Dr. Michael L. Edwards, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,007
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 259
- Part D claims, 2024
- 353
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 2000 Hospital Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
- Practice phone
- Call (843) 881-0100
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
East Cooper Medical Center
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
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Dr. Michael L. Edwards is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Dr. Edwards practices at East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Dr. Edwards' NPI, 1649331729, was assigned on December 13, 2006. Dr. Edwards graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Edwards holds South Carolina license 12973.
- NPI
- 1649331729NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2163683079
- NPI enumeration date
- December 13, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (843) 881-0100
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 73
- Medical school graduation
- 1979
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Michael L. Edwards practices at East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Dr. Edwards' primary practice is East Cooper Medical Center, at 2000 Hospital Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 in Charleston County. The practice phone is (843) 881-0100.
- East Cooper Medical Center2000 Hospital Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 · Charleston CountyPhone(843) 881-0100
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Michael L. Edwards is affiliated with 5 sites of care
Dr. Edwards' primary practice is East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Edwards is also affiliated with Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Edwards to 2 more home health agencies and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.
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. Michael L. Edwards' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Edwards practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| East Cooper Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +4 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Michael L. Edwards is one of 76 cardiothoracic surgeons in South Carolina
Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Edwards' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Edwards is licensed in South Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery), South CarolinaPrimary
Cardiothoracic surgeons near Dr. Edwards
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Michael L. Edwards billed Medicare for 1,007 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,007 Medicare services from Dr. Edwards across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 259 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $54,506 for them.
Dr. Edwards' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,1502024: 95317%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1102024: 5451%
Where Dr. Edwards' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office29930%
- In a facility70870%
Dr. Edwards compared with the South Carolina median for cardiothoracic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Edwards
- South Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 1,007vs 2304.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 259vs 18342% above
- Part D claims
- 173vs 266.7 times
Medians across 66 cardiothoracic surgeons in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Edwards' 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. Michael L. Edwards treated 259 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78
CMS counts 259 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Edwards in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 103 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 2.14, 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. Edwards' median patient age at 73, with 51% women.
Dr. Edwards' Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Edwards' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women11243%
- Men14757%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Edwards' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis55%
- Diabetes46%
- Ischemic heart disease41%
- Chronic kidney disease38%
- Atrial fibrillation37%
- COPD32%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Edwards' 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
- Women51%
- Men49%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Michael L. Edwards wrote 353 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Edwards wrote 353 Medicare Part D claims for 88 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 173 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $17,788 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 228 claims across 9 drugs.
Dr. Edwards' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic313 claims89%
- Brand-name40 claims11%
Dr. Edwards' 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. Edwards' Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics16%57 of 353 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: 2282024: 17324%
Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 9 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. Michael L. Edwards 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. Edwards for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Edwards accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 88 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Edwards, more than 84% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Where Dr. Edwards ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of tissue
- 84th percentile88 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. Michael L. Edwards received $6,519 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 143 general payments to Dr. Edwards from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. paid the most, $1,554.
General payments to Dr. Edwards by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Edwards by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$5,97192%
- Travel and lodging$4777%
- Speaker and faculty fees$711%
Companies that paid Dr. Edwards 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. Michael L. Edwards graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine
Dr. Edwards graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 1979.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Michael L. Edwards'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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) |
| 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. Michael L. Edwards' NPI number?
Dr. Michael L. Edwards' NPI number is 1649331729. It was assigned on December 13, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Michael L. Edwards?
Dr. Michael L. Edwards is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (taxonomy code 208G00000X).
Where does Dr. Michael L. Edwards practice?
Dr. Edwards practices at 2000 Hospital Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464. Dr. Edwards' primary practice is East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Edwards to 2 home health agencies and 1 physician office.
What is Dr. Michael L. Edwards' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Edwards is (843) 881-0100.
What is Dr. Michael L. Edwards' medical license number?
Dr. Edwards holds South Carolina license 12973.
Which hospitals is Dr. Michael L. Edwards affiliated with?
Dr. Edwards is affiliated with Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center.
Does Dr. Michael L. Edwards accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Edwards billed Medicare for 1,007 services in 2024, and Dr. Edwards accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Michael L. Edwards' MIPS score?
Dr. Edwards' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Michael L. Edwards see?
CMS counts 259 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Edwards in 2024, with an average age of 78.
What services does Dr. Michael L. Edwards bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Edwards' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (11042).
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Where did Dr. Michael L. Edwards go to medical school?
Dr. Edwards graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 1979.
What drugs does Dr. Michael L. Edwards prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Edwards' most prescribed drugs by claims were Clopidogrel, Gabapentin and Eliquis.
Has Dr. Michael L. Edwards received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $6,519 in general payments to Dr. Edwards from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
How long has Dr. Michael L. Edwards been practicing?
Dr. Edwards graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.
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