Dr. Drake Eric Bellanger, MD

Dr. Bellanger practices at BRG Care on the Go in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dr. Bellanger's NPI, 1659302586, was assigned on July 6, 2006. Dr. Bellanger graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 1992. Dr. Bellanger holds Louisiana license 11666R.

Dr. Bellanger's primary practice is BRG Care on the Go, at 8490 Picardy Ave Suite 200, Baton Rouge, LA 70809. The practice phone is (225) 819-1151.

Dr. Bellanger's primary practice is BRG Care on the Go in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Bellanger is also affiliated with Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge. The medical group on file is Baton Rouge General Surgical Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bellanger to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Bellanger's employer is on file too: a clinical lab.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bellanger practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Bellanger's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Bellanger is board certified in obesity medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Bellanger's licenses on file in 3 states: Louisiana, Oklahoma and Alabama.

CMS data shows 87 Medicare services from Dr. Bellanger across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 43 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,469 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 43 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bellanger in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 30 patients. 74% of them have high cholesterol, and 65% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.72, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bellanger's median patient age at 52, with 83% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bellanger wrote 503 Medicare Part D claims for 92 patients. CMS names the drug for 487 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $358,028 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 384 claims across 6 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 78 out of 100 for Dr. Bellanger for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bellanger accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Bellanger, published from 2009 to 2022. The most frequent topics are Gastrectomy, Laparoscopy and Obesity. Dr. Bellanger has published most often in Surg Obes Relat Dis. Dr. Bellanger's most frequent co-authors are Neil Ryan Chappell, MD and John Michael Storment, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 143 general payments to Dr. Bellanger from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 71% of the total. Ethicon Inc. paid the most, $11,078.

Dr. Bellanger graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 1992.

Dr. Bellanger is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.