Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford, MD

  • Greenville, SC
  • Orthopaedic trauma physician
NPI1225000573PAC ID4385622166
Medicare services, 2024
1,791
Medicare patients, 2024
213
Part D claims, 2024
193
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$3,163
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. Kyle Ernest Watford is an orthopaedic trauma physician in Greenville, South Carolina

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

Dr. Watford's NPI, 1225000573, was assigned on February 2, 2006. Dr. Watford graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Watford holds South Carolina license 20275.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4385622166
NPI enumeration date
February 2, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(800) 805-5678
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
56
Medical school graduation
1996

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

Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford practices at 2 locations in Greenville, South Carolina

Dr. Watford'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. Watford 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. Kyle Ernest Watford is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Watford's primary practice is Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health. The medical group on file is Bon Secours Medical Group Greenville Specialty Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watford to 3 more home health agencies, 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. Kyle Ernest Watford's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Watford practices, 6 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
+5 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford is one of 19 orthopaedic trauma physicians in South Carolina

Orthopaedic trauma is Dr. Watford's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XX0801X. Dr. Watford is licensed in South Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic trauma, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 20275 · taxonomy 207XX0801X

Orthopaedic trauma physicians near Dr. Watford

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

19orthopaedic trauma physicians in South Carolina
7orthopaedic trauma physicians in Greenville

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

Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford billed Medicare for 1,791 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,791 Medicare services from Dr. Watford across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 213 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $57,587 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,791
Medicare patients213
Paid by Medicare$57,587
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 222024: 1,4006264%
Imaging
2023: 3762024: 21643%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1422024: 9930%
Surgery
2023: 1232024: 7638%

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

  • In an office1,72997%
  • In a facility623%

Dr. Watford compared with the South Carolina median for orthopaedic trauma physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Watford
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
1,791vs 2507.2 times
Medicare patients
213vs 15438% above
Part D claims
102vs 343.0 times

Medians across 20 orthopaedic trauma physicians in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Watford'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. Kyle Ernest Watford treated 213 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 80

CMS counts 213 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watford in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 86 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.92, 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. Watford's median patient age at 76, with 65% women.

Medicare patients, 2024213
Average age80
Average risk score1.92

Dr. Watford's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Watford's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13764%
  • Men7636%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis65%
  4. Anxiety48%
  5. Mood disorders48%
  6. Depression47%
  7. Chronic kidney disease45%
  8. Ischemic heart disease42%

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

Dr. Watford's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 76

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women65%
  • Men34%

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

Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford wrote 193 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Watford wrote 193 Medicare Part D claims for 108 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 102 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $685 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 133 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024193
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$685
Part D patients108

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

  • Generic188 claims97%
  • Brand-name and other5 claims3%

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

  • Opioids48%92 of 193 claims
  • Antibiotics16%30 of 193 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: 1332024: 10223%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 5 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

How Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford takes part in Medicare

Dr. Watford accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Knee replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford received $3,163 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 36 general payments to Dr. Watford from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 43% of the total. Peerless Surgical Inc. paid the most, $1,360.

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

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

$3.2Kin total
  • Education$1,34843%
  • Food and beverage$1,09935%
  • Travel and lodging$71623%

Companies that paid Dr. Watford 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. Kyle Ernest Watford graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Dr. Watford graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1996.

  1. Medical schoolMedical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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. Kyle Ernest Watford's NPI number?

Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford's NPI number is 1225000573. It was assigned on February 2, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford?

Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford is an orthopaedic trauma physician in Greenville, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Trauma Physician (taxonomy code 207XX0801X).

Where does Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford practice?

Dr. Watford practices at One St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601. Dr. Watford also practices at 1 St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601. Dr. Watford's primary practice is Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Watford to 3 home health agencies, 3 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford's office phone number?

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

What is Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford's medical license number?

Dr. Watford holds South Carolina license 20275.

Which hospitals is Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford affiliated with?

Dr. Watford practices at Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, South Carolina.

What medical group is Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford part of?

Dr. Watford is linked to Bon Secours Medical Group Greenville Specialty Care. Dmand AI links Dr. Watford to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Watford billed Medicare for 1,791 services in 2024, and Dr. Watford accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford see?

CMS counts 213 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Watford in 2024, with an average age of 80.

What services does Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Watford's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), diagnostic imaging (73502) and office visit, established patient (99213).

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Where did Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford go to medical school?

Dr. Watford graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1996.

What drugs does Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Watford's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Tramadol HCl and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,163 in general payments to Dr. Watford from 12 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Peerless Surgical Inc.

How long has Dr. Kyle Ernest Watford been practicing?

Dr. Watford graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.

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