Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III, MD

  • Mountain Home, AR
  • Cardiothoracic surgeon
NPI1902982754PAC ID4981792488
Medicare services, 2022
45
Medicare patients, 2024
18
Part D claims, 2024
18
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$4,567
Practice address
624 Hospital Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653
Practice phone
Call (870) 508-1000
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Primary practice

Baxter Health

Hospital · Mountain Home, Arkansas

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Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Mountain Home, Arkansas

Dr. Bauer practices at Baxter Health in Mountain Home, Arkansas, part of Baxter Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Bauer's NPI, 1902982754, was assigned on October 27, 2006. Dr. Bauer graduated from University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Bauer's Arkansas license number on file is C5954.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4981792488
NPI enumeration date
October 27, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(870) 508-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
71
Medical school graduation
1981

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

Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III practices at Baxter Health in Mountain Home, Arkansas

Dr. Bauer's primary practice is Baxter Health, at 624 Hospital Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653 in Baxter County. The practice phone is (870) 508-1000.

  • Baxter Health
    624 Hospital Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653 · Baxter CountyPhone(870) 508-1000

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Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Bauer's primary practice is Baxter Health in Mountain Home, Arkansas, part of Baxter Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Baxter Regional Urology Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bauer to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bauer practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Baxter HealthAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III is one of 50 cardiothoracic surgeons in Arkansas

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Bauer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Bauer is board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Bauer has a license on file in Arkansas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery), ArkansasPrimaryLicense C5954 · 1981 to 2025 · taxonomy 208G00000X

Cardiothoracic surgeons near Dr. Bauer

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Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III billed Medicare for 45 services in 2022

CMS data shows 45 Medicare services from Dr. Bauer across 3 procedure codes in 2022, for 18 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $18,633 for them.

Medicare services, 202245
Medicare patients18
Paid by Medicare$18,633
Procedure codes3

Dr. Bauer's Medicare services by type, 2021 to 2022

  • 2021
  • 2022
Tests and treatments
2021: 1222022: 2282%
Surgery
2021: 1912022: 1294%
Office and hospital visits
2021: 1472022: 1193%

Where Dr. Bauer's Medicare services took place, 2022

  • In an office1124%
  • In a facility3476%

Dr. Bauer compared with the Arkansas median for cardiothoracic surgeons, 2022

  • Dr. Bauer
  • Arkansas median
Medicare services
45vs 15872% below
Medicare patients
18vs 10783% below
Part D claims
24vs 3225% below

Medians across 49 cardiothoracic surgeons in Arkansas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Bauer's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2022

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III treated 18 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 18 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bauer in 2024. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.43, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bauer's median patient age at 69, with 33% women.

Medicare patients, 202418
Average age74
Average risk score1.43

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Ischemic heart disease75%
  4. Arthritis61%
  5. Atrial fibrillation61%

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

Dr. Bauer'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

  • Women33%
  • Men66%

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

Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III wrote 18 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Bauer wrote 18 Medicare Part D claims for 13 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 2 drugs, with $152 in total drug cost. In 2017, CMS named 22 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202418
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$152
Part D patients13

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

  • Generic16 claims89%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims11%

Dr. Bauer's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2018

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, 2017 to 2018

  • 2017
  • 2018
Claims for drugs CMS names
2017: 222018: 249%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2018, 2 in 2017.

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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. Frank Michael Bauer III ranks in the 72nd percentile for coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) in Medicare

Dr. Bauer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 22 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Bauer, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Bauer ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
72nd percentile22 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III received $4,567 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 172 general payments to Dr. Bauer from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 93% of the total. AtriCure, Inc. paid the most, $418.

General payments to Dr. Bauer by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Bauer by kind, 2016 to 2025

$4.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$4,22893%
  • Education$3397%

Companies that paid Dr. Bauer the most, 2016 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. Frank Michael Bauer III has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Bauer.

Awards and honors for Dr. Bauer

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III graduated from University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of Medicine

Dr. Bauer graduated from University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Bauer is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III accepts plans from 10 insurance carriers

Dr. Bauer is in network with 10 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Cigna. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Cigna
  • Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • AR State Medicaid
  • +2 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Bauer accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO7
  3. HMO4
  4. POS4
  5. EPO1
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III's NPI number?

Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III's NPI number is 1902982754. It was assigned on October 27, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III?

Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Mountain Home, Arkansas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (taxonomy code 208G00000X).

Where does Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III practice?

Dr. Bauer practices at 624 Hospital Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653. Dr. Bauer's primary practice is Baxter Health in Mountain Home, Arkansas, part of Baxter Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bauer to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bauer is (870) 508-1000.

What is Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III's medical license number?

Dr. Bauer's Arkansas license number on file is C5954.

Which hospitals is Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III affiliated with?

Dr. Bauer practices at Baxter Health in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

What medical group is Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III part of?

Dr. Bauer is linked to Baxter Regional Urology Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Bauer to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bauer billed Medicare for 45 services in 2022, and Dr. Bauer accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III see?

CMS counts 18 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bauer in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III board certified?

Yes. Dr. Bauer is board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

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What services does Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III bill to Medicare?

In 2022, Dr. Bauer's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93503), surgery: heart and blood vessels (33533) and office visit, new patient (99205).

Where did Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III go to medical school?

Dr. Bauer graduated from University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of Medicine in 1981.

What drugs does Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III prescribe most?

In 2018 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bauer's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium and Metoprolol Tartrate.

Has Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,567 in general payments to Dr. Bauer from 26 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AtriCure, Inc.

How long has Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III been practicing?

Dr. Bauer graduated from medical school in 1981, 45 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Frank Michael Bauer III accept?

Dr. Bauer is in network with 10 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Cigna. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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