Dr. Alejandro Lee Suarez, MD

Dr. Suarez practices at Palmetto Digestive Disease PA in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Dr. Suarez's NPI, 1386936110, was assigned on May 12, 2011. Dr. Suarez holds South Carolina license MD36765.

Dr. Suarez's primary practice is Palmetto Digestive Disease PA, at 1250 Wire Grass Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 in Charleston County. The practice phone is (843) 571-0643.

Dr. Suarez's primary practice is Palmetto Digestive Disease PA in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Suarez is also affiliated with Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital. The medical group on file is Vibra Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Suarez to 4 more hospitals, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Suarez practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Suarez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Suarez's licenses on file in 3 states: South Carolina, Connecticut and Florida.

CMS data shows 1,667 Medicare services from Dr. Suarez across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 876 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $186,221 for them.

CMS counts 876 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Suarez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 498 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 71% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Suarez's median patient age at 62, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Suarez wrote 2,686 Medicare Part D claims for 811 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,470 of them, across 41 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,023,658 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,061 claims across 36 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Suarez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Suarez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Suarez as offering telehealth. CMS counts 431 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Suarez, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 29 papers to Dr. Suarez, published from 2014 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Cerebrovascular Circulation, Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde and Cholecystectomy. Dr. Suarez has published most often in Gastrointest Endosc. Dr. Suarez's most frequent co-authors are Peter B. Cotton, MD, Harry Robert Aslanian, MD and Priya A. Jamidar, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 860 general payments to Dr. Suarez from 46 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 77% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $202,908.