Dr. Thomas Heigle, MD

  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1174573711PAC ID9032208731
Medicare services, 2024
1,899
Medicare patients, 2024
677
Part D claims, 2024
3,030
MIPS score, 2024
89
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
7777 Hennessey Blvd, Suite 5000, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Practice phone
Call (225) 214-6688
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Primary practice

Regional Eye Surgery Center - Baton Rouge

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Dr. Thomas Heigle is an ophthalmologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dr. Heigle practices at Regional Eye Surgery Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dr. Heigle's NPI, 1174573711, was assigned on May 12, 2006. Dr. Heigle holds Louisiana license 021254.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9032208731
NPI enumeration date
May 12, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(225) 214-6688
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
61
Medical school graduation
1991

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

Dr. Thomas Heigle practices at Regional Eye Surgery Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dr. Heigle's primary practice is Regional Eye Surgery Center - Baton Rouge, at 7777 Hennessey Blvd, Suite 5000, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. The practice phone is (225) 214-6688.

  • Regional Eye Surgery Center - Baton Rouge
    7777 Hennessey Blvd, Suite 5000, Baton Rouge, LA 70808Phone(225) 214-6688

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Thomas Heigle is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Heigle's primary practice is Regional Eye Surgery Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Heigle is also affiliated with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is LSU Healthcare Network. Dmand AI also links Dr. Heigle to 2 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Thomas Heigle's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Heigle practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Regional Eye Surgery Center - Baton RougeAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Thomas Heigle is one of 264 ophthalmologists in Louisiana

Ophthalmology is Dr. Heigle's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Heigle is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Heigle is licensed in Louisiana.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, LouisianaPrimaryLicense 021254 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Heigle

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Dr. Thomas Heigle billed Medicare for 1,899 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,899 Medicare services from Dr. Heigle across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 677 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $142,658 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,899
Medicare patients677
Paid by Medicare$142,658
Procedure codes16

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,5502024: 1,6929%
Surgery
2023: 1452024: 1525%
Imaging
2023: 402024: 3025%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 02024: 25

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

  • In an office1,77794%
  • In a facility1226%

Dr. Heigle compared with the Louisiana median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Heigle
  • Louisiana median
Medicare services
1,899vs 1,12070% above
Medicare patients
677vs 44154% above
Part D claims
2,909vs 7563.8 times

Medians across 274 ophthalmologists in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Heigle'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. Thomas Heigle treated 677 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 677 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Heigle in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 293 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Heigle's median patient age at 74, with 62% women.

Medicare patients, 2024677
Average age76
Average risk score1.01
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Heigle's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Heigle's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women42463%
  • Men25337%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis50%
  4. Diabetes27%
  5. Ischemic heart disease27%
  6. Anxiety25%
  7. Mood disorders22%
  8. Depression21%

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

Dr. Heigle's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women62%
  • Men37%

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

Dr. Thomas Heigle wrote 3,030 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Heigle wrote 3,030 Medicare Part D claims for 613 patients. 50% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,909 of them, across 31 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,162,292 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,869 claims across 30 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,030
Drugs named by CMS31
Total drug cost$1.2M
Part D patients613

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

  • Generic1,527 claims50%
  • Brand-name1,503 claims50%

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

  • Opioids1%25 of 3,030 claims
  • Antibiotics1%18 of 3,030 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: 2,8692024: 2,9091%

Drugs named by CMS: 31 in 2024, 30 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. Thomas Heigle 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. Heigle for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Heigle accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 113 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Heigle, more than 76% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Heigle's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 87.5of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Heigle ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
76th percentile113 procedures

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

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. Thomas Heigle received $6,378 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 188 general payments to Dr. Heigle from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $3,288.

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

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

$6.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$6,22898%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$1502%

Companies that paid Dr. Heigle 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. Thomas Heigle is board certified in ophthalmology

  1. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Thomas Heigle'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)
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. Thomas Heigle's NPI number?

Dr. Thomas Heigle's NPI number is 1174573711. It was assigned on May 12, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Thomas Heigle?

Dr. Thomas Heigle is an ophthalmologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Thomas Heigle practice?

Dr. Heigle practices at 7777 Hennessey Blvd, Suite 5000, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. Dr. Heigle's primary practice is Regional Eye Surgery Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Heigle to 2 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Thomas Heigle's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Heigle is (225) 214-6688.

What is Dr. Thomas Heigle's medical license number?

Dr. Heigle holds Louisiana license 021254.

Which hospitals is Dr. Thomas Heigle affiliated with?

Dr. Heigle is affiliated with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Heigle to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Thomas Heigle part of?

Dr. Heigle is linked to LSU Healthcare Network. Dmand AI links Dr. Heigle to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Thomas Heigle accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Heigle billed Medicare for 1,899 services in 2024, and Dr. Heigle accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Thomas Heigle's MIPS score?

Dr. Heigle's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Thomas Heigle see?

CMS counts 677 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Heigle in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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Is Dr. Thomas Heigle board certified?

Yes. Dr. Heigle is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

What services does Dr. Thomas Heigle bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Heigle's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92012) and eye exam or test (92025).

What drugs does Dr. Thomas Heigle prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Heigle's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Latanoprost and Dorzolamide-Timolol.

Has Dr. Thomas Heigle received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $6,378 in general payments to Dr. Heigle from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Thomas Heigle been practicing?

Dr. Heigle graduated from medical school in 1991, 35 years ago.

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