Dr. Robert Joseph Albrecht Jr., MD

Dr. Albrecht practices at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, part of Catawba Valley Health System.

Dr. Albrecht's NPI, 1215950035, was assigned on July 25, 2006. Dr. Albrecht holds North Carolina license 200201214.

Dr. Albrecht's primary practice is Catawba Valley Medical Center, at 810 Fairgrove Church Rd, Hickory, NC 28602 in Catawba County. The practice phone is (828) 326-3809.

Dr. Albrecht's primary practice is Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, part of Catawba Valley Health System. Dr. Albrecht is also affiliated with Watauga Medical Center. The medical group on file is Catawba Valley Family Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Albrecht to 1 more hospital, 4 medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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

Surgery is Dr. Albrecht's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Albrecht's licenses on file in 2 states: North Carolina and Virginia.

CMS data shows 377 Medicare services from Dr. Albrecht across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 263 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $25,834 for them.

CMS counts 263 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Albrecht in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 104 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 22% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.87, 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. Albrecht's median patient age at 71, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Albrecht wrote 229 Medicare Part D claims for 89 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 161 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $994 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 186 claims across 6 drugs.

Dr. Albrecht accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 27 procedures of leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) by Dr. Albrecht, more than 87% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Spinal fusion: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 196 general payments to Dr. Albrecht from 38 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Device or supply loans make up the largest share, 86% of the total. AngioDynamics, Inc. paid the most, $39,596.