Dr. David Christopher Aughton, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 475
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 138
- Part D claims, 2024
- 119
- MIPS score, 2024
- 90
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 540 Litchfield St, Torrington, CT 06790
- Practice phone
- Call (860) 496-6666
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. David Christopher Aughton is a general surgeon in Torrington, Connecticut
Dr. Aughton practices at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare.
Dr. Aughton's NPI, 1275912818, was assigned on May 28, 2015. Dr. Aughton graduated from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Aughton holds Connecticut license 66474.
- NPI
- 1275912818NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1557602646
- NPI enumeration date
- May 28, 2015
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (860) 496-6666
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 37
- Medical school graduation
- 2015
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. David Christopher Aughton practices at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut
Dr. Aughton's primary practice is Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, at 540 Litchfield St, Torrington, CT 06790 in Litchfield County. The practice phone is (860) 496-6666.
- Charlotte Hungerford Hospital540 Litchfield St, Torrington, CT 06790 · Litchfield CountyPhone(860) 496-6666
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. David Christopher Aughton is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Aughton's primary practice is Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare. The medical group on file is Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Aughton to 3 more group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Christopher Aughton's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Aughton practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +5 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. David Christopher Aughton is one of 303 general surgeons in Connecticut
Surgery is Dr. Aughton's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Aughton is licensed in Connecticut.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, ConnecticutPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. David Christopher Aughton billed Medicare for 475 services in 2024
CMS data shows 475 Medicare services from Dr. Aughton across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 138 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $22,631 for them.
Dr. Aughton's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1862024: 30665%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 752024: 14897%
- Surgery
- 2023: 02024: 21
Where Dr. Aughton's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office40886%
- In a facility6714%
Dr. Aughton compared with the Connecticut median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Aughton
- Connecticut median
- Medicare services
- 475vs 1094.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 138vs 9545% above
- Part D claims
- 52vs 252.1 times
Medians across 295 general surgeons in Connecticut with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Aughton'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. David Christopher Aughton treated 138 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 138 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Aughton in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 52 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 42% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.00, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Aughton's median patient age at 64, with 47% women.
Dr. Aughton's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Aughton's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women6749%
- Men7151%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Aughton's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis50%
- Mood disorders41%
- Anxiety37%
- Atrial fibrillation36%
- Diabetes36%
- Ischemic heart disease36%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Aughton's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 64
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women47%
- Men51%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. David Christopher Aughton wrote 119 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Aughton wrote 119 Medicare Part D claims for 58 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 52 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $314 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 31 claims across 2 drugs.
Dr. Aughton's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic118 claims99%
- Brand-name and other1 claims1%
Dr. Aughton'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. Aughton's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids44%52 of 119 claims
- Antibiotics28%33 of 119 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: 312024: 5268%
Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 2 in 2023.
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. David Christopher Aughton scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Aughton for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Aughton accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 340 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Aughton, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Aughton's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 90of 100Final score
- 83.4of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 76of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Aughton ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of tissue
- 95th percentile340 procedures
- Removal of skin lesions
- 70th percentile37 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
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)
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Skin biopsy: 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. David Christopher Aughton received $2,878 in industry payments from 2019 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 52 general payments to Dr. Aughton from 20 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $1,823.
General payments to Dr. Aughton by program year, 2019 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Aughton by kind, 2019 to 2025
- Education$1,50052%
- Food and beverage$1,37848%
Companies that paid Dr. Aughton the most, 2019 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. David Christopher Aughton graduated from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Dr. Aughton graduated from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 2015.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. David Christopher Aughton's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. David Christopher Aughton's NPI number?
Dr. David Christopher Aughton's NPI number is 1275912818. It was assigned on May 28, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. David Christopher Aughton?
Dr. David Christopher Aughton is a general surgeon in Torrington, Connecticut. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. David Christopher Aughton practice?
Dr. Aughton practices at 540 Litchfield St, Torrington, CT 06790. Dr. Aughton's primary practice is Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut, part of Hartford HealthCare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Aughton to 3 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. David Christopher Aughton's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Aughton is (860) 496-6666.
What is Dr. David Christopher Aughton's medical license number?
Dr. Aughton holds Connecticut license 66474.
Which hospitals is Dr. David Christopher Aughton affiliated with?
Dr. Aughton practices at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut.
What medical group is Dr. David Christopher Aughton part of?
Dr. Aughton is linked to Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists. Dmand AI links Dr. Aughton to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. David Christopher Aughton accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Aughton billed Medicare for 475 services in 2024, and Dr. Aughton accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. David Christopher Aughton's MIPS score?
Dr. Aughton's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Christopher Aughton see?
CMS counts 138 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Aughton in 2024, with an average age of 76.
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What services does Dr. David Christopher Aughton bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Aughton's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), physical therapy and rehabilitation (97597) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. David Christopher Aughton go to medical school?
Dr. Aughton graduated from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 2015.
What drugs does Dr. David Christopher Aughton prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Aughton's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Doxycycline Hyclate and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. David Christopher Aughton received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,878 in general payments to Dr. Aughton from 20 companies from 2019 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. David Christopher Aughton been practicing?
Dr. Aughton graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.
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