Dr. Thomas L. Bernasek, MD

Dr. Bernasek practices at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, part of Tampa General Hospital.

Dr. Bernasek's NPI, 1881699726, was assigned on June 16, 2005. Dr. Bernasek graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine - Omaha in 1981. Dr. Bernasek holds Florida license ME0051151.

Dr. Bernasek's primary practice is Tampa General Hospital, at 1 Tampa General Cir, Tampa, FL 33606 in Hillsborough County. The practice phone is (813) 844-7000.

Dr. Bernasek's primary practice is Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, part of Tampa General Hospital. Dr. Bernasek is also affiliated with BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital. The medical group on file is Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bernasek to 3 more hospitals, 4 home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bernasek practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Bernasek's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Bernasek is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Bernasek's licenses on file in 3 states: Florida, New Mexico and Minnesota.

Dmand AI lists arthritis, bursitis, hip replacement, joint arthropathy, joint pain, knee arthroscopy, knee injury and knee replacement among the conditions Dr. Bernasek treats.

CMS data shows 8,436 Medicare services from Dr. Bernasek across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 835 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $387,053 for them.

CMS counts 835 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bernasek in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 393 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.31, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bernasek's median patient age at 71, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bernasek wrote 321 Medicare Part D claims for 169 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 277 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,407 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 247 claims across 5 drugs.

Dmand AI links 52 papers to Dr. Bernasek, published from 2007 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee and Reoperation. Dr. Bernasek has published most often in J Arthroplasty. Dr. Bernasek's most frequent co-authors are Brian T. Palumbo, MD, Kenneth Alan Gustke, MD and George John Haidukewych, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Bernasek to 2 clinical trials. 2 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Osteoarthritis, Hip and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome.

CMS Open Payments shows 678 general payments to Dr. Bernasek from 23 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Royalties and licenses make up the largest share, 91% of the total. DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. paid the most, $9,406,679. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $1,363 from 2016 to 2017.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Bernasek, most recently Top Doctors: Florida in 2000.

Dr. Bernasek graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine - Omaha in 1981.

Dr. Bernasek is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.