Dr. David A. Sugar, MD

  • Sarasota, FL
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1699717645
Medicare services, 2024
8,872
Medicare patients, 2024
213
Part D claims, 2024
235
Publications
6
MIPS score, 2024
75
Practice address
1630 S Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL 34239
Practice phone
Call (727) 898-7451
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Primary practice

All Children's Hospital

Sarasota, Florida

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Dr. David A. Sugar is an orthopedic surgeon in Sarasota, Florida

Dr. Sugar practices at All Children's Hospital in Sarasota, Florida.

Dr. Sugar's NPI, 1699717645, was assigned on June 12, 2006. Dr. Sugar graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in 1992. Dr. Sugar holds Florida license ME0073607.

NPI and contact details
NPI enumeration date
June 12, 2006
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(727) 898-7451
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Medical school graduation
1992

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

Dr. David A. Sugar practices at All Children's Hospital in Sarasota, Florida

Dr. Sugar's primary practice is All Children's Hospital, at 1630 S Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL 34239 in Sarasota County. The practice phone is (727) 898-7451.

  • All Children's Hospital
    1630 S Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL 34239 · Sarasota CountyPhone(727) 898-7451

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

Dr. David A. Sugar is affiliated with 2 sites of care

Dr. Sugar's primary practice is All Children's Hospital in Sarasota, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sugar to 1 physician office, named with a free account.

All Children's HospitalSarasota, FloridaPrimary
1 physician officeName with a free account
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David A. Sugar's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
All Children's HospitalAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. David A. Sugar is one of 1,248 orthopedic surgeons in Florida

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Sugar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Sugar is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons. Dmand AI has Dr. Sugar's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME0073607 · 1997 to 2027 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • Illinois license1994 to 1999

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arthritis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, fluid in a joint, hand joint or tendon inflammation, joint arthropathy and joint pain among the conditions Dr. Sugar treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Sugar

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Dr. David A. Sugar billed Medicare for 8,872 services in 2024

CMS data shows 8,872 Medicare services from Dr. Sugar across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 213 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $28,690 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20248,872
Medicare patients213
Paid by Medicare$28,690
Procedure codes7

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 6,4622024: 8,38730%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,3352024: 30277%
Surgery
2023: 6412024: 16674%
Imaging
2023: 4842024: 1796%
Tests and treatments
2023: 132024: 0100%

Dr. Sugar compared with the Florida median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Sugar
  • Florida median
Medicare services
8,872vs 1,3456.6 times
Medicare patients
213vs 29027% below
Part D claims
180vs 176Close to median

Medians across 1,164 orthopedic surgeons in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Sugar'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 A. Sugar treated 213 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 213 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sugar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 92 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.09, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sugar's median patient age at 63, with 62% women.

Medicare patients, 2024213
Average age77
Average risk score1.09

Dr. Sugar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Sugar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13061%
  • Men8339%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Ischemic heart disease34%
  5. Anxiety32%
  6. Osteoporosis25%
  7. Mood disorders24%
  8. Diabetes22%

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

Dr. Sugar's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women62%
  • Men36%

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

Dr. David A. Sugar wrote 235 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Sugar wrote 235 Medicare Part D claims for 100 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 180 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,325 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 519 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024235
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$2,325
Part D patients100

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

  • Opioids46%108 of 235 claims
  • Antibiotics5%12 of 235 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: 5192024: 18065%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 13 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. David A. Sugar 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. Sugar for performance year 2024, reported individually.

MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. David A. Sugar has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Sugar in 2009. Dr. Sugar has published most often in Plant Dis.

Papers6

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Dr. David A. Sugar received $1,732 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 23 general payments to Dr. Sugar from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 62% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $1,112.

General payments to Dr. Sugar by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Sugar by kind, 2016 to 2024

$1.7Kin total
  • Education$1,08062%
  • Food and beverage$65238%

Companies that paid Dr. Sugar the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. David A. Sugar has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Sugar.

Awards and honors for Dr. Sugar

  1. Undated
    • Checkbook Top Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David A. Sugar graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Dr. Sugar graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in 1992.

  1. Medical schoolUSF Health Morsani College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryNational Board of Physicians and Surgeons

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David A. Sugar accepts plans from 3 insurance carriers

Dr. Sugar is in network with 3 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. EPO plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • Aetna
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

Plan types Dr. Sugar accepts, by number of carriers

  1. EPO3
  2. HMO3
  3. Medicare3
  4. POS3
  5. PPO3
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. David A. Sugar'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 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 percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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)
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. David A. Sugar's NPI number?

Dr. David A. Sugar's NPI number is 1699717645. It was assigned on June 12, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David A. Sugar?

Dr. David A. Sugar is an orthopedic surgeon in Sarasota, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. David A. Sugar practice?

Dr. Sugar practices at 1630 S Tuttle Ave, Sarasota, FL 34239. Dr. Sugar's primary practice is All Children's Hospital in Sarasota, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sugar to 1 physician office.

What is Dr. David A. Sugar's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Sugar is (727) 898-7451.

What is Dr. David A. Sugar's medical license number?

Dr. Sugar holds Florida license ME0073607, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. David A. Sugar been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Sugar in Florida (1997 to 2027) and Illinois (1994 to 1999).

Does Dr. David A. Sugar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sugar billed Medicare for 8,872 services in 2024.

What is Dr. David A. Sugar's MIPS score?

Dr. Sugar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. David A. Sugar see?

CMS counts 213 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sugar in 2024, with an average age of 77.

Is Dr. David A. Sugar board certified?

Yes. Dr. Sugar is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons.

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What services does Dr. David A. Sugar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Sugar's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: bones and joints (20610).

Where did Dr. David A. Sugar go to medical school?

Dr. Sugar graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in 1992.

What drugs does Dr. David A. Sugar prescribe most?

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

Has Dr. David A. Sugar received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,732 in general payments to Dr. Sugar from 13 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. David A. Sugar been practicing?

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

Does Dr. David A. Sugar do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Sugar.

What insurance does Dr. David A. Sugar accept?

Dr. Sugar is in network with 3 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. EPO plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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