Dr. Bret Charles Peterson, MD

  • Fort Collins, CO
  • Orthopaedic hand surgery physician
NPI1295909281PAC ID2961649868
Medicare services, 2024
2,584
Medicare patients, 2024
451
Part D claims, 2024
371
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
75
Practice address
2500 E Prospect Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80525
Practice phone
Call (970) 493-0112
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Primary practice

Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies

Fort Collins, Colorado

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Dr. Bret Charles Peterson is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in Fort Collins, Colorado

Dr. Peterson practices at Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Dr. Peterson's NPI, 1295909281, was assigned on April 22, 2008. Dr. Peterson graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver in 2007. Dr. Peterson holds Colorado license 0051904.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2961649868
NPI enumeration date
April 22, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(970) 493-0112
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
45
Medical school graduation
2007

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

Dr. Bret Charles Peterson practices at Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins, Colorado

Dr. Peterson's primary practice is Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies, at 2500 E Prospect Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80525 in Larimer County. The practice phone is (970) 493-0112.

  • Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies
    2500 E Prospect Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80525 · Larimer CountyPhone(970) 493-0112

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

Dr. Bret Charles Peterson is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Peterson's primary practice is Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins, Colorado. Dr. Peterson is also affiliated with UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital. The medical group on file is Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies. Dmand AI also links Dr. Peterson to 2 more hospitals and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

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

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Bret Charles Peterson's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the RockiesAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Bret Charles Peterson is one of 72 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Colorado

Hand surgery is Dr. Peterson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0106X. Dr. Peterson is licensed in Colorado.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic hand surgery, ColoradoPrimaryLicense 0051904 · taxonomy 207XS0106X

Orthopaedic hand surgery physicians near Dr. Peterson

Counts of orthopaedic hand surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

72orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Colorado
8orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Fort Collins

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

Dr. Bret Charles Peterson billed Medicare for 2,584 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,584 Medicare services from Dr. Peterson across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 451 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $103,258 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,584
Medicare patients451
Paid by Medicare$103,258
Procedure codes19

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1,0822024: 1,23514%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5812024: 6064%
Imaging
2023: 3292024: 39019%
Surgery
2023: 2892024: 31810%
Other services
2023: 332024: 356%

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

  • In an office2,45695%
  • In a facility1285%

Dr. Peterson compared with the Colorado median for orthopaedic hand surgery physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Peterson
  • Colorado median
Medicare services
2,584vs 1,2032.1 times
Medicare patients
451vs 27862% above
Part D claims
338vs 369.4 times

Medians across 73 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in Colorado with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Peterson'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. Bret Charles Peterson treated 451 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 451 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Peterson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 242 patients. 73% of them have arthritis, and 70% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.00, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Peterson's median patient age at 69, with 59% women.

Medicare patients, 2024451
Average age73
Average risk score1.00
Also on Medicaid5%

Dr. Peterson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Peterson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women26759%
  • Men18441%

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

  1. Arthritis73%
  2. High cholesterol70%
  3. High blood pressure61%
  4. Mood disorders25%
  5. Depression22%
  6. Ischemic heart disease21%
  7. Anxiety19%
  8. Diabetes17%

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

Dr. Peterson'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

  • Women59%
  • Men41%

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

Dr. Bret Charles Peterson wrote 371 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Peterson wrote 371 Medicare Part D claims for 235 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 338 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,221 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 308 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024371
Drugs named by CMS6
Total drug cost$1,221
Part D patients235

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

  • Opioids74%276 of 371 claims
  • Antibiotics12%46 of 371 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: 3082024: 33810%

Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 4 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. Bret Charles Peterson scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Peterson for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Peterson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Peterson's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 75of 100Final score
  • 70.4of 100Quality
  • 71of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 70of 100Cost

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

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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. Bret Charles Peterson has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Peterson. Dr. Peterson's most frequent co-authors are Fraser J. Leversedge, MD, Ryan Thomson Kellogg, MD and Thomas J. Moore, MD.

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Dr. Peterson's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Peterson

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Dr. Bret Charles Peterson received $1,873 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 21 general payments to Dr. Peterson from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 65% of the total. AxoGen paid the most, $1,041.

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

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

$1.9Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,21265%
  • Travel and lodging$43023%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$1277%
  • Entertainment$1056%

Companies that paid Dr. Peterson 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. Bret Charles Peterson graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver

Dr. Peterson graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver in 2007.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Bret Charles Peterson'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 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
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. Bret Charles Peterson's NPI number?

Dr. Bret Charles Peterson's NPI number is 1295909281. It was assigned on April 22, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Bret Charles Peterson?

Dr. Bret Charles Peterson is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in Fort Collins, Colorado. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207XS0106X).

Where does Dr. Bret Charles Peterson practice?

Dr. Peterson practices at 2500 E Prospect Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Dr. Peterson's primary practice is Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins, Colorado. Dmand AI also links Dr. Peterson to 2 hospitals and 1 ambulatory surgery center.

What is Dr. Bret Charles Peterson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Peterson is (970) 493-0112.

What is Dr. Bret Charles Peterson's medical license number?

Dr. Peterson holds Colorado license 0051904.

Which hospitals is Dr. Bret Charles Peterson affiliated with?

Dr. Peterson is affiliated with UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Peterson to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Bret Charles Peterson part of?

Dr. Peterson is linked to Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies.

Does Dr. Bret Charles Peterson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Peterson billed Medicare for 2,584 services in 2024, and Dr. Peterson accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Bret Charles Peterson's MIPS score?

Dr. Peterson's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Bret Charles Peterson see?

CMS counts 451 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Peterson in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Dr. Bret Charles Peterson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Peterson's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1100), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Bret Charles Peterson go to medical school?

Dr. Peterson graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver in 2007.

What drugs does Dr. Bret Charles Peterson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Peterson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Cephalexin and Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. Bret Charles Peterson received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,873 in general payments to Dr. Peterson from 10 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AxoGen.

How long has Dr. Bret Charles Peterson been practicing?

Dr. Peterson graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.

Does Dr. Bret Charles Peterson do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Peterson.

Who does Dr. Bret Charles Peterson publish with?

Dr. Peterson's most frequent co-authors are Fraser J. Leversedge, MD (2 shared papers), Ryan Thomson Kellogg, MD (1 shared paper) and Thomas J. Moore, MD (1 shared paper).

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