Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt, MD

  • Westminster, CO
  • General surgeon
NPI1396802500PAC ID2466466180
Medicare services, 2024
24
Medicare patients, 2024
35
Part D claims, 2018
27
Publications
65
Clinical trials
3
Practice address
14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023
Practice phone
Call (720) 627-0000
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Primary practice

CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital

Hospital · Westminster, Colorado

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Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt is a general surgeon in Westminster, Colorado

Dr. Ahrendt practices at CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Ahrendt's NPI, 1396802500, was assigned on January 3, 2007. Dr. Ahrendt graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Ahrendt holds Colorado license DR.0058045.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2466466180
NPI enumeration date
January 3, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(720) 627-0000
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

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

Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt practices at CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado

Dr. Ahrendt's primary practice is CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital, at 14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023 in Broomfield County. The practice phone is (720) 627-0000.

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Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Ahrendt's primary practice is CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Ahrendt is also affiliated with CommonSpirit - St. Anthony Hospital. The medical group on file is Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery Associates (CTSA). Dmand AI also links Dr. Ahrendt to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt is one of 504 general surgeons in Colorado

Surgery is Dr. Ahrendt's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Ahrendt's licenses on file in 2 states: Colorado and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, ColoradoPrimaryLicense DR.0058045 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Pennsylvania licenseLicense MD427777

General surgeons near Dr. Ahrendt

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Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt billed Medicare for 24 services in 2024

CMS data shows 24 Medicare services from Dr. Ahrendt across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 35 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,350 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202424
Medicare patients35
Paid by Medicare$8,350
Procedure codes2

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 672024: 1381%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 612024: 1182%

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

  • Dr. Ahrendt
  • Colorado median
Medicare services
24vs 10978% below
Medicare patients
35vs 10466% below
Part D claims
27vs 3113% below

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

Dr. Ahrendt's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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

Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt treated 35 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 35 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ahrendt in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 17 patients. 75% of them have cancer, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ahrendt's median patient age at 67, with 98% women.

Medicare patients, 202435
Average age72
Average risk score1.35

Dr. Ahrendt's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

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

  1. Cancer75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure71%
  4. Arthritis46%
  5. Ischemic heart disease34%

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

Dr. Ahrendt's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women98%
  • Men2%

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

Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt wrote 27 Medicare Part D claims in 2018

In 2018, Dr. Ahrendt wrote 27 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 1 drug, with $91 in total drug cost.

Part D claims, 201827
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$91

Dr. Ahrendt'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.

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Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026

Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt ranks in the 68th percentile for mastectomy in Medicare

Dr. Ahrendt accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Ahrendt, more than 68% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Ahrendt ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Mastectomy
68th percentile13 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. Gretchen M. Ahrendt has 65 publications on record

Dmand AI links 65 papers to Dr. Ahrendt, published from 2010 to 2024. 2023 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Breast Neoplasms, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Mastectomy. Dr. Ahrendt has published most often in Ann Surg Oncol. Dr. Ahrendt's most frequent co-authors are Victoria Huynh, MD, Atilla Soran, MD and Nicole T. Christian, MD, MS.

Papers65
Years published2010 to 2024

Dr. Ahrendt's papers by year, 2015 to 2024

Topics Dr. Ahrendt writes about most

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Mastectomy
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Mastectomy, Segmental
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
  • Axilla

Dr. Ahrendt's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Ahrendt

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

Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Ahrendt to 3 clinical trials, 2 of them phase 3 studies. 2 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Breast Neoplasms, Breast Diseases and Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating. Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology sponsors the most, 2.

Clinical trials with Dr. Ahrendt by phase

  1. NonePhase 1: no trials
  2. 1Phase 2: 1 trial
  3. 2Phase 3: 2 trials
  4. NonePhase 4: no trials

Conditions in Dr. Ahrendt's trials

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Breast Diseases
  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
  • Breast Carcinoma In Situ

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Ahrendt

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Ahrendt

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

Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt received $4,910 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Ahrendt from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Endomagnetics Ltd paid the most, $4,188.

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

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

$4.9Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$2,62854%
  • Food and beverage$2,00341%
  • Entertainment$2796%

Companies that paid Dr. Ahrendt 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. Gretchen M. Ahrendt graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Ahrendt graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1990.

  1. Medical schoolJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Sources for Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt'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)
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)
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
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt's NPI number?

Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt's NPI number is 1396802500. It was assigned on January 3, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt?

Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt is a general surgeon in Westminster, Colorado. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt practice?

Dr. Ahrendt practices at 14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023. Dr. Ahrendt's primary practice is CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ahrendt to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ahrendt is (720) 627-0000.

What is Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt's medical license number?

Dr. Ahrendt holds Colorado license DR.0058045, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ahrendt in Colorado and Pennsylvania.

Which hospitals is Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt affiliated with?

Dr. Ahrendt practices at CommonSpirit - St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colorado. Dr. Ahrendt is also affiliated with CommonSpirit - St. Anthony Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt part of?

Dr. Ahrendt is linked to Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery Associates (CTSA).

Does Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ahrendt billed Medicare for 24 services in 2024, and Dr. Ahrendt accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt see?

CMS counts 35 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ahrendt in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ahrendt's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (19301) and office visit, new patient (99205).

Where did Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt go to medical school?

Dr. Ahrendt graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1990.

What drugs does Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt prescribe most?

In 2018 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ahrendt's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,910 in general payments to Dr. Ahrendt from 6 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Endomagnetics Ltd.

How long has Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt been practicing?

Dr. Ahrendt graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

Does Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt do research?

Dmand AI links 65 publications to Dr. Ahrendt, published from 2010 to 2024. Dr. Ahrendt has worked on 3 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Gretchen M. Ahrendt publish with?

Dr. Ahrendt's most frequent co-authors are Victoria Huynh, MD (16 shared papers), Atilla Soran, MD (14 shared papers) and Nicole T. Christian, MD, MS (13 shared papers).

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