Dr. Karl Craig Boatright, MD

  • Beaufort, SC
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1346325149PAC ID2163486697
Medicare services, 2024
10,817
Medicare patients, 2024
883
Part D claims, 2024
1,763
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
75
Practice address
300 Midtown Dr, Beaufort, SC 29906
Practice phone
Call (843) 379-7746
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Primary practice

Spine Institute of the Carolinas - Beaufort

Beaufort, South Carolina

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Dr. Karl Craig Boatright is an orthopedic surgeon in Beaufort, South Carolina

Dr. Boatright practices at Spine Institute of the Carolinas - Beaufort in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Dr. Boatright's NPI, 1346325149, was assigned on October 27, 2006. Dr. Boatright graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1994. Dr. Boatright holds South Carolina license 30979.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2163486697
NPI enumeration date
October 27, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(843) 379-7746
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
58
Medical school graduation
1994

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

Dr. Karl Craig Boatright practices at Spine Institute of the Carolinas - Beaufort in Beaufort, South Carolina

Dr. Boatright's primary practice is Spine Institute of the Carolinas - Beaufort, at 300 Midtown Dr, Beaufort, SC 29906 in Beaufort County. The practice phone is (843) 379-7746.

  • Spine Institute of the Carolinas - Beaufort
    300 Midtown Dr, Beaufort, SC 29906 · Beaufort CountyPhone(843) 379-7746

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

Dr. Karl Craig Boatright is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Boatright's primary practice is Spine Institute of the Carolinas - Beaufort in Beaufort, South Carolina. Dr. Boatright is also affiliated with Beaufort Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is CORA Physical Therapy - Bluffton. Dmand AI also links Dr. Boatright to 2 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Karl Craig Boatright's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Spine Institute of the Carolinas - BeaufortAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Karl Craig Boatright is one of 306 orthopedic surgeons in South Carolina

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Boatright's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Boatright is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Boatright's licenses on file in 4 states: South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 30979 · 2008 to 2027 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • North Carolina licenseLicense 88473 · 2000 to 2026
  • Virginia license2001 to 2004
  • Georgia license1999 to 2003

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists back and neck pain treatment without fusion, joint pain, lower back pain, neck pain and spine problems, spinal fusion and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Boatright treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Boatright

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Dr. Karl Craig Boatright billed Medicare for 10,817 services in 2024

CMS data shows 10,817 Medicare services from Dr. Boatright across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 883 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $354,603 for them.

Medicare services, 202410,817
Medicare patients883
Paid by Medicare$354,603
Procedure codes21

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 5,6682024: 5,4833%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,0852024: 2,0372%
Imaging
2023: 1,4692024: 1,64712%
Other services
2023: 1,1182024: 1,0655%
Surgery
2023: 6102024: 5854%

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

  • In an office10,70099%
  • In a facility1171%

Dr. Boatright compared with the South Carolina median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Boatright
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
10,817vs 2,4224.5 times
Medicare patients
883vs 3562.5 times
Part D claims
1,707vs 1749.8 times

Medians across 291 orthopedic surgeons in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Boatright'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. Karl Craig Boatright treated 883 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 883 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Boatright in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 411 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.86, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Boatright's median patient age at 73, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024883
Average age75
Average risk score0.86

Dr. Boatright's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Boatright's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women45952%
  • Men42448%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis74%
  4. Ischemic heart disease27%
  5. Anxiety25%
  6. Diabetes21%
  7. Mood disorders17%
  8. Atrial fibrillation16%

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

Dr. Boatright's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men46%

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

Dr. Karl Craig Boatright wrote 1,763 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Boatright wrote 1,763 Medicare Part D claims for 556 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,707 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $10,557 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,648 claims across 14 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,763
Drugs named by CMS13
Total drug cost$10,557
Part D patients556

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

  • Generic1,755 claims100%
  • Brand-name and other8 claims0%

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

  • Opioids29%506 of 1,763 claims
  • Antibiotics1%17 of 1,763 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: 1,6482024: 1,7074%

Drugs named by CMS: 13 in 2024, 14 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. Karl Craig Boatright scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Boatright for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Boatright accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 51 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Boatright, more than 78% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Where Dr. Boatright ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Spinal fusion
72nd percentile94 procedures
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
78th percentile51 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. Karl Craig Boatright has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Boatright.

Papers1

Recent publications by Dr. Boatright

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Dr. Karl Craig Boatright received $3,087 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 22 general payments to Dr. Boatright from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 61% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $2,210.

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

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

$3.1Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$1,87061%
  • Food and beverage$1,21739%

Companies that paid Dr. Boatright 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

Dr. Karl Craig Boatright graduated from Harvard Medical School

Dr. Boatright graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1994.

  1. Medical schoolHarvard Medical School
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Karl Craig Boatright accepts plans from 9 insurance carriers

Dr. Boatright is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Humana
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
  • +1 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Boatright accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO7
  3. POS3
  4. EPO2
  5. HMO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Karl Craig Boatright'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 Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Karl Craig Boatright's NPI number?

Dr. Karl Craig Boatright's NPI number is 1346325149. It was assigned on October 27, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Karl Craig Boatright?

Dr. Karl Craig Boatright is an orthopedic surgeon in Beaufort, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Karl Craig Boatright practice?

Dr. Boatright practices at 300 Midtown Dr, Beaufort, SC 29906. Dr. Boatright's primary practice is Spine Institute of the Carolinas - Beaufort in Beaufort, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Boatright to 2 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Karl Craig Boatright's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Boatright is (843) 379-7746.

What is Dr. Karl Craig Boatright's medical license number?

Dr. Boatright holds South Carolina license 30979, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Karl Craig Boatright been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Boatright in South Carolina (2008 to 2027), North Carolina (2000 to 2026), Virginia (2001 to 2004) and Georgia (1999 to 2003).

Which hospitals is Dr. Karl Craig Boatright affiliated with?

Dr. Boatright is affiliated with Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Boatright to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Karl Craig Boatright part of?

Dr. Boatright is linked to CORA Physical Therapy - Bluffton. Dmand AI links Dr. Boatright to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Karl Craig Boatright accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Boatright billed Medicare for 10,817 services in 2024, and Dr. Boatright accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Karl Craig Boatright's MIPS score?

Dr. Boatright's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Karl Craig Boatright see?

CMS counts 883 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Boatright in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Karl Craig Boatright board certified?

Yes. Dr. Boatright is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Dr. Karl Craig Boatright bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Boatright's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1100), office visit, established patient (99213) and medicare temporary code (Q9965).

Where did Dr. Karl Craig Boatright go to medical school?

Dr. Boatright graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1994.

What drugs does Dr. Karl Craig Boatright prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Boatright's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen and Methylprednisolone.

Has Dr. Karl Craig Boatright received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,087 in general payments to Dr. Boatright from 9 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic USA, Inc.

How long has Dr. Karl Craig Boatright been practicing?

Dr. Boatright graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.

Does Dr. Karl Craig Boatright do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Boatright.

What insurance does Dr. Karl Craig Boatright accept?

Dr. Boatright is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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