Dr. Craig Vance Comiter, MD

  • Stanford, CA
  • Urologist
NPI1780657171PAC ID4082796016
Medicare services, 2024
1,531
Medicare patients, 2024
774
Part D claims, 2024
1,494
Publications
68
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
Practice phone
Call (650) 723-4000
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Primary practice

Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive

Hospital · Stanford, California

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Dr. Craig Vance Comiter is a urologist in Stanford, California

Dr. Comiter practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University.

Dr. Comiter's NPI, 1780657171, was assigned on February 8, 2006. Dr. Comiter graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1992. Dr. Comiter holds California license G84429.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4082796016
NPI enumeration date
February 8, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(650) 723-4000
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
60
Medical school graduation
1992

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

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California

Dr. Comiter's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive, at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (650) 723-4000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Comiter's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. Dr. Comiter is also affiliated with Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. The medical group on file is Stanford Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Comiter to 2 more hospitals, each named with a free account. Dr. Comiter's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Craig Vance Comiter's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur DriveAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Craig Vance Comiter is one of 1,395 urologists in California

Urology is Dr. Comiter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dr. Comiter is board certified in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery by the American Board of Urology. Dmand AI has Dr. Comiter's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Florida and Arizona.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Urology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G84429 · 2007 to 2027 · taxonomy 208800000X
  • Florida license2014 to 2016
  • Arizona license1999 to 2009

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists bladder disease, bladder removal, enlarged prostate, enlarged prostate transurethral surgery (TURP), erectile dysfunction, kidney cysts, kidney removal surgery and kidney stone disease among the conditions Dr. Comiter treats.

Urologists near Dr. Comiter

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Dr. Craig Vance Comiter billed Medicare for 1,531 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,531 Medicare services from Dr. Comiter across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 774 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $131,987 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,531
Medicare patients774
Paid by Medicare$131,987
Procedure codes19

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 7232024: 7565%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7312024: 58820%
Imaging
2023: 1232024: 15526%
Other services
2023: 322024: 32No change

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

  • In an office594%
  • In a facility1,47296%

Dr. Comiter compared with the California median for urologists, 2024

  • Dr. Comiter
  • California median
Medicare services
1,531vs 1,05046% above
Medicare patients
774vs 3462.2 times
Part D claims
1,345vs 6422.1 times

Medians across 1,310 urologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Comiter'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. Craig Vance Comiter treated 774 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 774 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Comiter in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 315 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 20% 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. Comiter's median patient age at 65, with 35% women.

Medicare patients, 2024774
Average age75
Average risk score1.39
Also on Medicaid20%

Dr. Comiter's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Comiter's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women21628%
  • Men55872%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure70%
  3. Arthritis40%
  4. Ischemic heart disease31%
  5. Chronic kidney disease25%
  6. Diabetes25%
  7. Cancer24%
  8. Anxiety22%

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

Dr. Comiter's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 65

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women35%
  • Men64%

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

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter wrote 1,494 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Comiter wrote 1,494 Medicare Part D claims for 448 patients. 64% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,345 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $436,685 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,423 claims across 20 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,494
Drugs named by CMS17
Total drug cost$436,685
Part D patients448

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

  • Generic956 claims64%
  • Brand-name and other538 claims36%

Dr. Comiter'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. Comiter's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics12%183 of 1,494 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: 1,4232024: 1,3455%

Drugs named by CMS: 17 in 2024, 20 in 2023.

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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. Craig Vance Comiter scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Comiter for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Comiter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Comiter as offering telehealth. CMS counts 42 procedures of prostate resection by Dr. Comiter, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Comiter's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 87.1of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 70of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Comiter ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Prostate resection
96th percentile42 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

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. Craig Vance Comiter has 68 publications on record

Dmand AI links 68 papers to Dr. Comiter, published from 2007 to 2025. 2018 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Urinary Incontinence, Stress, Urodynamics and Prostatectomy. Dr. Comiter has published most often in J Urol. Dr. Comiter's most frequent co-authors are Christopher S. Elliott, MD, Amy Diane Dobberfuhl, MD and Hardeep Singh Phull, MD.

Papers68
Years published2007 to 2025

Dr. Comiter's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Comiter writes about most

  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress
  • Urodynamics
  • Prostatectomy
  • Urinary Bladder
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Urethra
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy
  • Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction

Dr. Comiter's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Comiter

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Comiter to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Urinary Incontinence, Stress and Urinary Incontinence.

Conditions in Dr. Comiter's trials

  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress
  • Urinary Incontinence

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Comiter

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter received $61,869 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 123 general payments to Dr. Comiter from 24 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 64% of the total. PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation paid the most, $26,680. It also lists 5 research payments totaling $20,543 from 2023 to 2024.

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

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

$61.9Kin total
  • Consulting fees$39,85864%
  • Travel and lodging$12,06720%
  • Food and beverage$4,1247%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$2,9505%
  • Education$2,8715%

Companies that paid Dr. Comiter 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. Craig Vance Comiter has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Comiter, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Comiter

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter graduated from Harvard Medical School

Dr. Comiter graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1992.

  1. Medical schoolHarvard Medical School
  2. Board certified in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgeryAmerican Board of Urology
  3. Board certified in urologyAmerican Board of Urology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Comiter is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +5 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Comiter accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO8
  2. Medicare7
  3. HMO6
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Craig Vance Comiter'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)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
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)
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. Craig Vance Comiter's NPI number?

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter's NPI number is 1780657171. It was assigned on February 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Craig Vance Comiter?

Dr. Craig Vance Comiter is a urologist in Stanford, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Urology Physician (taxonomy code 208800000X).

Where does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter practice?

Dr. Comiter practices at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305. Dr. Comiter's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Comiter to 2 hospitals.

What is Dr. Craig Vance Comiter's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Comiter is (650) 723-4000.

What is Dr. Craig Vance Comiter's medical license number?

Dr. Comiter holds California license G84429, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Craig Vance Comiter been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Comiter in California (2007 to 2027), Florida (2014 to 2016) and Arizona (1999 to 2009).

Which hospitals is Dr. Craig Vance Comiter affiliated with?

Dr. Comiter practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California. Dr. Comiter is also affiliated with Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. Dmand AI links Dr. Comiter to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Craig Vance Comiter part of?

Dr. Comiter is linked to Stanford Health Care.

Does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Comiter billed Medicare for 1,531 services in 2024, and Dr. Comiter accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter offer telehealth?

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

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What is Dr. Craig Vance Comiter's MIPS score?

Dr. Comiter's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter see?

CMS counts 774 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Comiter in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Craig Vance Comiter board certified?

Yes. Dr. Comiter is board certified in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery by the American Board of Urology.

What services does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Comiter's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), surgery: urinary system (51741) and surgery: urinary system (51784).

Where did Dr. Craig Vance Comiter go to medical school?

Dr. Comiter graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1992.

What drugs does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Comiter's most prescribed drugs by claims were Myrbetriq, Finasteride and Tamsulosin HCl.

Has Dr. Craig Vance Comiter received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $61,869 in general payments to Dr. Comiter from 24 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation.

How long has Dr. Craig Vance Comiter been practicing?

Dr. Comiter graduated from medical school in 1992, 34 years ago.

Does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter do research?

Dmand AI links 68 publications to Dr. Comiter, published from 2007 to 2025. Dr. Comiter has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter publish with?

Dr. Comiter's most frequent co-authors are Christopher S. Elliott, MD (12 shared papers), Amy Diane Dobberfuhl, MD (8 shared papers) and Hardeep Singh Phull, MD (5 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Craig Vance Comiter accept?

Dr. Comiter is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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