Artificial IntelligenceComputed Tomography AngiographyConstriction, Pathologic
Dr. Erick T. Avelar, MD
NPI1699707125PAC ID4486724671
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,792
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 748
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,142
- Publications
- 15
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Practice address
- 1230 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606
- Practice phone
- Call (706) 389-3000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Erick T. Avelar is a cardiologist in Athens, Georgia
Dr. Avelar practices at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Georgia, part of Trinity Health.
Dr. Avelar's NPI, 1699707125, was assigned on July 7, 2006. Dr. Avelar holds Georgia license 70853.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1699707125NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4486724671
- NPI enumeration date
- July 7, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (706) 389-3000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 60
- Medical school graduation
- 1992
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Erick T. Avelar practices at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Georgia
Dr. Avelar's primary practice is St. Mary's Hospital, at 1230 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606 in Clarke County. The practice phone is (706) 389-3000.
- St. Mary's Hospital1230 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606 · Clarke CountyPhone(706) 389-3000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Erick T. Avelar is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Avelar's primary practice is St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Georgia, part of Trinity Health. Dr. Avelar is also affiliated with Piedmont Athens Regional. The medical group on file is Oconee Heart and Vascular Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avelar to 3 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Piedmont Athens RegionalOconee Heart and Vascular Center3 hospitalsNames with a free account1 group practice or clinicName with a free account
See all 7 affiliations for Dr. AvelarSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Erick T. Avelar's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Avelar practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| St. Mary's Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +5 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Erick T. Avelar is one of 665 cardiologists in Georgia
Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Avelar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Avelar is licensed in Georgia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Cardiovascular disease, GeorgiaPrimary
Cardiologists near Dr. Avelar
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Erick T. Avelar billed Medicare for 1,792 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,792 Medicare services from Dr. Avelar across 24 procedure codes in 2024, for 748 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $89,699 for them.
Medicare services, 20241,792
Medicare patients748
Paid by Medicare$89,699
Procedure codes24
Dr. Avelar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 8262024: 8928%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6382024: 5967%
- Imaging
- 2023: 2212024: 30438%
Where Dr. Avelar's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office67638%
- In a facility1,11662%
Dr. Avelar compared with the Georgia median for cardiologists, 2024
- Dr. Avelar
- Georgia median
- Medicare services
- 1,792vs 1,754Close to median
- Medicare patients
- 748vs 735Close to median
- Part D claims
- 2,957vs 2,46720% above
Medians across 637 cardiologists in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Avelar'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. Erick T. Avelar treated 748 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 748 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avelar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 327 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.36, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Avelar's median patient age at 72, with 55% women.
Medicare patients, 2024748
Average age75
Average risk score1.36
Also on Medicaid11%
Dr. Avelar's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Avelar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women37851%
- Men37049%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Avelar's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis52%
- Ischemic heart disease49%
- Atrial fibrillation39%
- Diabetes35%
- Heart failure33%
- Chronic kidney disease31%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Avelar'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
- Women55%
- Men44%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Erick T. Avelar wrote 3,142 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Avelar wrote 3,142 Medicare Part D claims for 385 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,957 of them, across 32 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $715,703 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,720 claims across 35 drugs.
Part D claims, 20243,142
Drugs named by CMS32
Total drug cost$715,703
Part D patients385
Dr. Avelar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,380 claims76%
- Brand-name762 claims24%
Dr. Avelar'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.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 2,7202024: 2,9579%
Drugs named by CMS: 32 in 2024, 35 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. Erick T. Avelar 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. Avelar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Avelar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Erick T. Avelar has 15 publications on record
Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Avelar, published from 2022 to 2023. 2022 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Coronary Angiography, Predictive Value of Tests and Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Avelar has published most often in Tex Heart Inst J. Dr. Avelar's most frequent co-authors are Jason Haskew Cole, MD, James J. Jang, MD and Michael Lloyd Ridner, MD.
Papers15
Years published2022 to 2023
Topics Dr. Avelar writes about most
- Coronary Angiography
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computed Tomography Angiography
- Coronary Stenosis
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Constriction, Pathologic
- Plaque, Atherosclerotic
Dr. Avelar's most frequent co-authors
- Jason Haskew Cole, MD8 shared papers
- James J. Jang, MD8 shared papers
- Michael Lloyd Ridner, MD8 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Avelar
Artificial IntelligenceComputed Tomography AngiographyConstriction, Pathologic
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
Artificial IntelligenceAtherosclerosisComputed Tomography Angiography
Artificial IntelligenceComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary Angiography
Adrenergic beta-AntagonistsBlack or African AmericanBlood Pressure
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Erick T. Avelar received $1,257 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 38 general payments to Dr. Avelar from 5 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 63% of the total. HeartFlow, Inc. paid the most, $775.
General payments to Dr. Avelar by program year, 2017 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Avelar by kind, 2017 to 2025
$1.3Kin total
- Food and beverage$79263%
- Travel and lodging$45136%
- Education$141%
Companies that paid Dr. Avelar the most, 2017 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Erick T. Avelar'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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Erick T. Avelar's NPI number?
Dr. Erick T. Avelar's NPI number is 1699707125. It was assigned on July 7, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Erick T. Avelar?
Dr. Erick T. Avelar is a cardiologist in Athens, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).
Where does Dr. Erick T. Avelar practice?
Dr. Avelar practices at 1230 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606. Dr. Avelar's primary practice is St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Georgia, part of Trinity Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avelar to 3 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Erick T. Avelar's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Avelar is (706) 389-3000.
What is Dr. Erick T. Avelar's medical license number?
Dr. Avelar holds Georgia license 70853.
Which hospitals is Dr. Erick T. Avelar affiliated with?
Dr. Avelar practices at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Georgia. Dr. Avelar is also affiliated with Piedmont Athens Regional. Dmand AI links Dr. Avelar to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Erick T. Avelar part of?
Dr. Avelar is linked to Oconee Heart and Vascular Center.
Does Dr. Erick T. Avelar accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Avelar billed Medicare for 1,792 services in 2024, and Dr. Avelar accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Erick T. Avelar's MIPS score?
Dr. Avelar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Erick T. Avelar see?
CMS counts 748 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avelar in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Erick T. Avelar bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Avelar's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), heart test or procedure (93306) and heart test or procedure (93000).
What drugs does Dr. Erick T. Avelar prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Avelar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Eliquis, Atorvastatin Calcium and Metoprolol Succinate.
Has Dr. Erick T. Avelar received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,257 in general payments to Dr. Avelar from 5 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from HeartFlow, Inc.
How long has Dr. Erick T. Avelar been practicing?
Dr. Avelar graduated from medical school in 1992, 34 years ago.
Does Dr. Erick T. Avelar do research?
Dmand AI links 15 publications to Dr. Avelar, published from 2022 to 2023.
Who does Dr. Erick T. Avelar publish with?
Dr. Avelar's most frequent co-authors are Jason Haskew Cole, MD (8 shared papers), James J. Jang, MD (8 shared papers) and Michael Lloyd Ridner, MD (8 shared papers).
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