Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 6,771
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 787
- Part D claims, 2024
- 2,590
- MIPS score, 2024
- 79
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 526 Richland W Ave, Aiken, SC 29801
- Practice phone
- Call (803) 648-3130
- Professional email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
R. Bauer Vaughters, III, MD, Inc.
Aiken, South Carolina
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Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III is an endocrinologist in Aiken, South Carolina
Dr. Vaughters practices at R. Bauer Vaughters, III, MD, Inc. in Aiken, South Carolina.
Dr. Vaughters' NPI, 1457327587, was assigned on February 28, 2006. Dr. Vaughters graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Vaughters holds South Carolina license 22809.
- NPI
- 1457327587NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2567452709
- NPI enumeration date
- February 28, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (803) 648-3130
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 54
- Medical school graduation
- 1998
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III practices at R. Bauer Vaughters, III, MD, Inc. in Aiken, South Carolina
Dr. Vaughters' primary practice is R. Bauer Vaughters, III, MD, Inc., at 526 Richland W Ave, Aiken, SC 29801 in Aiken County. The practice phone is (803) 648-3130.
- R. Bauer Vaughters, III, MD, Inc.526 Richland W Ave, Aiken, SC 29801 · Aiken CountyPhone(803) 648-3130
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Vaughters' primary practice is R. Bauer Vaughters, III, MD, Inc. in Aiken, South Carolina. Dr. Vaughters is also affiliated with Aiken Regional Medical Centers. The medical group on file is Aiken & North Augusta Endocrinology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vaughters to 4 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Vaughters practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| R. Bauer Vaughters, III, MD, Inc. | Available with a free account |
| +6 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III is one of 93 endocrinologists in South Carolina
Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism is Dr. Vaughters' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RE0101X. Dr. Vaughters is licensed in South Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, South CarolinaPrimary
Endocrinologists near Dr. Vaughters
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III billed Medicare for 6,771 services in 2024
CMS data shows 6,771 Medicare services from Dr. Vaughters across 33 procedure codes in 2024, for 787 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $295,940 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Vaughters' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6,0902024: 4,12132%
- Surgery
- 2023: 8222024: 8999%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 1,2752024: 57255%
- Imaging
- 2023: 3172024: 55274%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,0452024: 48753%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 6,9792024: 7799%
- Other services
- 2023: 342024: 6385%
Dr. Vaughters compared with the South Carolina median for endocrinologists, 2024
- Dr. Vaughters
- South Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 6,771vs 9667.0 times
- Medicare patients
- 787vs 3282.4 times
- Part D claims
- 2,181vs 1,51944% above
Medians across 93 endocrinologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Vaughters' 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. Ray Bauer Vaughters III treated 787 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 787 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vaughters in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 370 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.30, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Vaughters' median patient age at 70, with 68% women.
Dr. Vaughters' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Vaughters' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women48862%
- Men29938%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Vaughters' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes69%
- Arthritis44%
- Chronic kidney disease32%
- Ischemic heart disease27%
- Osteoporosis27%
- Mood disorders21%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Vaughters' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 70
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women68%
- Men32%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III wrote 2,590 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Vaughters wrote 2,590 Medicare Part D claims for 771 patients. 55% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,181 of them, across 43 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $701,431 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 13,116 claims across 138 drugs.
Dr. Vaughters' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,428 claims55%
- Brand-name1,096 claims42%
- Other66 claims3%
Dr. Vaughters' 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. Vaughters' Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics1%15 of 2,590 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: 13,1162024: 2,18183%
Drugs named by CMS: 43 in 2024, 138 in 2023.
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. Ray Bauer Vaughters III scored 79 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Vaughters for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Vaughters accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 96 procedures of removal of nail tissue by Dr. Vaughters, more than 69% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Vaughters' MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 79of 100Final score
- 62.4of 100Quality
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Vaughters ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of nail tissue
- 69th percentile96 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
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. Ray Bauer Vaughters III received $713,627 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 2,110 general payments to Dr. Vaughters from 63 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 84% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $268,624.
General payments to Dr. Vaughters by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Vaughters by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$597,65484%
- Travel and lodging$52,5137%
- Food and beverage$33,6675%
- Consulting fees$28,6184%
- Other$1,1750%
Companies that paid Dr. Vaughters the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Dr. Vaughters graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1998.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III's NPI number?
Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III's NPI number is 1457327587. It was assigned on February 28, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III?
Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III is an endocrinologist in Aiken, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician (taxonomy code 207RE0101X).
Where does Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III practice?
Dr. Vaughters practices at 526 Richland W Ave, Aiken, SC 29801. Dr. Vaughters' primary practice is R. Bauer Vaughters, III, MD, Inc. in Aiken, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vaughters to 4 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Vaughters is (803) 648-3130.
What is Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III's medical license number?
Dr. Vaughters holds South Carolina license 22809.
Which hospitals is Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III affiliated with?
Dr. Vaughters is affiliated with Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Dmand AI links Dr. Vaughters to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III part of?
Dr. Vaughters is linked to Aiken & North Augusta Endocrinology.
Does Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Vaughters billed Medicare for 6,771 services in 2024, and Dr. Vaughters accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III's MIPS score?
Dr. Vaughters' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 79 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III see?
CMS counts 787 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vaughters in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Vaughters' most billed Medicare services were care management and other visits (99490), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III go to medical school?
Dr. Vaughters graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1998.
What drugs does Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Vaughters' most prescribed drugs by claims were Levothyroxine Sodium, Ozempic and Glimepiride.
Has Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $713,627 in general payments to Dr. Vaughters from 63 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.
How long has Dr. Ray Bauer Vaughters III been practicing?
Dr. Vaughters graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.
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