Dr. Robert M. Hullander, MD

  • San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Anesthesiologist
NPI1285731976PAC ID3678558210
Medicare services, 2024
914
Medicare patients, 2024
499
Part D claims, 2024
23
Publications
5
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
4472 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Practice phone
Call (805) 545-8100
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Primary practice

Paragon Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · San Luis Obispo, California

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Dr. Robert M. Hullander is an anesthesiologist in San Luis Obispo, California

Dr. Hullander practices at Paragon Surgery Center in San Luis Obispo, California.

Dr. Hullander's NPI, 1285731976, was assigned on September 17, 2006. Dr. Hullander graduated from Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Hullander's California license number on file is G68228.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3678558210
NPI enumeration date
September 17, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(805) 545-8100
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
67
Medical school graduation
1985

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

Dr. Robert M. Hullander practices at Paragon Surgery Center in San Luis Obispo, California

Dr. Hullander's primary practice is Paragon Surgery Center, at 4472 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. The practice phone is (805) 545-8100.

  • Paragon Surgery Center
    4472 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401Phone(805) 545-8100

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Robert M. Hullander is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Hullander's primary practice is Paragon Surgery Center in San Luis Obispo, California. The medical group on file is Pacific Pain Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hullander to 2 more ambulatory surgery centers, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert M. Hullander's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hullander practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Paragon Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Robert M. Hullander is one of 6,593 anesthesiologists in California

Anesthesiology is Dr. Hullander's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207L00000X. Dr. Hullander is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dmand AI has Dr. Hullander's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Iowa.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Anesthesiology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G68228 · 1990 to 2025 · taxonomy 207L00000X
  • Iowa license1995 to 1997

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists back pain injection, drug use disorders, lower back pain, neck pain and spine problems and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Hullander treats.

Anesthesiologists near Dr. Hullander

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

Dr. Robert M. Hullander billed Medicare for 914 services in 2024

CMS data shows 914 Medicare services from Dr. Hullander across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 499 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $97,786 for them.

Medicare services, 2024914
Medicare patients499
Paid by Medicare$97,786
Procedure codes22

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 4572024: 80576%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 852024: 7215%
Imaging
2023: 152024: 2353%
Tests and treatments
2023: 132024: 148%

Where Dr. Hullander's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office728%
  • In a facility84292%

Dr. Hullander compared with the California median for anesthesiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Hullander
  • California median
Medicare services
914vs 7212.7 times
Medicare patients
499vs 1433.5 times
Part D claims
15vs 2335% below

Medians across 5,562 anesthesiologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Hullander'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. Robert M. Hullander treated 499 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 499 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hullander in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 207 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.21, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hullander's median patient age at 71, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 2024499
Average age74
Average risk score1.21
Also on Medicaid16%

Dr. Hullander's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Hullander's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women29158%
  • Men20842%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure70%
  4. Anxiety51%
  5. Mood disorders31%
  6. Depression29%
  7. Diabetes23%
  8. Ischemic heart disease22%

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

Dr. Hullander's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men42%

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

Dr. Robert M. Hullander wrote 23 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Hullander wrote 23 Medicare Part D claims for 17 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 15 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $306 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 79 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202423
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$306
Part D patients17

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

  • Generic21 claims91%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims9%

Dr. Hullander's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2022

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. Hullander's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids61%14 of 23 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, 2021 to 2022

  • 2021
  • 2022
Claims for drugs CMS names
2021: 792022: 1581%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2022, 2 in 2021.

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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. Robert M. Hullander scored 50 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 50 out of 100 for Dr. Hullander for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Hullander accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Hullander as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Hullander's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 50of 100Final score
  • 45.4of 100Quality
  • 30of 100Improvement Activities

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

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

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Dr. Robert M. Hullander has 5 publications on record

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Hullander. The most frequent topics are Spinal Puncture. Dr. Hullander has published most often in Anesth Analg.

Papers5

Topics Dr. Hullander writes about most

  • Spinal Puncture

Recent publications by Dr. Hullander

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Dr. Robert M. Hullander has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Hullander to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Pain, Intractable and Cancer Pain. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Hullander that name 1 trial.

Conditions in Dr. Hullander's trials

  • Pain, Intractable
  • Cancer Pain

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Hullander

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Hullander

Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Robert M. Hullander received $43,084 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 677 general payments to Dr. Hullander from 37 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Nevro Corp. paid the most, $9,525. It also lists 5 research payments totaling $106,000 from 2016 to 2020, naming 1 clinical trial.

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

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

$43.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$30,88272%
  • Travel and lodging$7,68418%
  • Consulting fees$2,5006%
  • Entertainment$1,8264%
  • Education$1920%

Companies that paid Dr. Hullander 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. Robert M. Hullander graduated from Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine

Dr. Hullander graduated from Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in 1985.

  1. Medical schoolUniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in anesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
  3. Board certified in pain medicineAmerican Board of Anesthesiology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert M. Hullander accepts plans from 7 insurance carriers

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

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Hullander accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO6
  3. HMO3
  4. POS3
  5. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert M. Hullander'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
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. Robert M. Hullander's NPI number?

Dr. Robert M. Hullander's NPI number is 1285731976. It was assigned on September 17, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert M. Hullander?

Dr. Robert M. Hullander is an anesthesiologist in San Luis Obispo, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Anesthesiology Physician (taxonomy code 207L00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert M. Hullander practice?

Dr. Hullander practices at 4472 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. Dr. Hullander's primary practice is Paragon Surgery Center in San Luis Obispo, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hullander to 2 ambulatory surgery centers.

What is Dr. Robert M. Hullander's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Hullander is (805) 545-8100.

What is Dr. Robert M. Hullander's medical license number?

Dr. Hullander's California license number on file is G68228, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Robert M. Hullander been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Hullander in California (1990 to 2025) and Iowa (1995 to 1997).

What medical group is Dr. Robert M. Hullander part of?

Dr. Hullander is linked to Pacific Pain Physicians.

Does Dr. Robert M. Hullander accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hullander billed Medicare for 914 services in 2024, and Dr. Hullander accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Robert M. Hullander offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Hullander as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Robert M. Hullander's MIPS score?

Dr. Hullander's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 50 out of 100, reported individually.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert M. Hullander see?

CMS counts 499 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hullander in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Robert M. Hullander board certified?

Yes. Dr. Hullander is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

What services does Dr. Robert M. Hullander bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Hullander's most billed Medicare services were surgery: brain, spine and nerves (64483), surgery: bones and joints (27096) and surgery: brain, spine and nerves (64493).

Where did Dr. Robert M. Hullander go to medical school?

Dr. Hullander graduated from Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in 1985.

What drugs does Dr. Robert M. Hullander prescribe most?

In 2022 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hullander's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. Robert M. Hullander received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $43,084 in general payments to Dr. Hullander from 37 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Nevro Corp.

How long has Dr. Robert M. Hullander been practicing?

Dr. Hullander graduated from medical school in 1985, 41 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert M. Hullander do research?

Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Hullander. Dr. Hullander has worked on 1 clinical trial.

What insurance does Dr. Robert M. Hullander accept?

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

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