Dr. Craig R. Clear, MD

  • Fort Collins, CO
  • General surgeon
NPI1841303187PAC ID3274569710
Medicare services, 2024
298
Medicare patients, 2024
140
Part D claims, 2024
65
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$544
Practice address
2127 E Harmony Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80528
Practice phone
Call (970) 297-6300
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Primary practice

Harmony Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Fort Collins, Colorado

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Dr. Craig R. Clear is a general surgeon in Fort Collins, Colorado

Dr. Clear practices at Harmony Surgery Center in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Dr. Clear's NPI, 1841303187, was assigned on August 17, 2006. Dr. Clear graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1992. Dr. Clear holds Colorado license 34472.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3274569710
NPI enumeration date
August 17, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(970) 297-6300
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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 R. Clear practices at Harmony Surgery Center in Fort Collins, Colorado

Dr. Clear's primary practice is Harmony Surgery Center, at 2127 E Harmony Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80528. The practice phone is (970) 297-6300.

  • Harmony Surgery Center
    2127 E Harmony Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80528Phone(970) 297-6300

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Craig R. Clear is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Clear's primary practice is Harmony Surgery Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Dr. Clear is also affiliated with UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital. The medical group on file is UCHealth Medical Group.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Craig R. Clear's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Harmony Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Craig R. Clear is one of 504 general surgeons in Colorado

Surgery is Dr. Clear's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Clear is licensed in Colorado.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, ColoradoPrimaryLicense 34472 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, appendectomy, colon removal, gallbladder removal, gastrointestinal bleeding, groin hernia surgery and hemorrhoids among the conditions Dr. Clear treats.

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Dr. Craig R. Clear billed Medicare for 298 services in 2024

CMS data shows 298 Medicare services from Dr. Clear across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 140 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $43,180 for them.

Medicare services, 2024298
Medicare patients140
Paid by Medicare$43,180
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1272024: 15421%
Surgery
2023: 892024: 854%
Tests and treatments
2023: 702024: 5916%

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

  • In an office21371%
  • In a facility8529%

Dr. Clear compared with the Colorado median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Clear
  • Colorado median
Medicare services
298vs 1092.7 times
Medicare patients
140vs 10435% above
Part D claims
47vs 3152% above

Medians across 491 general surgeons in Colorado with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Clear'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 R. Clear treated 140 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 140 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Clear in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 84 patients. 64% of them have high cholesterol, and 58% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.05, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Clear's median patient age at 68, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024140
Average age73
Average risk score1.05

Dr. Clear's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Clear's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women8158%
  • Men5942%

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

  1. High cholesterol64%
  2. High blood pressure58%
  3. Arthritis48%
  4. Cancer29%
  5. Ischemic heart disease20%
  6. Chronic kidney disease19%
  7. Osteoporosis19%
  8. Anxiety18%

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

Dr. Clear's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men42%

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

Dr. Craig R. Clear wrote 65 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Clear wrote 65 Medicare Part D claims for 61 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 47 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $375 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 41 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202465
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$375
Part D patients61

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

  • Opioids80%52 of 65 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: 412024: 4715%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 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 R. Clear ranks in the 77th percentile for hernia repair (minimally invasive) in Medicare

Dr. Clear accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Clear, more than 77% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Clear ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Varicose vein removal
72nd percentile45 procedures
Mastectomy
73rd percentile16 procedures
Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
77th percentile13 procedures

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Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

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Dr. Craig R. Clear received $544 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 21 general payments to Dr. Clear from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. AngioDynamics, Inc. paid the most, $136.

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

Companies that paid Dr. Clear the most, 2016 to 2025

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

Dr. Craig R. Clear has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Clear, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Clear

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Craig R. Clear graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine

Dr. Clear graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1992.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Craig R. Clear accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Clear is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Clear accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. Medicare11
  3. HMO9
  4. POS8
  5. EPO5
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Craig R. Clear'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. Craig R. Clear's NPI number?

Dr. Craig R. Clear's NPI number is 1841303187. It was assigned on August 17, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Craig R. Clear?

Dr. Craig R. Clear is a general surgeon in Fort Collins, Colorado. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Craig R. Clear practice?

Dr. Clear practices at 2127 E Harmony Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80528. Dr. Clear's primary practice is Harmony Surgery Center in Fort Collins, Colorado.

What is Dr. Craig R. Clear's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Clear is (970) 297-6300.

What is Dr. Craig R. Clear's medical license number?

Dr. Clear holds Colorado license 34472.

Which hospitals is Dr. Craig R. Clear affiliated with?

Dr. Clear is affiliated with UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Craig R. Clear part of?

Dr. Clear is linked to UCHealth Medical Group.

Does Dr. Craig R. Clear accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Clear billed Medicare for 298 services in 2024, and Dr. Clear accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Craig R. Clear see?

CMS counts 140 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Clear in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Craig R. Clear bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Clear's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), blood vessel study (93970) and office visit, established patient (99213).

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Where did Dr. Craig R. Clear go to medical school?

Dr. Clear graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1992.

What drugs does Dr. Craig R. Clear prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Clear's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. Craig R. Clear received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $544 in general payments to Dr. Clear from 11 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AngioDynamics, Inc.

How long has Dr. Craig R. Clear been practicing?

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

What insurance does Dr. Craig R. Clear accept?

Dr. Clear is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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