Dr. Thomas A. Thorson, MD

  • Bismarck, ND
  • Family medicine physician
NPI1942308614PAC ID8224933114
Medicare services, 2024
668
Medicare patients, 2024
157
Part D claims, 2024
7,476
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$339,579
Practice address
300 N 7th St, Bismarck, ND 58501
Practice phone
Call (701) 323-6000
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Primary practice

Sanford Medical Center - Bismarck

Bismarck, North Dakota

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Dr. Thomas A. Thorson is a family medicine physician in Bismarck, North Dakota

Dr. Thorson practices at Sanford Medical Center - Bismarck in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Dr. Thorson's NPI, 1942308614, was assigned on September 20, 2006. Dr. Thorson graduated from University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Thorson holds North Dakota license 5799.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8224933114
NPI enumeration date
September 20, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(701) 323-6000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
64
Medical school graduation
1988

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

Dr. Thomas A. Thorson practices at Sanford Medical Center - Bismarck in Bismarck, North Dakota

Dr. Thorson's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Bismarck, at 300 N 7th St, Bismarck, ND 58501 in Burleigh County. The practice phone is (701) 323-6000.

  • Sanford Medical Center - Bismarck
    300 N 7th St, Bismarck, ND 58501 · Burleigh CountyPhone(701) 323-6000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Thomas A. Thorson is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Thorson's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Bismarck in Bismarck, North Dakota. Dr. Thorson is also affiliated with Sanford Bismarck Medical Center. The medical group on file is Sanford Bismarck Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Thorson to 1 more group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

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

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Sanford Medical Center - BismarckAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Thomas A. Thorson is one of 438 family medicine physicians in North Dakota

Family medicine is Dr. Thorson's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Thorson is licensed in North Dakota.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Family medicine, North DakotaPrimaryLicense 5799 · taxonomy 207Q00000X

Family medicine physicians near Dr. Thorson

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

Dr. Thomas A. Thorson billed Medicare for 668 services in 2024

CMS data shows 668 Medicare services from Dr. Thorson across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 157 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $19,194 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024668
Medicare patients157
Paid by Medicare$19,194
Procedure codes4

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3902024: 3637%
Other services
2023: 1132024: 305170%
Tests and treatments
2023: 162024: 0100%
Surgery
2023: 222024: 0100%

Dr. Thorson compared with the North Dakota median for family medicine physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Thorson
  • North Dakota median
Medicare services
668vs 34793% above
Medicare patients
157vs 19720% below
Part D claims
6,925vs 56112.3 times

Medians across 460 family medicine physicians in North Dakota with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Thorson'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 A. Thorson treated 157 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 157 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Thorson in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 89 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.98, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Thorson's median patient age at 72, with 39% women.

Medicare patients, 2024157
Average age71
Average risk score0.98
Also on Medicaid18%

Dr. Thorson's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Thorson's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women5434%
  • Men10366%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Diabetes29%
  4. Chronic kidney disease28%
  5. Arthritis27%
  6. Mood disorders23%
  7. Ischemic heart disease22%
  8. COPD20%

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

Dr. Thorson's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women39%
  • Men61%

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

Dr. Thomas A. Thorson wrote 7,476 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Thorson wrote 7,476 Medicare Part D claims for 313 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 6,925 of them, across 123 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $654,124 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,738 claims across 115 drugs.

Part D claims, 20247,476
Drugs named by CMS123
Total drug cost$654,124
Part D patients313

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

  • Generic6,290 claims84%
  • Brand-name1,146 claims15%
  • Other40 claims1%

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

  • Opioids3%254 of 7,476 claims
  • Antibiotics1%58 of 7,476 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%22 of 7,476 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: 6,7382024: 6,9253%

Drugs named by CMS: 123 in 2024, 115 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

How Dr. Thomas A. Thorson takes part in Medicare

Dr. Thorson accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

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

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Thomas A. Thorson received $339,579 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,015 general payments to Dr. Thorson from 37 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. paid the most, $200,755.

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

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

$339.6Kin total
  • Consulting fees$328,70097%
  • Food and beverage$10,8553%
  • Education$250%

Companies that paid Dr. Thorson 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 A. Thorson graduated from University of North Dakota School of Medicine

Dr. Thorson graduated from University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 1988.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of North Dakota School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Thomas A. Thorson'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)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 A. Thorson's NPI number?

Dr. Thomas A. Thorson's NPI number is 1942308614. It was assigned on September 20, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Thomas A. Thorson?

Dr. Thomas A. Thorson is a family medicine physician in Bismarck, North Dakota. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).

Where does Dr. Thomas A. Thorson practice?

Dr. Thorson practices at 300 N 7th St, Bismarck, ND 58501. Dr. Thorson's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Bismarck in Bismarck, North Dakota. Dmand AI also links Dr. Thorson to 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Thomas A. Thorson's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Thorson is (701) 323-6000.

What is Dr. Thomas A. Thorson's medical license number?

Dr. Thorson holds North Dakota license 5799.

Which hospitals is Dr. Thomas A. Thorson affiliated with?

Dr. Thorson is affiliated with Sanford Bismarck Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Thomas A. Thorson part of?

Dr. Thorson is linked to Sanford Bismarck Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Thorson to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Thomas A. Thorson accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Thorson billed Medicare for 668 services in 2024, and Dr. Thorson accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Thomas A. Thorson see?

CMS counts 157 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Thorson in 2024, with an average age of 71.

What services does Dr. Thomas A. Thorson bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Thorson's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), medicare service (G2211) and medicare service (G0439).

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Where did Dr. Thomas A. Thorson go to medical school?

Dr. Thorson graduated from University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 1988.

What drugs does Dr. Thomas A. Thorson prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Thorson's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amlodipine Besylate, Atorvastatin Calcium and Rosuvastatin Calcium.

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

CMS Open Payments shows $339,579 in general payments to Dr. Thorson from 37 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

How long has Dr. Thomas A. Thorson been practicing?

Dr. Thorson graduated from medical school in 1988, 38 years ago.

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