Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez, MD

  • Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1578755773PAC ID6800089095
Medicare services, 2024
1,202
Medicare patients, 2024
672
Part D claims, 2024
1,254
Clinical trials
1
MIPS score, 2024
100
Practice address
809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Practice phone
Call (843) 692-1000
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Grand Strand Medical Center

Hospital · Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez is a gastroenterologist in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Dr. Hernandez practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Hernandez's NPI, 1578755773, was assigned on August 13, 2007. Dr. Hernandez holds South Carolina license 81917.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6800089095
NPI enumeration date
August 13, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(843) 692-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
46
Medical school graduation
2006

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

Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Dr. Hernandez's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center, at 809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 in Horry County. The practice phone is (843) 692-1000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Hernandez's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Hernandez is also affiliated with Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Strand GI Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hernandez to 3 more hospitals, 3 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hernandez practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Grand Strand Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez is one of 255 gastroenterologists in South Carolina

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 81917 · taxonomy 207RG0100X
  • Arizona licenseLicense 41345
  • California licenseLicense A102590

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Hernandez

Counts of gastroenterologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

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

Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez billed Medicare for 1,202 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,202 Medicare services from Dr. Hernandez across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 672 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $133,600 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,202
Medicare patients672
Paid by Medicare$133,600
Procedure codes16

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5772024: 579No change
Surgery
2023: 7192024: 57520%
Other services
2023: 582024: 4817%
Lab and pathology
2023: 632024: 0100%

Where Dr. Hernandez's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office47439%
  • In a facility72861%

Dr. Hernandez compared with the South Carolina median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Hernandez
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
1,202vs 74561% above
Medicare patients
672vs 44551% above
Part D claims
1,009vs 4972.0 times

Medians across 249 gastroenterologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Hernandez'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. Jose Carlos Hernandez treated 672 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 672 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hernandez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 374 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hernandez's median patient age at 63, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024672
Average age73
Average risk score1.15
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Hernandez's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Hernandez's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women32649%
  • Men34651%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Diabetes33%
  5. Ischemic heart disease28%
  6. Anxiety23%
  7. Chronic kidney disease21%
  8. Atrial fibrillation20%

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

Dr. Hernandez's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men44%

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

Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez wrote 1,254 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Hernandez wrote 1,254 Medicare Part D claims for 438 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,009 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $768,306 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,044 claims across 24 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,254
Drugs named by CMS19
Total drug cost$768,306
Part D patients438

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

  • Generic1,015 claims81%
  • Brand-name and other239 claims19%

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

  • Antibiotics2%22 of 1,254 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: 1,0442024: 1,0093%

Drugs named by CMS: 19 in 2024, 24 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

Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Hernandez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Hernandez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 88 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Hernandez, more than 74% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Hernandez's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Hernandez ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
74th percentile88 procedures
Colonoscopy
65th percentile54 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. Jose Carlos Hernandez has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Hernandez to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Crohn Disease and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Hernandez that name 1 trial.

Conditions in Dr. Hernandez's trials

  • Crohn Disease
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Hernandez

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Hernandez

Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez received $12,115 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 718 general payments to Dr. Hernandez from 46 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $3,965. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $1,143 in 2021, naming 1 clinical trial.

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

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

$12.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$12,01599%
  • Education$1001%

Companies that paid Dr. Hernandez 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

Sources for Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez's NPI number?

Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez's NPI number is 1578755773. It was assigned on August 13, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez?

Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez is a gastroenterologist in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez practice?

Dr. Hernandez practices at 809 82nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572. Dr. Hernandez's primary practice is Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, part of HCA Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hernandez to 3 hospitals, 3 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Hernandez is (843) 692-1000.

What is Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez's medical license number?

Dr. Hernandez holds South Carolina license 81917, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Hernandez in South Carolina, Arizona and California.

Which hospitals is Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez affiliated with?

Dr. Hernandez practices at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dr. Hernandez is also affiliated with Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Hernandez to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez part of?

Dr. Hernandez is linked to Strand GI Associates. Dmand AI links Dr. Hernandez to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hernandez billed Medicare for 1,202 services in 2024, and Dr. Hernandez accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez's MIPS score?

Dr. Hernandez's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez see?

CMS counts 672 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hernandez in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Hernandez's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: digestive system (45385) and surgery: digestive system (43239).

What drugs does Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hernandez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium, Omeprazole and Dicyclomine HCl.

Has Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $12,115 in general payments to Dr. Hernandez from 46 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez been practicing?

Dr. Hernandez graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.

Does Dr. Jose Carlos Hernandez do research?

Dr. Hernandez has worked on 1 clinical trial.

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