Dr. David D. Zabel, MD

  • Augusta, GA
  • Plastic surgeon
NPI1356381719PAC ID0042112047
Medicare services, 2024
22
Medicare patients, 2024
55
Part D claims, 2024
15
Publications
3
MIPS score, 2024
94
Practice address
1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912
Practice phone
Call (706) 721-6569
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Primary practice

Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center

Hospital · Augusta, Georgia

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Dr. David D. Zabel is a plastic surgeon in Augusta, Georgia

Dr. Zabel practices at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System.

Dr. Zabel's NPI, 1356381719, was assigned on June 7, 2006. Dr. Zabel graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Zabel holds Georgia license 98185.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0042112047
NPI enumeration date
June 7, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(706) 721-6569
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. David D. Zabel practices at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia

Dr. Zabel's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, at 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912 in Richmond County. The practice phone is (706) 721-6569.

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Dr. David D. Zabel is affiliated with 1 site of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Zabel's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System. The medical group on file is Wellstar Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zabel to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David D. Zabel's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Wellstar MCG Health Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. David D. Zabel is one of 158 plastic surgeons in Georgia

Plastic surgery is Dr. Zabel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208200000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Zabel's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and Delaware.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic surgery, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 98185 · taxonomy 208200000X
  • Specialist, DelawareLicense C10005572 · taxonomy 174400000X

Plastic surgeons near Dr. Zabel

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Dr. David D. Zabel billed Medicare for 22 services in 2024

CMS data shows 22 Medicare services from Dr. Zabel across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 55 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,021 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202422
Medicare patients55
Paid by Medicare$2,021
Procedure codes1

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3012024: 2293%

Dr. Zabel compared with the Georgia median for plastic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Zabel
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
22vs 5258% below
Medicare patients
55vs 56Close to median
Part D claims
30vs 6151% below

Medians across 129 plastic surgeons in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Zabel'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 D. Zabel treated 55 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 55 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zabel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 26 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 67% have high cholesterol. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Zabel's median patient age at 59, with 67% women.

Medicare patients, 202455
Average age69
Average risk score1.38
Also on Medicaid24%

Dr. Zabel's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Zabel's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women3869%
  • Men1731%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol67%
  3. Arthritis47%
  4. Diabetes36%
  5. Mood disorders31%
  6. Anxiety29%
  7. Depression24%
  8. Ischemic heart disease24%

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

Dr. Zabel's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 59

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women67%
  • Men33%

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

Dr. David D. Zabel wrote 15 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Zabel wrote 15 Medicare Part D claims. 80% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 2 drugs, with $4,230 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 42 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 202415
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$4,230

Dr. Zabel's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic12 claims80%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims20%

Dr. Zabel's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2023

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, 2022 to 2023

  • 2022
  • 2023
Claims for drugs CMS names
2022: 422023: 3029%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2023, 3 in 2022.

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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 D. Zabel scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Zabel for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Zabel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Zabel's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 94of 100Final score
  • 82.1of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 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 D. Zabel has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Zabel. The most frequent topics are Abdominal Wall, Hernia, Ventral and Wound Healing. Dr. Zabel's most frequent co-authors are Eric D. Kalish, MD, Joseph Martin Belgrade, MD and Michael K. Conway, MD.

Papers3

Topics Dr. Zabel writes about most

  • Abdominal Wall
  • Hernia, Ventral
  • Wound Healing

Dr. Zabel's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Zabel

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. David D. Zabel received $638,745 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,114 general payments to Dr. Zabel from 41 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 61% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $626,865.

General payments to Dr. Zabel by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Zabel by kind, 2016 to 2025

$638.7Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$390,23361%
  • Travel and lodging$124,27219%
  • Consulting fees$100,93516%
  • Food and beverage$23,3054%

Companies that paid Dr. Zabel the most, 2016 to 2025

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 D. Zabel graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Dr. Zabel graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1990.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. David D. Zabel'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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 percentilesDoctors 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)
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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. David D. Zabel's NPI number?

Dr. David D. Zabel's NPI number is 1356381719. It was assigned on June 7, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David D. Zabel?

Dr. David D. Zabel is a plastic surgeon in Augusta, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208200000X).

Where does Dr. David D. Zabel practice?

Dr. Zabel practices at 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912. Dr. Zabel's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zabel to 1 medical group.

What is Dr. David D. Zabel's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Zabel is (706) 721-6569.

What is Dr. David D. Zabel's medical license number?

Dr. Zabel holds Georgia license 98185, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. David D. Zabel been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Zabel in Georgia and Delaware.

Which hospitals is Dr. David D. Zabel affiliated with?

Dr. Zabel practices at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia.

What medical group is Dr. David D. Zabel part of?

Dr. Zabel is linked to Wellstar Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Zabel to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. David D. Zabel accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Zabel billed Medicare for 22 services in 2024, and Dr. Zabel accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. David D. Zabel's MIPS score?

Dr. Zabel's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. David D. Zabel see?

CMS counts 55 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zabel in 2024, with an average age of 69.

What services does Dr. David D. Zabel bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Zabel's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204).

Where did Dr. David D. Zabel go to medical school?

Dr. Zabel graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1990.

What drugs does Dr. David D. Zabel prescribe most?

In 2023 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Zabel's most prescribed drugs by claims were Doxycycline Hyclate and Santyl.

Has Dr. David D. Zabel received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $638,745 in general payments to Dr. Zabel from 41 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Smith & Nephew, Inc.

How long has Dr. David D. Zabel been practicing?

Dr. Zabel graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

Does Dr. David D. Zabel do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Zabel.

Who does Dr. David D. Zabel publish with?

Dr. Zabel's most frequent co-authors are Eric D. Kalish, MD (2 shared papers), Joseph Martin Belgrade, MD (1 shared paper) and Michael K. Conway, MD (1 shared paper).

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