accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Thomas Bence Carter see?
CMS counts 210 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Carter in 2024, with an average age of 67.
What services does Dr. Thomas Bence Carter bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Carter's most billed Medicare services were dialysis (90960), hospital inpatient care (99232) and dialysis (90935).
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Where did Dr. Thomas Bence Carter go to medical school?
Dr. Carter graduated from Nova Southeastern College of Osteo Medicine in 1987.
What drugs does Dr. Thomas Bence Carter prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Carter's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pentoxifylline, Losartan Potassium and Calcitriol.
Has Dr. Thomas Bence Carter received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,528 in general payments to Dr. Carter from 15 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Akebia Therapeutics Inc.
How long has Dr. Thomas Bence Carter been practicing?
Dr. Carter graduated from medical school in 1987, 39 years ago.
Does Dr. Thomas Bence Carter do research?
Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Carter, published from 2011 to 2022.
Who does Dr. Thomas Bence Carter publish with?
Dr. Carter's most frequent co-authors are Linda Marie Dansby, MD (4 shared papers), Lautrec Wilson Radcliff, MD (4 shared papers) and Charles J. Diskin, MD (1 shared paper).
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