Dr. Samuel David Carter, MD

  • Louisville, KY
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1750422069PAC ID1951476365
Medicare services, 2024
912
Medicare patients, 2024
240
Part D claims, 2024
669
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
81
Practice address
4001 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40207
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Primary practice

Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Operating Room - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Louisville, Kentucky

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Dr. Samuel David Carter is an orthopedic surgeon in Louisville, Kentucky

Dr. Carter practices at Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Operating Room - HOPD in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dr. Carter's NPI, 1750422069, was assigned on February 9, 2007. Dr. Carter graduated from University Of Louisville School Of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Carter holds Kentucky license 42798.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1951476365
NPI enumeration date
February 9, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

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

Dr. Samuel David Carter practices at Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Operating Room - HOPD in Louisville, Kentucky

Dr. Carter's primary practice is Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Operating Room - HOPD, at 4001 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40207.

  • Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Operating Room - HOPD
    4001 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40207

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Dr. Samuel David Carter is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Carter's primary practice is Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Operating Room - HOPD in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Carter is also affiliated with Norton Hospital. The medical group on file is Norton Community Medical Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Carter to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Samuel David Carter's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Carter practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Operating Room - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Samuel David Carter is one of 291 orthopedic surgeons in Kentucky

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Carter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Carter is board certified in orthopaedic sports medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Carter's licenses on file in 2 states: Kentucky and Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, KentuckyPrimaryLicense 42798 · 2009 to 2026 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • Virginia license2007 to 2010

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arthritis, bursitis, fluid in a joint, joint pain, knee arthroscopy, knee fracture and dislocation, knee injury and knee replacement among the conditions Dr. Carter treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Carter

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Dr. Samuel David Carter billed Medicare for 912 services in 2024

CMS data shows 912 Medicare services from Dr. Carter across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 240 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $80,947 for them.

Medicare services, 2024912
Medicare patients240
Paid by Medicare$80,947
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 6362024: 39638%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2702024: 23712%
Surgery
2023: 1882024: 16214%
Imaging
2023: 1072024: 1179%

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

  • In an office83892%
  • In a facility748%

Dr. Carter compared with the Kentucky median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Carter
  • Kentucky median
Medicare services
912vs 1,20925% below
Medicare patients
240vs 2577% below
Part D claims
627vs 2462.5 times

Medians across 291 orthopedic surgeons in Kentucky with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Carter'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. Samuel David Carter treated 240 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 240 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Carter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 144 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.83, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Carter's median patient age at 61, with 64% women.

Medicare patients, 2024240
Average age72
Average risk score0.83

Dr. Carter's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Carter's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women14862%
  • Men9238%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Anxiety25%
  5. Ischemic heart disease24%
  6. Diabetes23%
  7. Mood disorders23%
  8. Depression21%

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

Dr. Carter's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 61

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women64%
  • Men36%

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

Dr. Samuel David Carter wrote 669 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Carter wrote 669 Medicare Part D claims for 194 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 627 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,773 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 572 claims across 9 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024669
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$3,773
Part D patients194

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

  • Generic667 claims100%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims0%

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

  • Opioids36%238 of 669 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: 5722024: 62710%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 9 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. Samuel David Carter scored 81 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Carter for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Carter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 45 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Carter, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Carter's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 81of 100Final score
  • 63.3of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Carter ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
98th percentile45 procedures
Knee replacement
62nd percentile28 procedures

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

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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. Samuel David Carter has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Carter in 2025.

Papers1

Recent publications by Dr. Carter

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Dr. Samuel David Carter received $15,463 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 138 general payments to Dr. Carter from 29 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 30% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $4,344.

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

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

$15.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$4,62930%
  • Travel and lodging$4,25728%
  • Education$3,95326%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$2,00013%
  • Gifts$6254%

Companies that paid Dr. Carter 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. Samuel David Carter has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Carter, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Carter

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Samuel David Carter graduated from University Of Louisville School Of Medicine

Dr. Carter graduated from University Of Louisville School Of Medicine in 2003.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity Of Louisville School Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic sports medicineAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  3. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Samuel David Carter accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers

Dr. Carter is in network with 19 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +11 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Carter accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. HMO8
  3. Medicare8
  4. POS6
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Samuel David Carter'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 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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Samuel David Carter's NPI number?

Dr. Samuel David Carter's NPI number is 1750422069. It was assigned on February 9, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Samuel David Carter?

Dr. Samuel David Carter is an orthopedic surgeon in Louisville, Kentucky. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Samuel David Carter practice?

Dr. Carter practices at 4001 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40207. Dr. Carter's primary practice is Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Operating Room - HOPD in Louisville, Kentucky. Dmand AI also links Dr. Carter to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Samuel David Carter's medical license number?

Dr. Carter holds Kentucky license 42798, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Samuel David Carter been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Carter in Kentucky (2009 to 2026) and Virginia (2007 to 2010).

Which hospitals is Dr. Samuel David Carter affiliated with?

Dr. Carter is affiliated with Norton Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Samuel David Carter part of?

Dr. Carter is linked to Norton Community Medical Associates. Dmand AI links Dr. Carter to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Samuel David Carter accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Carter billed Medicare for 912 services in 2024, and Dr. Carter accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Samuel David Carter's MIPS score?

Dr. Carter's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 81 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Samuel David Carter see?

CMS counts 240 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Carter in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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Is Dr. Samuel David Carter board certified?

Yes. Dr. Carter is board certified in orthopaedic sports medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Dr. Samuel David Carter bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Carter's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: bones and joints (20610).

Where did Dr. Samuel David Carter go to medical school?

Dr. Carter graduated from University Of Louisville School Of Medicine in 2003.

What drugs does Dr. Samuel David Carter prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Carter's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Ondansetron HCl.

Has Dr. Samuel David Carter received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $15,463 in general payments to Dr. Carter from 29 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. Samuel David Carter been practicing?

Dr. Carter graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Samuel David Carter do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Carter.

What insurance does Dr. Samuel David Carter accept?

Dr. Carter is in network with 19 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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