Dr. Samuel Trent Hester, MD

  • Greenville, SC
  • Internist
NPI1700145067PAC ID6305152992
Medicare services, 2024
411
Medicare patients, 2024
171
Part D claims, 2024
219
MIPS score, 2024
82
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
One St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601
Practice phone
Call (800) 805-5678
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Primary practice

Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown

Hospital · Greenville, South Carolina

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Dr. Samuel Trent Hester is an internist in Greenville, South Carolina

Dr. Hester practices at Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health.

Dr. Hester's NPI, 1700145067, was assigned on May 8, 2012. Dr. Hester graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2012. Dr. Hester holds North Carolina license 201500852.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6305152992
NPI enumeration date
May 8, 2012
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(800) 805-5678
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
40
Medical school graduation
2012

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

Dr. Samuel Trent Hester practices at 2 locations in Greenville, South Carolina

Dr. Hester's primary practice is Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown, at One St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601 in Greenville County. The practice phone is (800) 805-5678. Dr. Hester also practices at St Francis - Downtown, 1 St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601.

  • Bon Secours St. Francis DowntownPrimary
    One St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601 · Greenville CountyPhone(800) 805-5678
  • St Francis - Downtown
    1 St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601 · Greenville CountyPhone(864) 255-1000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Samuel Trent Hester is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Hester's primary practice is Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health. Dr. Hester is also affiliated with Mission Hospital. The medical group on file is Vituity. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hester to 2 more medical groups and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Samuel Trent Hester's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hester practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Bon Secours St. Francis DowntownAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Samuel Trent Hester is one of 1,707 internists in South Carolina

Internal medicine is Dr. Hester's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Hester's licenses on file in 2 states: North Carolina and South Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 2015-00852 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • South Carolina licenseLicense 91708

Internists near Dr. Hester

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

Dr. Samuel Trent Hester billed Medicare for 411 services in 2024

CMS data shows 411 Medicare services from Dr. Hester across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 171 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $34,965 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024411
Medicare patients171
Paid by Medicare$34,965
Procedure codes4

Dr. Hester's Medicare services by type, 2021 to 2024

  • 2021
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2021: 7382024: 41144%

Dr. Hester compared with the South Carolina median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Hester
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
411vs 74044% below
Medicare patients
171vs 25834% below
Part D claims
35vs 33189% below

Medians across 1,708 internists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Hester's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Samuel Trent Hester treated 171 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 80

CMS counts 171 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hester in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 77 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.03, 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. Hester's median patient age at 73, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024171
Average age80
Average risk score2.03
Also on Medicaid7%

Dr. Hester's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Hester's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women9455%
  • Men7745%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis65%
  4. Chronic kidney disease53%
  5. Ischemic heart disease53%
  6. Heart failure46%
  7. Depression44%
  8. Anxiety43%

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

Dr. Hester's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men43%

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

Dr. Samuel Trent Hester wrote 219 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Hester wrote 219 Medicare Part D claims for 83 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 35 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $192 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 68 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024219
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$192
Part D patients83

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

  • Generic188 claims86%
  • Brand-name31 claims14%

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

  • Antibiotics20%43 of 219 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: 682024: 3549%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 4 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. Samuel Trent Hester scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Hester for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Hester accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Hester's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 82of 100Final score
  • 65.6of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 71of 100Cost

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Samuel Trent Hester received $826 in industry payments from 2018 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 39 general payments to Dr. Hester from 16 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $125.

General payments to Dr. Hester by program year, 2018 to 2024

Companies that paid Dr. Hester the most, 2018 to 2024

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Samuel Trent Hester graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine

Dr. Hester graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2012.

  1. Medical schoolWest Virginia University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Samuel Trent Hester'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Practice 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)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Samuel Trent Hester's NPI number?

Dr. Samuel Trent Hester's NPI number is 1700145067. It was assigned on May 8, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Samuel Trent Hester?

Dr. Samuel Trent Hester is an internist in Greenville, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Samuel Trent Hester practice?

Dr. Hester practices at One St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601. Dr. Hester also practices at 1 St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601. Dr. Hester's primary practice is Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hester to 2 medical groups and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Samuel Trent Hester's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Hester is (800) 805-5678.

What is Dr. Samuel Trent Hester's medical license number?

Dr. Hester holds North Carolina license 201500852, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Samuel Trent Hester been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Hester in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Which hospitals is Dr. Samuel Trent Hester affiliated with?

Dr. Hester practices at Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Hester is also affiliated with Mission Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Samuel Trent Hester part of?

Dr. Hester is linked to Vituity. Dmand AI links Dr. Hester to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Samuel Trent Hester accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hester billed Medicare for 411 services in 2024, and Dr. Hester accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Samuel Trent Hester's MIPS score?

Dr. Hester's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Samuel Trent Hester see?

CMS counts 171 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hester in 2024, with an average age of 80.

What services does Dr. Samuel Trent Hester bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Hester's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99239).

Where did Dr. Samuel Trent Hester go to medical school?

Dr. Hester graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2012.

What drugs does Dr. Samuel Trent Hester prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hester's most prescribed drugs by claims were Furosemide, Pantoprazole Sodium and Azithromycin.

Has Dr. Samuel Trent Hester received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $826 in general payments to Dr. Hester from 16 companies from 2018 to 2024. The largest total came from Boston Scientific Corporation.

How long has Dr. Samuel Trent Hester been practicing?

Dr. Hester graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.

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