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Dr. Brett C. Gunter, MD
NPI1538261615PAC ID6406972603
- Medicare services, 2024
- 719
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 342
- Part D claims, 2024
- 213
- Clinical trials
- 2
- MIPS score, 2024
- 80
- Practice address
- 1330 Taylor Street Suite Fl 7, Columbia, SC 29201
- Practice phone
- Call (803) 296-3757
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Dr. Brett C. Gunter is a neurosurgeon in Columbia, South Carolina
Dr. Gunter practices at ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Community Hospital Corporation.
Dr. Gunter's NPI, 1538261615, was assigned on September 1, 2006. Dr. Gunter graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1991. Dr. Gunter holds South Carolina license 20787.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1538261615NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6406972603
- NPI enumeration date
- September 1, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (803) 296-3757
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 61
- Medical school graduation
- 1991
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Brett C. Gunter practices at ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, South Carolina
Dr. Gunter's primary practice is ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist, at 1330 Taylor Street Suite Fl 7, Columbia, SC 29201 in Richland County. The practice phone is (803) 296-3757.
- ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist1330 Taylor Street Suite Fl 7, Columbia, SC 29201 · Richland CountyPhone(803) 296-3757
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Brett C. Gunter is affiliated with 13 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Gunter's primary practice is ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Community Hospital Corporation. Dr. Gunter is also affiliated with MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown. The medical group on file is MUSC Community Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gunter to 5 more hospitals, 4 home health agencies, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownMUSC Community Physicians5 hospitalsNames with a free account4 home health agenciesNames with a free account2 group practices and clinicsNames with a free account2 medical groupsNames with a free account
See all 16 affiliations for Dr. GunterSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Brett C. Gunter's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gunter practices, 13 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist | Available with a free account |
| +12 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Brett C. Gunter is one of 104 neurosurgeons in South Carolina
Neurological surgery is Dr. Gunter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Gunter is licensed in South Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Neurological surgery, South CarolinaPrimary
Neurosurgeons near Dr. Gunter
Counts of neurosurgeons 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. Brett C. Gunter billed Medicare for 719 services in 2024
CMS data shows 719 Medicare services from Dr. Gunter across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 342 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $138,002 for them.
Medicare services, 2024719
Medicare patients342
Paid by Medicare$138,002
Procedure codes17
Dr. Gunter's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4372024: 4779%
- Surgery
- 2023: 742024: 202173%
- Imaging
- 2023: 1212024: 4067%
Where Dr. Gunter's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office51772%
- In a facility20228%
Dr. Gunter compared with the South Carolina median for neurosurgeons, 2024
- Dr. Gunter
- South Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 719vs 39482% above
- Medicare patients
- 342vs 23844% above
- Part D claims
- 175vs 513.4 times
Medians across 101 neurosurgeons in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Gunter'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. Brett C. Gunter treated 342 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 342 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gunter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 160 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.09, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gunter's median patient age at 62, with 56% women.
Medicare patients, 2024342
Average age72
Average risk score1.09
Also on Medicaid5%
Dr. Gunter's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Gunter's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women19557%
- Men14743%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Gunter's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease39%
- Anxiety37%
- Diabetes36%
- Depression32%
- Mood disorders32%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Gunter's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 62
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. Brett C. Gunter wrote 213 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Gunter wrote 213 Medicare Part D claims for 137 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 175 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,522 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 221 claims across 6 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024213
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$1,522
Part D patients137
Dr. Gunter's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic211 claims99%
- Brand-name and other2 claims1%
Dr. Gunter'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. Gunter's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids66%141 of 213 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: 2212024: 17521%
Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 6 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. Brett C. Gunter scored 80 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 80 out of 100 for Dr. Gunter for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Gunter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 243 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Gunter, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Gunter's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 80of 100Final score
- 64.9of 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. Gunter ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Spinal fusion
- 93rd percentile243 procedures
- Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
- 83rd percentile62 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. Brett C. Gunter has worked on 2 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Gunter to 2 clinical trials. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Radiculopathy and Peripheral Nervous System Diseases. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Gunter that name 1 trial.
Conditions in Dr. Gunter's trials
- Radiculopathy
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Gunter
- Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, MD1 shared trial
- Jad Georges Khalil, MD1 shared trial
- Rick C. Sasso, MD1 shared trial
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Gunter
M6-C Post Approval Study (PAS) (opens in a new tab)
Active, not recruiting
$544 in research paymentsRadiculopathyPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesCervical total disc replacement
Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Brett C. Gunter received $57,798 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 125 general payments to Dr. Gunter from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Orthofix Medical, Inc. paid the most, $34,142. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $544 in 2021, naming 1 clinical trial.
General payments to Dr. Gunter by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Gunter by kind, 2016 to 2025
$57.8Kin total
- Consulting fees$28,09449%
- Speaker and faculty fees$9,62517%
- Education$8,65515%
- Travel and lodging$6,28711%
- Food and beverage$5,1379%
Companies that paid Dr. Gunter 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. Brett C. Gunter graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine
Dr. Gunter graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1991.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Brett C. Gunter'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| 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. Brett C. Gunter's NPI number?
Dr. Brett C. Gunter's NPI number is 1538261615. It was assigned on September 1, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Brett C. Gunter?
Dr. Brett C. Gunter is a neurosurgeon in Columbia, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).
Where does Dr. Brett C. Gunter practice?
Dr. Gunter practices at 1330 Taylor Street Suite Fl 7, Columbia, SC 29201. Dr. Gunter's primary practice is ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Community Hospital Corporation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gunter to 5 hospitals, 4 home health agencies, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Brett C. Gunter's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Gunter is (803) 296-3757.
What is Dr. Brett C. Gunter's medical license number?
Dr. Gunter holds South Carolina license 20787.
Which hospitals is Dr. Brett C. Gunter affiliated with?
Dr. Gunter practices at ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Gunter is also affiliated with MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown. Dmand AI links Dr. Gunter to 5 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Brett C. Gunter part of?
Dr. Gunter is linked to MUSC Community Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Gunter to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Brett C. Gunter accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Gunter billed Medicare for 719 services in 2024, and Dr. Gunter accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Brett C. Gunter's MIPS score?
Dr. Gunter's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 80 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Brett C. Gunter see?
CMS counts 342 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gunter in 2024, with an average age of 72.
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What services does Dr. Brett C. Gunter bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Gunter's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, new patient (99203).
Where did Dr. Brett C. Gunter go to medical school?
Dr. Gunter graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1991.
What drugs does Dr. Brett C. Gunter prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Gunter's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Cyclobenzaprine HCl and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. Brett C. Gunter received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $57,798 in general payments to Dr. Gunter from 20 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Orthofix Medical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Brett C. Gunter been practicing?
Dr. Gunter graduated from medical school in 1991, 35 years ago.
Does Dr. Brett C. Gunter do research?
Dr. Gunter has worked on 2 clinical trials.
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