Dr. Eric E. Elgin, MD

Dr. Elgin practices at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pennsylvania, part of Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Elgin's NPI, 1831104587, was assigned on July 30, 2006. Dr. Elgin graduated from University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Elgin holds Pennsylvania license MD-434057.

Dr. Elgin's primary practice is Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, at 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18103 in Lehigh County. The practice phone is (610) 402-8000.

Dr. Elgin's primary practice is Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pennsylvania, part of Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Elgin is also affiliated with Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono. The medical group on file is Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG). Dmand AI also links Dr. Elgin to 3 more hospitals, 5 group practices and clinics and 4 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Elgin practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Elgin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dmand AI has Dr. Elgin's licenses on file in 2 states: Pennsylvania and Maryland.

CMS data shows 461 Medicare services from Dr. Elgin across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 229 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $53,070 for them.

CMS counts 229 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Elgin in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 97 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.69, 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. Elgin's median patient age at 73, with 42% women.

In 2024, Dr. Elgin wrote 625 Medicare Part D claims for 127 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 507 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $59,325 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 291 claims across 11 drugs.

Dr. Elgin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 39 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Elgin, more than 75% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Elgin, published from 2016 to 2021. 2021 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Patient Readmission and Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation. Dr. Elgin has published most often in Am J Cardiol. Dr. Elgin's most frequent co-authors are Anthony A. Donato, MD, Jocelyn Alexandria Carter, MD and Francoise Adeline Marvel, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 403 general payments to Dr. Elgin from 40 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $8,953.

Dr. Elgin graduated from University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine in 1996.