Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III, MD

  • Nashville, TN
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1669445813PAC ID7517987480
Medicare services, 2024
778
Medicare patients, 2024
290
Part D claims, 2024
511
MIPS score, 2024
82
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
2300 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203
Practice phone
Call (615) 342-1000
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Primary practice

TriStar Centennial Medical Center

Hospital · Nashville, Tennessee

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Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III is an orthopedic surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Lowe practices at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Lowe's NPI, 1669445813, was assigned on February 8, 2006. Dr. Lowe graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Lowe holds Tennessee license 40129.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7517987480
NPI enumeration date
February 8, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(615) 342-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
54
Medical school graduation
1998

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

Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III practices at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Lowe's primary practice is TriStar Centennial Medical Center, at 2300 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203 in Davidson County. The practice phone is (615) 342-1000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Lowe's primary practice is TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Lowe is also affiliated with Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West. The medical group on file is Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lowe to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lowe practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
TriStar Centennial Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III is one of 380 orthopedic surgeons in Tennessee

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Lowe's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Lowe is licensed in Tennessee.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, TennesseePrimaryLicense 40129 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Lowe

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

Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III billed Medicare for 778 services in 2024

CMS data shows 778 Medicare services from Dr. Lowe across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 290 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $92,542 for them.

Medicare services, 2024778
Medicare patients290
Paid by Medicare$92,542
Procedure codes18

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4752024: 35026%
Imaging
2023: 2982024: 2806%
Surgery
2023: 1492024: 1481%

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

  • In an office63081%
  • In a facility14819%

Dr. Lowe compared with the Tennessee median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Lowe
  • Tennessee median
Medicare services
778vs 1,59551% below
Medicare patients
290vs 290Close to median
Part D claims
447vs 23293% above

Medians across 392 orthopedic surgeons in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Lowe'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. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III treated 290 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 290 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lowe in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 140 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lowe's median patient age at 67, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024290
Average age72
Average risk score1.10
Also on Medicaid8%

Dr. Lowe's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Lowe's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women17560%
  • Men11540%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Mood disorders36%
  5. Anxiety34%
  6. Depression33%
  7. Diabetes33%
  8. Ischemic heart disease29%

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

Dr. Lowe's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men43%

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

Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III wrote 511 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Lowe wrote 511 Medicare Part D claims for 214 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 447 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,982 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 562 claims across 12 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024511
Drugs named by CMS9
Total drug cost$4,982
Part D patients214

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

  • Generic510 claims100%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims0%

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

  • Opioids6%29 of 511 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: 5622024: 44720%

Drugs named by CMS: 9 in 2024, 12 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. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Lowe for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Lowe accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 166 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Lowe, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Lowe's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 82of 100Final score
  • 65.3of 100Quality
  • 96of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 77of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Lowe ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Spinal fusion
86th percentile166 procedures
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
55th percentile25 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. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III received $12,462 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 177 general payments to Dr. Lowe from 49 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 60% of the total. Globus Medical, Inc. paid the most, $2,233.

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

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

$12.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$7,47060%
  • Travel and lodging$4,87839%
  • Education$1141%

Companies that paid Dr. Lowe 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. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Dr. Lowe graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1998.

  1. Medical schoolVanderbilt University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III's NPI number?

Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III's NPI number is 1669445813. It was assigned on February 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III?

Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III is an orthopedic surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III practice?

Dr. Lowe practices at 2300 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203. Dr. Lowe's primary practice is TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, part of HCA Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lowe to 2 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Lowe is (615) 342-1000.

What is Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III's medical license number?

Dr. Lowe holds Tennessee license 40129.

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III affiliated with?

Dr. Lowe practices at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Lowe is also affiliated with Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West. Dmand AI links Dr. Lowe to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III part of?

Dr. Lowe is linked to Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance.

Does Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lowe billed Medicare for 778 services in 2024, and Dr. Lowe accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III's MIPS score?

Dr. Lowe's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III see?

CMS counts 290 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lowe in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Lowe's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and diagnostic imaging (72100).

Where did Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III go to medical school?

Dr. Lowe graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1998.

What drugs does Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lowe's most prescribed drugs by claims were Cyclobenzaprine HCl, Meloxicam and Methylprednisolone.

Has Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $12,462 in general payments to Dr. Lowe from 49 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Globus Medical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert Witherspoon Lowe III been practicing?

Dr. Lowe graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.

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