Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,470
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 198
- Part D claims, 2024
- 54
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $33,559
- Practice address
- 640 S State Street, Dover, DE 19901
- Practice phone
- Call (302) 744-7001
- 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. Lydell Cecil Lettsome is a general surgeon in Dover, Delaware
Dr. Lettsome practices at Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, Delaware, part of Bayhealth Medical Center.
Dr. Lettsome's NPI, 1578655098, was assigned on September 29, 2006. Dr. Lettsome graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1996. Dr. Lettsome holds Delaware license C1-0024789.
- NPI
- 1578655098NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2163314394
- NPI enumeration date
- September 29, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (302) 744-7001
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome practices at Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, Delaware
Dr. Lettsome's primary practice is Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus, at 640 S State Street, Dover, DE 19901 in Kent County. The practice phone is (302) 744-7001.
- Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus640 S State Street, Dover, DE 19901 · Kent CountyPhone(302) 744-7001
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Lettsome's primary practice is Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, Delaware, part of Bayhealth Medical Center. Dr. Lettsome is also affiliated with Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus. The medical group on file is Bayhealth. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lettsome to 3 more home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Lettsome's employer is on file too: a hospital.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lettsome practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome is one of 103 general surgeons in Delaware
Surgery is Dr. Lettsome's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Lettsome is licensed in Delaware.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, DelawarePrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome billed Medicare for 2,470 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,470 Medicare services from Dr. Lettsome across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 198 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $97,349 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Dr. Lettsome's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 1,3492024: 1,88340%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 8522024: 58731%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 172024: 0100%
Dr. Lettsome compared with the Delaware median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Lettsome
- Delaware median
- Medicare services
- 2,470vs 2499.9 times
- Medicare patients
- 198vs 16917% above
- Part D claims
- 55vs 3653% above
Medians across 95 general surgeons in Delaware with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Lettsome'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. Lydell Cecil Lettsome treated 198 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 198 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lettsome in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 73 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.87, 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. Lettsome's median patient age at 72, with 49% women.
Dr. Lettsome's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Lettsome's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women9146%
- Men10754%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Lettsome's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis64%
- Chronic kidney disease53%
- Diabetes51%
- Ischemic heart disease49%
- Heart failure46%
- Atrial fibrillation43%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Lettsome's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women49%
- Men50%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome wrote 54 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Lettsome wrote 54 Medicare Part D claims for 36 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 3 drugs, with $28,325 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 48 claims across 2 drugs.
Dr. Lettsome's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic49 claims91%
- Brand-name and other5 claims9%
Dr. Lettsome's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2022
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. Lettsome's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics56%30 of 54 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, 2021 to 2022
- 2021
- 2022
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2021: 482022: 5515%
Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2022, 2 in 2021.
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. Lydell Cecil Lettsome ranks in the 99th percentile for removal of tissue in Medicare
Dr. Lettsome accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 1,211 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Lettsome, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Lettsome ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of tissue
- 99th percentile1,211 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Skin biopsy: 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. Lydell Cecil Lettsome received $33,559 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 178 general payments to Dr. Lettsome from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 34% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $28,819.
General payments to Dr. Lettsome by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Lettsome by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$11,55034%
- Consulting fees$8,61326%
- Food and beverage$7,02021%
- Travel and lodging$6,36019%
- Education$170%
Companies that paid Dr. Lettsome the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Lettsome graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1996.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome'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)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. Lydell Cecil Lettsome's NPI number?
Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome's NPI number is 1578655098. It was assigned on September 29, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome?
Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome is a general surgeon in Dover, Delaware. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome practice?
Dr. Lettsome practices at 640 S State Street, Dover, DE 19901. Dr. Lettsome's primary practice is Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, Delaware, part of Bayhealth Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lettsome to 3 home health agencies and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Lettsome is (302) 744-7001.
What is Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome's medical license number?
Dr. Lettsome holds Delaware license C1-0024789.
Which hospitals is Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome affiliated with?
Dr. Lettsome practices at Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, Delaware. Dr. Lettsome is also affiliated with Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus.
What medical group is Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome part of?
Dr. Lettsome is linked to Bayhealth. Dmand AI links Dr. Lettsome to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lettsome billed Medicare for 2,470 services in 2024, and Dr. Lettsome accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome see?
CMS counts 198 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lettsome in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Lettsome's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (11045), surgery: skin and soft tissue (11042) and office visit, established patient (99213).
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Where did Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome go to medical school?
Dr. Lettsome graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1996.
What drugs does Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome prescribe most?
In 2022 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lettsome's most prescribed drugs by claims were Mupirocin, Santyl and Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim.
Has Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $33,559 in general payments to Dr. Lettsome from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Smith & Nephew, Inc.
How long has Dr. Lydell Cecil Lettsome been practicing?
Dr. Lettsome graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
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