Dr. Murray A. Echt, MD

Dr. Echt practices at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, part of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health.

Dr. Echt's NPI, 1598174641, was assigned on August 2, 2014. Dr. Echt graduated from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 2014. Dr. Echt holds New Hampshire license 22580.

Dr. Echt's primary practice is Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, at 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756 in Grafton County. The practice phone is (603) 650-5000.

Dr. Echt's primary practice is Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, part of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health. Dr. Echt is also affiliated with Cheshire Medical Center. The medical group on file is Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester. Dmand AI also links Dr. Echt to 3 more hospitals and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Neurological surgery is Dr. Echt's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Echt is licensed in New Hampshire.

CMS data shows 239 Medicare services from Dr. Echt across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 183 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $26,981 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 183 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Echt in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 93 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 68% have high blood pressure. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.23, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Echt's median patient age at 63, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Echt wrote 64 Medicare Part D claims for 31 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 44 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $428 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 38 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Dr. Echt for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Echt accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Echt as offering telehealth. CMS counts 173 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Echt, more than 87% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 37 papers to Dr. Echt, published from 2013 to 2023. 2019 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Postoperative Complications, Spinal Fusion and Spinal Neoplasms. Dr. Echt has published most often in World Neurosurg. Dr. Echt's most frequent co-authors are Reza Yassari, MD, MS, Rafael H. De La Garza Ramos, MD and Yaroslav J. Gelfand, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 80 general payments to Dr. Echt from 11 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 61% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $5,190.

Dr. Echt graduated from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 2014.