Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder, MD

  • Memphis, TN
  • General surgeon
NPI1306283361PAC ID9234379389
Medicare services, 2024
270
Medicare patients, 2026
161
Part D claims, 2026
78
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2026
82
Practice address
6019 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120
Practice phone
Call (901) 226-5000
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Primary practice

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee

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Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder is a general surgeon in Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. Bittenbinder practices at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care.

Dr. Bittenbinder's NPI, 1306283361, was assigned on May 31, 2013. Dr. Bittenbinder graduated from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 2013. Dr. Bittenbinder holds Tennessee license 59820.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9234379389
NPI enumeration date
May 31, 2013
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(901) 226-5000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
39
Medical school graduation
2013

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

Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder practices at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. Bittenbinder's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, at 6019 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120 in Shelby County. The practice phone is (901) 226-5000.

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Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Bittenbinder's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care. The medical group on file is Baptist Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bittenbinder to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bittenbinder practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Baptist Memorial Hospital-MemphisAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

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Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder is one of 548 general surgeons in Tennessee

Surgery is Dr. Bittenbinder's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Bittenbinder's licenses on file in 2 states: Tennessee and Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, TennesseePrimaryLicense 59820 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Texas licenseLicense R8157

General surgeons near Dr. Bittenbinder

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Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder billed Medicare for 270 services in 2024

CMS data shows 270 Medicare services from Dr. Bittenbinder across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 161 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $23,346 for them.

Medicare services, 2024270
Medicare patients161
Paid by Medicare$23,346
Procedure codes6

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2202024: 25516%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 15

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

  • In an office176%
  • In a facility25394%

Dr. Bittenbinder compared with the Tennessee median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Bittenbinder
  • Tennessee median
Medicare services
270vs 17455% above
Medicare patients
161vs 12232% above
Part D claims
35vs 5233% below

Medians across 548 general surgeons in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Bittenbinder'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. David Michael Bittenbinder treated 161 Medicare patients in 2026, average age 74

CMS counts 161 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bittenbinder in 2026. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 62 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.71, 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. Bittenbinder's median patient age at 71, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2026161
Average age74
Average risk score2.71
Also on Medicaid19%

Dr. Bittenbinder's Medicare patients by age, 2026

Dr. Bittenbinder's Medicare patients by sex, 2026

  • Women8653%
  • Men7547%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Bittenbinder's Medicare patients, 2026

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis60%
  4. Chronic kidney disease55%
  5. Diabetes41%
  6. Ischemic heart disease41%
  7. Mood disorders40%
  8. Heart failure36%

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

Dr. Bittenbinder's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men45%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2026 data

Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder wrote 78 Medicare Part D claims in 2026

In 2026, Dr. Bittenbinder wrote 78 Medicare Part D claims for 50 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 35 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $53 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 19 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202678
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$53
Part D patients50

Dr. Bittenbinder's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2026

  • Generic74 claims95%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims5%

Dr. Bittenbinder'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. Bittenbinder's Part D claims, 2026

  • Opioids50%39 of 78 claims
  • Antibiotics28%22 of 78 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: 192024: 3584%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 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), 2026 data

Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2026

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Bittenbinder for performance year 2026, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bittenbinder accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Bittenbinder, more than 64% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Bittenbinder's MIPS scores, performance year 2026

  • 82of 100Final score
  • 64.8of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Bittenbinder ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of tissue
64th percentile13 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)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2026 data; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Bittenbinder in 2018. Dr. Bittenbinder's most frequent co-authors are Stephen W. Behrman, MD, Paxton V. Dickson, MD and Jason M. Vanatta, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Bittenbinder's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Bittenbinder

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Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder received $2,156 in industry payments from 2019 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 69 general payments to Dr. Bittenbinder from 23 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. paid the most, $479.

General payments to Dr. Bittenbinder by program year, 2019 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Bittenbinder by kind, 2019 to 2025

$2.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,14199%
  • Consulting fees$161%

Companies that paid Dr. Bittenbinder the most, 2019 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. David Michael Bittenbinder graduated from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio

Dr. Bittenbinder graduated from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 2013.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Texas Medical School at San Antonio

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder'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)
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
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder's NPI number?

Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder's NPI number is 1306283361. It was assigned on May 31, 2013, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder?

Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder is a general surgeon in Memphis, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder practice?

Dr. Bittenbinder practices at 6019 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120. Dr. Bittenbinder's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bittenbinder to 1 group practice or clinic, and a free account names each one.

What is Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bittenbinder is (901) 226-5000. Dmand AI also checks direct phone and mobile numbers, available with a free account.

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What is Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder's medical license number?

Dr. Bittenbinder holds Tennessee license 59820, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bittenbinder in Tennessee and Texas.

Which hospitals is Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder affiliated with?

Dr. Bittenbinder practices at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee.

What medical group is Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder part of?

Dr. Bittenbinder is linked to Baptist Medical Group.

Who does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder practice with?

Dmand AI links 588 HCPs to Dr. Bittenbinder's primary medical group, 37 of them general surgeons. A free account lists them, with verified contacts.

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Does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bittenbinder billed Medicare for 270 services in 2024, and Dr. Bittenbinder accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder's MIPS score?

Dr. Bittenbinder's MIPS final score for performance year 2026 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder see?

CMS counts 161 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bittenbinder in 2026, with an average age of 74.

What services does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Bittenbinder's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99222), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99231).

Where did Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder go to medical school?

Dr. Bittenbinder graduated from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 2013.

What drugs does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bittenbinder's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,156 in general payments to Dr. Bittenbinder from 23 companies from 2019 to 2025. The largest total came from Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

How long has Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder been practicing?

Dr. Bittenbinder graduated from medical school in 2013, 13 years ago.

Does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Bittenbinder.

Who does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder publish with?

Dr. Bittenbinder's most frequent co-authors are Stephen W. Behrman, MD (1 shared paper), Paxton V. Dickson, MD (1 shared paper) and Jason M. Vanatta, MD (1 shared paper).

What EHR does Dr. David Michael Bittenbinder's practice use?

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis and at 1 more affiliated site. The vendor and product are available with a free Dmand AI account.

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