Dr. Michael E. Brame, MD

  • Huntersville, NC
  • Urologist
NPI1487667424PAC ID1153463377
Medicare services, 2024
5,058
Medicare patients, 2024
450
Part D claims, 2024
1,053
Publications
2
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
10030 Gilead Road, Huntersville, NC 28078
Practice phone
Call (704) 316-4000
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Primary practice

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

Hospital · Huntersville, North Carolina

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Dr. Michael E. Brame is a urologist in Huntersville, North Carolina

Dr. Brame practices at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center in Huntersville, North Carolina, part of Novant Health.

Dr. Brame's NPI, 1487667424, was assigned on August 14, 2006. Dr. Brame graduated from University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Brame holds North Carolina license 200000367.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1153463377
NPI enumeration date
August 14, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(704) 316-4000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
58
Medical school graduation
1994

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

Dr. Michael E. Brame practices at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center in Huntersville, North Carolina

Dr. Brame's primary practice is Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, at 10030 Gilead Road, Huntersville, NC 28078 in Mecklenburg County. The practice phone is (704) 316-4000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Michael E. Brame is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Brame's primary practice is Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center in Huntersville, North Carolina, part of Novant Health. Dr. Brame is also affiliated with Emory University Hospital. The medical group on file is Carolina Urology Partners. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brame to 2 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 hospital outpatient department, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Michael E. Brame's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Brame practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+7 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Michael E. Brame is one of 451 urologists in North Carolina

Urology is Dr. Brame's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dr. Brame is board certified in urology by the American Board of Urology. Dr. Brame is licensed in North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Urology, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 200000367 · 2000 to 2026 · taxonomy 208800000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists bladder disease, enlarged prostate, enlarged prostate transurethral surgery (TURP), erectile dysfunction, kidney cysts, kidney removal surgery, kidney stone disease and prostate cancer among the conditions Dr. Brame treats.

Urologists near Dr. Brame

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Michael E. Brame billed Medicare for 5,058 services in 2024

CMS data shows 5,058 Medicare services from Dr. Brame across 24 procedure codes in 2024, for 450 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $131,097 for them.

Medicare services, 20245,058
Medicare patients450
Paid by Medicare$131,097
Procedure codes24

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1,5252024: 2,71278%
Surgery
2023: 7392024: 61317%
Lab and pathology
2023: 5772024: 5741%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5192024: 518No change
Other services
2023: 02024: 341
Imaging
2023: 2742024: 2509%
Tests and treatments
2023: 272024: 5085%

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

  • In an office4,99699%
  • In a facility621%

Dr. Brame compared with the North Carolina median for urologists, 2024

  • Dr. Brame
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
5,058vs 9955.1 times
Medicare patients
450vs 34032% above
Part D claims
968vs 56671% above

Medians across 438 urologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Brame'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. Michael E. Brame treated 450 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 450 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Brame in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 177 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.36, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Brame's median patient age at 71, with 36% women.

Medicare patients, 2024450
Average age75
Average risk score1.36
Also on Medicaid14%

Dr. Brame's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Brame's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women15434%
  • Men29666%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Chronic kidney disease42%
  5. Diabetes39%
  6. Ischemic heart disease32%
  7. Anxiety28%
  8. Cancer28%

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

Dr. Brame's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women36%
  • Men63%

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

Dr. Michael E. Brame wrote 1,053 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Brame wrote 1,053 Medicare Part D claims for 470 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 968 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $406,880 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,062 claims across 18 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,053
Drugs named by CMS19
Total drug cost$406,880
Part D patients470

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

  • Generic967 claims92%
  • Brand-name86 claims8%

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

  • Opioids6%65 of 1,053 claims
  • Antibiotics28%298 of 1,053 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: 1,0622024: 9689%

Drugs named by CMS: 19 in 2024, 18 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. Michael E. Brame scored 97 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Brame for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Brame accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Brame's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 97of 100Final score
  • 97of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Prostate resection: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 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. Michael E. Brame has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Brame. Dr. Brame's most frequent co-authors are Steven A. Curley, MD, Barry W. Feig, MD and Kelly K. Hunt, MD.

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Dr. Brame's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Brame

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Dr. Michael E. Brame has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Brame to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Urinary Incontinence, Stress and Urinary Incontinence.

Conditions in Dr. Brame's trials

  • Urinary Incontinence, Stress
  • Urinary Incontinence

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Brame

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Brame

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Michael E. Brame received $6,881 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 222 general payments to Dr. Brame from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 83% of the total. Axonics, Inc. paid the most, $2,216.

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

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

$6.9Kin total
  • Food and beverage$5,69283%
  • Travel and lodging$99314%
  • Education$1963%

Companies that paid Dr. Brame 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. Michael E. Brame has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Brame, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.

Awards and honors for Dr. Brame

  1. 2011
    • CMS Stage 1 2012

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Michael E. Brame graduated from University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Dr. Brame graduated from University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1994.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of North Carolina School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in urologyAmerican Board of Urology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Michael E. Brame accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Brame is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • Cigna
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • +9 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Brame accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. HMO9
  3. Medicare9
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Michael E. Brame'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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
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. Michael E. Brame's NPI number?

Dr. Michael E. Brame's NPI number is 1487667424. It was assigned on August 14, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Michael E. Brame?

Dr. Michael E. Brame is a urologist in Huntersville, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Urology Physician (taxonomy code 208800000X).

Where does Dr. Michael E. Brame practice?

Dr. Brame practices at 10030 Gilead Road, Huntersville, NC 28078. Dr. Brame's primary practice is Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center in Huntersville, North Carolina, part of Novant Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brame to 2 hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 hospital outpatient department.

What is Dr. Michael E. Brame's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Brame is (704) 316-4000.

What is Dr. Michael E. Brame's medical license number?

Dr. Brame holds North Carolina license 200000367.

Which hospitals is Dr. Michael E. Brame affiliated with?

Dr. Brame practices at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center in Huntersville, North Carolina. Dr. Brame is also affiliated with Emory University Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Brame to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Michael E. Brame part of?

Dr. Brame is linked to Carolina Urology Partners. Dmand AI links Dr. Brame to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Michael E. Brame accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Brame billed Medicare for 5,058 services in 2024, and Dr. Brame accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Michael E. Brame's MIPS score?

Dr. Brame's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 97 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Michael E. Brame see?

CMS counts 450 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Brame in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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Is Dr. Michael E. Brame board certified?

Yes. Dr. Brame is board certified in urology by the American Board of Urology.

What services does Dr. Michael E. Brame bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Brame's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0585), lab and pathology test (81003) and medicare service (G2211).

Where did Dr. Michael E. Brame go to medical school?

Dr. Brame graduated from University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1994.

What drugs does Dr. Michael E. Brame prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Brame's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxybutynin Chloride, Tamsulosin HCl and Cephalexin.

Has Dr. Michael E. Brame received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $6,881 in general payments to Dr. Brame from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Axonics, Inc.

How long has Dr. Michael E. Brame been practicing?

Dr. Brame graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.

Does Dr. Michael E. Brame do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Brame. Dr. Brame has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Michael E. Brame publish with?

Dr. Brame's most frequent co-authors are Steven A. Curley, MD (1 shared paper), Barry W. Feig, MD (1 shared paper) and Kelly K. Hunt, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Michael E. Brame accept?

Dr. Brame is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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