Dr. Eric Gale, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 401
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 143
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,751
- Publications
- 26
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 100 East Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081
- Practice phone
- Call (815) 625-0400
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Eric Gale is an internist in Sterling, Illinois
Dr. Gale practices at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois, part of City of Sterling.
Dr. Gale's NPI, 1093802944, was assigned on October 10, 2006. Dr. Gale graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) in 1989.
- NPI
- 1093802944NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2860685369
- NPI enumeration date
- October 10, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (815) 625-0400
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 63
- Medical school graduation
- 1989
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Eric Gale practices at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois
Dr. Gale's primary practice is CGH Medical Center, at 100 East Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081 in Whiteside County. The practice phone is (815) 625-0400.
- CGH Medical Center100 East Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081 · Whiteside CountyPhone(815) 625-0400
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Eric Gale is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Gale's primary practice is CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois, part of City of Sterling. Dr. Gale is also affiliated with OSF Saint Katharine Medical Center. The medical group on file is CGH Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gale to 2 more group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Eric Gale's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gale practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| CGH Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Eric Gale is one of 5,652 internists in Illinois
Internal medicine is Dr. Gale's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Gale has a license on file in Illinois.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, Illinois
Internists near Dr. Gale
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Eric Gale billed Medicare for 401 services in 2024
CMS data shows 401 Medicare services from Dr. Gale across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 143 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,510 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Gale's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3772024: 3873%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 14
Dr. Gale compared with the Illinois median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Gale
- Illinois median
- Medicare services
- 401vs 56629% below
- Medicare patients
- 143vs 20831% below
- Part D claims
- 3,244vs 28411.4 times
Medians across 5,192 internists in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Gale'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. Eric Gale treated 143 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 143 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gale in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 63 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.17, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gale's median patient age at 69, with 52% women.
Dr. Gale's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Gale's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women6948%
- Men7452%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Gale's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol74%
- Arthritis39%
- Diabetes36%
- Ischemic heart disease28%
- Chronic kidney disease22%
- Atrial fibrillation17%
- COPD16%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Gale's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 69
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. Eric Gale wrote 3,751 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Gale wrote 3,751 Medicare Part D claims for 267 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,244 of them, across 77 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $174,058 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,985 claims across 68 drugs.
Dr. Gale's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,273 claims87%
- Brand-name462 claims12%
- Other16 claims0%
Dr. Gale'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. Gale's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%101 of 3,751 claims
- Antibiotics2%85 of 3,751 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: 2,9852024: 3,2449%
Drugs named by CMS: 77 in 2024, 68 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
How Dr. Eric Gale takes part in Medicare
Dr. Gale accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Eric Gale has 26 publications on record
Dmand AI links 26 papers to Dr. Gale, published from 2013 to 2025. 2018 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Contrast Media and Manganese. Dr. Gale has published most often in Inorg Chem. Dr. Gale's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth Kenji Tanabe, MD, Derek Jesse Erstad, MD and Raymond T. Chung, MD.
Dr. Gale's papers by year, 2014 to 2025
Topics Dr. Gale writes about most
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Contrast Media
- Manganese
- Chelating Agents
- Gadolinium
- Gadolinium DTPA
- Organometallic Compounds
- Kinetics
Dr. Gale's most frequent co-authors
- Kenneth Kenji Tanabe, MD5 shared papers
- Derek Jesse Erstad, MD3 shared papers
- Raymond T. Chung, MD2 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Gale
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Eric Gale received $2,431 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 152 general payments to Dr. Gale from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $465.
General payments to Dr. Gale by program year, 2016 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Gale the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Eric Gale graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb)
Dr. Gale graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) in 1989.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Eric Gale'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) |
| 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) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Eric Gale's NPI number?
Dr. Eric Gale's NPI number is 1093802944. It was assigned on October 10, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Eric Gale?
Dr. Eric Gale is an internist in Sterling, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Eric Gale practice?
Dr. Gale practices at 100 East Lefevre Road, Sterling, IL 61081. Dr. Gale's primary practice is CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois, part of City of Sterling. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gale to 2 group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Eric Gale's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Gale is (815) 625-0400.
Which hospitals is Dr. Eric Gale affiliated with?
Dr. Gale practices at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois. Dr. Gale is also affiliated with OSF Saint Katharine Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Eric Gale part of?
Dr. Gale is linked to CGH Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Gale to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Eric Gale accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Gale billed Medicare for 401 services in 2024, and Dr. Gale accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Eric Gale see?
CMS counts 143 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gale in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Eric Gale bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Gale's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99212).
Where did Dr. Eric Gale go to medical school?
Dr. Gale graduated from University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb) in 1989.
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What drugs does Dr. Eric Gale prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Gale's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Levothyroxine Sodium and Lisinopril.
Has Dr. Eric Gale received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,431 in general payments to Dr. Gale from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.
How long has Dr. Eric Gale been practicing?
Dr. Gale graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.
Does Dr. Eric Gale do research?
Dmand AI links 26 publications to Dr. Gale, published from 2013 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Eric Gale publish with?
Dr. Gale's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth Kenji Tanabe, MD (5 shared papers), Derek Jesse Erstad, MD (3 shared papers) and Raymond T. Chung, MD (2 shared papers).
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