Dr. Kazim Aykent, MD

Dr. Aykent practices at McLeod Regional Medical Center Florence in Florence, South Carolina, part of McLeod Health.

Dr. Aykent's NPI, 1568856482, was assigned on March 28, 2015. Dr. Aykent holds South Carolina license 92986.

Dr. Aykent's primary practice is McLeod Regional Medical Center Florence, at 555 E Cheves St Box 8700, Florence, SC 29506 in Florence County. The practice phone is (843) 777-2900.

Dr. Aykent's primary practice is McLeod Regional Medical Center Florence in Florence, South Carolina, part of McLeod Health. Dr. Aykent is also affiliated with McLeod Health Loris. The medical group on file is McLeod Physician Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Aykent to 3 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Aykent practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Aykent's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Aykent is licensed in South Carolina.

CMS data shows 1,126 Medicare services from Dr. Aykent across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 776 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $34,244 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 776 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Aykent in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 304 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.90, 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. Aykent's median patient age at 71, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Aykent wrote 76 Medicare Part D claims for 40 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 27 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $13,284 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 45 claims across 3 drugs.

Dr. Aykent accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 33 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Aykent, more than 69% 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 5 papers to Dr. Aykent, published from 2012 to 2024. Dr. Aykent has published most often in BMJ Case Rep. Dr. Aykent's most frequent co-authors are Adam S. Budzikowski, MD, PhD, Puneet Gandotra, MD and Mahin Raqueeb Khan.

CMS Open Payments shows 128 general payments to Dr. Aykent from 36 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 93% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $1,059.