Dr. James M. Sanders, MD

  • Greenville, SC
  • General surgeon
NPI1235398231PAC ID7315117199
Medicare services, 2024
143
Medicare patients, 2024
114
Part D claims, 2024
46
Publications
4
Hospital affiliations
1
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. James M. Sanders is a general surgeon in Greenville, South Carolina

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

Dr. Sanders' NPI, 1235398231, was assigned on June 4, 2008. Dr. Sanders graduated from LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Sanders' Texas license number on file is N4719.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7315117199
NPI enumeration date
June 4, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(800) 805-5678
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
45
Medical school graduation
2007

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

Dr. James M. Sanders practices at 2 locations in Greenville, South Carolina

Dr. Sanders' 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. Sanders 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. James M. Sanders is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Sanders' 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. Sanders to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. James M. Sanders' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sanders practices, 2 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
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. James M. Sanders is one of 506 general surgeons in South Carolina

Surgery is Dr. Sanders' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Sanders is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Sanders' licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and South Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, TexasPrimaryLicense N4719 · 2009 to 2025 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • South Carolina license2023 to 2027

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery and groin hernia surgery among the conditions Dr. Sanders treats.

General surgeons near Dr. Sanders

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

Dr. James M. Sanders billed Medicare for 143 services in 2024

CMS data shows 143 Medicare services from Dr. Sanders across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 114 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $13,595 for them.

Medicare services, 2024143
Medicare patients114
Paid by Medicare$13,595
Procedure codes5

Dr. Sanders' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 602024: 143138%
Surgery
2023: 432024: 0100%

Where Dr. Sanders' Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office6646%
  • In a facility7754%

Dr. Sanders compared with the South Carolina median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Sanders
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
143vs 26546% below
Medicare patients
114vs 17836% below
Part D claims
34vs 5437% below

Medians across 500 general surgeons in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Sanders' 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. James M. Sanders treated 114 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 114 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sanders in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 49 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.33, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sanders' median patient age at 66, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 2024114
Average age75
Average risk score1.33

Dr. Sanders' Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Sanders' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women5548%
  • Men5952%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Sanders' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis42%
  4. Ischemic heart disease40%
  5. Mood disorders36%
  6. Depression35%
  7. Anxiety34%
  8. Chronic kidney disease32%

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

Dr. Sanders' patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men51%

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

Dr. James M. Sanders wrote 46 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Sanders wrote 46 Medicare Part D claims for 39 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 34 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $142 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 43 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202446
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$142
Part D patients39

Dr. Sanders' 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. Sanders' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids80%37 of 46 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: 432024: 3421%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 2 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. James M. Sanders ranks in the 92nd percentile for hernia repair (minimally invasive) in Medicare

Dr. Sanders accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 24 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Sanders, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Sanders ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
92nd percentile24 procedures
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
48th percentile17 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Colonoscopy: 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. James M. Sanders has 4 publications on record

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Sanders, published from 2021 to 2024. The most frequent topics are Anti-Bacterial Agents and Intraabdominal Infections. Dr. Sanders has published most often in Surg Infect (Larchmt). Dr. Sanders' most frequent co-authors are James Bradford Cutrell, MD, Sara A. Hennessy, MD and Reuben Jonathan Arasaratnam, MD.

Papers4
Years published2021 to 2024

Dr. Sanders' papers by year, 2021 to 2024

Topics Dr. Sanders writes about most

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Intraabdominal Infections

Dr. Sanders' most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Sanders

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. James M. Sanders received $6,645 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 73 general payments to Dr. Sanders from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 34% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $4,997.

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

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

$6.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,27334%
  • Education$2,06831%
  • Travel and lodging$1,80327%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$5008%

Companies that paid Dr. Sanders 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. James M. Sanders has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Sanders, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Sanders

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. James M. Sanders graduated from LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine

Dr. Sanders graduated from LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine in 2007.

  1. Medical schoolLSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. James M. Sanders accepts plans from 22 insurance carriers

Dr. Sanders is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, HCSC and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Sanders accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. HMO12
  3. Medicare9
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. James M. Sanders'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)
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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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. James M. Sanders' NPI number?

Dr. James M. Sanders' NPI number is 1235398231. It was assigned on June 4, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. James M. Sanders?

Dr. James M. Sanders is a general surgeon in Greenville, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. James M. Sanders practice?

Dr. Sanders practices at One St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601. Dr. Sanders also practices at 1 St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601. Dr. Sanders' primary practice is Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sanders to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. James M. Sanders' office phone number?

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

What is Dr. James M. Sanders' medical license number?

Dr. Sanders' Texas license number on file is N4719, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. James M. Sanders been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Sanders in Texas (2009 to 2025) and South Carolina (2023 to 2027).

Which hospitals is Dr. James M. Sanders affiliated with?

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

What medical group is Dr. James M. Sanders part of?

Dr. Sanders is linked to Bon Secours Medical Group Greenville Specialty Care. Dmand AI links Dr. Sanders to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. James M. Sanders accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sanders billed Medicare for 143 services in 2024, and Dr. Sanders accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. James M. Sanders see?

CMS counts 114 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sanders in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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Is Dr. James M. Sanders board certified?

Yes. Dr. Sanders is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. James M. Sanders bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Sanders' most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), hospital inpatient care (99223) and hospital inpatient care (99232).

Where did Dr. James M. Sanders go to medical school?

Dr. Sanders graduated from LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine in 2007.

What drugs does Dr. James M. Sanders prescribe most?

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

Has Dr. James M. Sanders received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $6,645 in general payments to Dr. Sanders from 25 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. James M. Sanders been practicing?

Dr. Sanders graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.

Does Dr. James M. Sanders do research?

Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Sanders, published from 2021 to 2024.

Who does Dr. James M. Sanders publish with?

Dr. Sanders' most frequent co-authors are James Bradford Cutrell, MD (2 shared papers), Sara A. Hennessy, MD (2 shared papers) and Reuben Jonathan Arasaratnam, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. James M. Sanders accept?

Dr. Sanders is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, HCSC and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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