Dr. Cary Robert Baxter, MD

  • Birmingham, AL
  • Retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician
NPI1366900581PAC ID4981069945
Medicare services, 2024
280
Medicare patients, 2024
232
Part D claims, 2024
28
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
100
Practice address
2208 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35233
Practice phone
Call (205) 933-2625
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Primary practice

Retina Specialists of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

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Dr. Cary Robert Baxter is a retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician in Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Baxter practices at Retina Specialists of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dr. Baxter's NPI, 1366900581, was assigned on March 6, 2019. Dr. Baxter graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2019. Dr. Baxter holds Alabama license 46191.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4981069945
NPI enumeration date
March 6, 2019
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(205) 933-2625
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
33
Medical school graduation
2019

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Cary Robert Baxter practices at Retina Specialists of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Baxter's primary practice is Retina Specialists of Alabama, at 2208 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35233 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 933-2625.

  • Retina Specialists of Alabama
    2208 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35233 · Jefferson CountyPhone(205) 933-2625

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Cary Robert Baxter is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Baxter's primary practice is Retina Specialists of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Baxter is also affiliated with UAB Hospital. The medical group on file is Anesthesia at Callahan Eye Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baxter to 3 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Cary Robert Baxter's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Baxter practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Retina Specialists of AlabamaAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Cary Robert Baxter is one of 19 retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Alabama

Retina specialist is Dr. Baxter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207WX0107X. Dr. Baxter is licensed in Alabama.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Retina specialist (ophthalmology), AlabamaPrimaryLicense 46191 · taxonomy 207WX0107X

Retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians near Dr. Baxter

Counts of retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

19retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Alabama
9retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Birmingham

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Cary Robert Baxter billed Medicare for 280 services in 2024

CMS data shows 280 Medicare services from Dr. Baxter across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 232 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $27,948 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024280
Medicare patients232
Paid by Medicare$27,948
Procedure codes8

Dr. Baxter's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 02024: 149
Surgery
2023: 242024: 77221%
Tests and treatments
2023: 02024: 32
Imaging
2023: 02024: 22

Dr. Baxter compared with the Alabama median for retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Baxter
  • Alabama median
Medicare services
280vs 14,54798% below
Medicare patients
232vs 82572% below
Part D claims
152vs 59274% below

Medians across 19 retina specialist (ophthalmology) physicians in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Baxter'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. Cary Robert Baxter treated 232 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 232 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baxter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 124 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.39, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Baxter's median patient age at 71, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024232
Average age72
Average risk score1.39
Also on Medicaid12%

Dr. Baxter's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Baxter's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13659%
  • Men9641%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Baxter's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Diabetes33%
  5. Chronic kidney disease31%
  6. Anxiety27%
  7. Ischemic heart disease27%
  8. Mood disorders24%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Baxter's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men47%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Cary Robert Baxter wrote 28 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Baxter wrote 28 Medicare Part D claims for 18 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 3 drugs, with $3,501 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 182 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 202428
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$3,501
Part D patients18

Dr. Baxter's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic22 claims79%
  • Brand-name and other6 claims21%

Dr. Baxter's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2023

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2022 to 2023

  • 2022
  • 2023
Claims for drugs CMS names
2022: 1822023: 15216%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2023, 5 in 2022.

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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

Dr. Cary Robert Baxter scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Baxter for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Baxter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Baxter's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Cataract surgery: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Cary Robert Baxter has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Baxter in 2024. Dr. Baxter's most frequent co-author is Albert L. Lin, MD.

Papers2

Dr. Baxter's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Baxter

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Dr. Cary Robert Baxter received $1,201 in industry payments from 2020 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 16 general payments to Dr. Baxter from 5 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $675.

General payments to Dr. Baxter by program year, 2020 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Baxter by kind, 2020 to 2025

$1.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,10192%
  • Education$1008%

Companies that paid Dr. Baxter the most, 2020 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Cary Robert Baxter graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine

Dr. Baxter graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2019.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Alabama School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Cary Robert Baxter's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Cary Robert Baxter's NPI number?

Dr. Cary Robert Baxter's NPI number is 1366900581. It was assigned on March 6, 2019, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Cary Robert Baxter?

Dr. Cary Robert Baxter is a retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician in Birmingham, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician (taxonomy code 207WX0107X).

Where does Dr. Cary Robert Baxter practice?

Dr. Baxter practices at 2208 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35233. Dr. Baxter's primary practice is Retina Specialists of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baxter to 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Cary Robert Baxter's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Baxter is (205) 933-2625.

What is Dr. Cary Robert Baxter's medical license number?

Dr. Baxter holds Alabama license 46191.

Which hospitals is Dr. Cary Robert Baxter affiliated with?

Dr. Baxter is affiliated with UAB Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Cary Robert Baxter part of?

Dr. Baxter is linked to Anesthesia at Callahan Eye Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Baxter to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Cary Robert Baxter accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Baxter billed Medicare for 280 services in 2024, and Dr. Baxter accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Cary Robert Baxter's MIPS score?

Dr. Baxter's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Cary Robert Baxter see?

CMS counts 232 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baxter in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Dr. Cary Robert Baxter bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Baxter's most billed Medicare services were emergency department visit (99284), emergency department visit (99283) and surgery: eye (67042).

Where did Dr. Cary Robert Baxter go to medical school?

Dr. Baxter graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2019.

What drugs does Dr. Cary Robert Baxter prescribe most?

In 2023 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Baxter's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Dorzolamide-Timolol and Brimonidine Tartrate.

Has Dr. Cary Robert Baxter received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,201 in general payments to Dr. Baxter from 5 companies from 2020 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Cary Robert Baxter been practicing?

Dr. Baxter graduated from medical school in 2019, 7 years ago.

Does Dr. Cary Robert Baxter do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Baxter.

Who does Dr. Cary Robert Baxter publish with?

Dr. Baxter's most frequent co-authors are Albert L. Lin, MD (2 shared papers).

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