Dr. Chad Michael Copper, MD

  • Gainesville, GA
  • General surgeon
NPI1205816212PAC ID0840229860
Medicare services, 2024
321
Medicare patients, 2024
233
Part D claims, 2024
352
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
89
Practice address
1945 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA 30501
Practice phone
Call (770) 287-1500
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Primary practice

Gainesville Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Gainesville, Georgia

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Dr. Chad Michael Copper is a general surgeon in Gainesville, Georgia

Dr. Copper practices at Gainesville Surgery Center in Gainesville, Georgia.

Dr. Copper's NPI, 1205816212, was assigned on January 18, 2006. Dr. Copper graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Copper holds Georgia license 055818.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0840229860
NPI enumeration date
January 18, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(770) 287-1500
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
52
Medical school graduation
2000

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

Dr. Chad Michael Copper practices at Gainesville Surgery Center in Gainesville, Georgia

Dr. Copper's primary practice is Gainesville Surgery Center, at 1945 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA 30501. The practice phone is (770) 287-1500.

  • Gainesville Surgery Center
    1945 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA 30501Phone(770) 287-1500

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Dr. Chad Michael Copper is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Copper's primary practice is Gainesville Surgery Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Dr. Copper is also affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. The medical group on file is Longstreet Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Copper to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Chad Michael Copper's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Copper practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Gainesville Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Chad Michael Copper is one of 853 general surgeons in Georgia

Surgery is Dr. Copper's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Copper is licensed in Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 055818 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Copper

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Dr. Chad Michael Copper billed Medicare for 321 services in 2024

CMS data shows 321 Medicare services from Dr. Copper across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 233 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $48,482 for them.

Medicare services, 2024321
Medicare patients233
Paid by Medicare$48,482
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2852024: 23418%
Surgery
2023: 1012024: 6437%
Other services
2023: 262024: 2312%

Where Dr. Copper's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office23473%
  • In a facility8727%

Dr. Copper compared with the Georgia median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Copper
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
321vs 1502.1 times
Medicare patients
233vs 1092.1 times
Part D claims
310vs 545.7 times

Medians across 789 general surgeons in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Copper'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. Chad Michael Copper treated 233 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 233 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Copper in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 119 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.62, 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. Copper's median patient age at 64, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024233
Average age72
Average risk score1.62
Also on Medicaid7%

Dr. Copper's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Copper's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women10445%
  • Men12955%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis47%
  4. Chronic kidney disease35%
  5. Diabetes33%
  6. Ischemic heart disease29%
  7. Anxiety25%
  8. Mood disorders24%

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

Dr. Copper's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men48%

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

Dr. Chad Michael Copper wrote 352 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Copper wrote 352 Medicare Part D claims for 180 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 310 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $7,353 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 354 claims across 8 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024352
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$7,353
Part D patients180

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

  • Generic329 claims93%
  • Brand-name23 claims7%

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

  • Opioids46%161 of 352 claims
  • Antibiotics5%17 of 352 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: 3542024: 31012%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 8 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. Chad Michael Copper scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Copper for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Copper accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Copper as offering telehealth. CMS counts 60 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Copper, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Copper's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 87.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 76of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Copper ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
99th percentile60 procedures
Colonoscopy
52nd percentile27 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hernia repair - groin (open): 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)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 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. Chad Michael Copper has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Copper, published from 2017 to 2024. Dr. Copper's most frequent co-authors are Eugene O. Dickens, MD, Benjamin Kuttikatt Poulose, MD and Michael Joshua Rosen, MD.

Papers2
Years published2017 to 2024

Dr. Copper's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Copper

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

Dr. Chad Michael Copper received $1,069,039 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,341 general payments to Dr. Copper from 36 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 69% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $1,064,025.

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

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

$1.1Min total
  • Education$742,77169%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$256,00024%
  • Travel and lodging$39,5344%
  • Food and beverage$28,4743%
  • Other$2,2610%

Companies that paid Dr. Copper 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. Chad Michael Copper graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine

Dr. Copper graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2000.

  1. Medical schoolIndiana University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Chad Michael Copper'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. Chad Michael Copper's NPI number?

Dr. Chad Michael Copper's NPI number is 1205816212. It was assigned on January 18, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Chad Michael Copper?

Dr. Chad Michael Copper is a general surgeon in Gainesville, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Chad Michael Copper practice?

Dr. Copper practices at 1945 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA 30501. Dr. Copper's primary practice is Gainesville Surgery Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Copper to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Chad Michael Copper's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Copper is (770) 287-1500.

What is Dr. Chad Michael Copper's medical license number?

Dr. Copper holds Georgia license 055818.

Which hospitals is Dr. Chad Michael Copper affiliated with?

Dr. Copper is affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville.

What medical group is Dr. Chad Michael Copper part of?

Dr. Copper is linked to Longstreet Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Copper to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Chad Michael Copper accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Copper billed Medicare for 321 services in 2024, and Dr. Copper accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Chad Michael Copper offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Copper as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Chad Michael Copper's MIPS score?

Dr. Copper's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Chad Michael Copper see?

CMS counts 233 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Copper in 2024, with an average age of 72.

What services does Dr. Chad Michael Copper bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Copper's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Chad Michael Copper go to medical school?

Dr. Copper graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2000.

What drugs does Dr. Chad Michael Copper prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Copper's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tramadol HCl, Ondansetron HCl and Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. Chad Michael Copper received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,069,039 in general payments to Dr. Copper from 36 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Chad Michael Copper been practicing?

Dr. Copper graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.

Does Dr. Chad Michael Copper do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Copper, published from 2017 to 2024.

Who does Dr. Chad Michael Copper publish with?

Dr. Copper's most frequent co-authors are Eugene O. Dickens, MD (1 shared paper), Benjamin Kuttikatt Poulose, MD (1 shared paper) and Michael Joshua Rosen, MD (1 shared paper).

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