Dr. Marcus Alvarez, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 344
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 176
- Part D claims, 2024
- 189
- Publications
- 5
- MIPS score, 2024
- 84
- Practice address
- 417 Northcrest Dr, Springfield, TN 37172
- Practice phone
- Call (615) 384-8211
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee, PLC
Springfield, Tennessee
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Dr. Marcus Alvarez is a general surgeon in Springfield, Tennessee
Dr. Alvarez practices at Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee, PLC in Springfield, Tennessee.
Dr. Alvarez's NPI, 1821443953, was assigned on April 26, 2016. Dr. Alvarez graduated from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport in 2025. Dr. Alvarez holds Tennessee license 68964.
- NPI
- 1821443953NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6002270477
- NPI enumeration date
- April 26, 2016
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (615) 384-8211
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 36
- Medical school graduation
- 2025
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Marcus Alvarez practices at Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee, PLC in Springfield, Tennessee
Dr. Alvarez's primary practice is Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee, PLC, at 417 Northcrest Dr, Springfield, TN 37172 in Robertson County. The practice phone is (615) 384-8211.
- Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee, PLC417 Northcrest Dr, Springfield, TN 37172 · Robertson CountyPhone(615) 384-8211
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Marcus Alvarez is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Alvarez's primary practice is Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee, PLC in Springfield, Tennessee. Dr. Alvarez is also affiliated with TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alvarez to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Marcus Alvarez's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Alvarez practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee, PLC | 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. Marcus Alvarez is one of 548 general surgeons in Tennessee
Surgery is Dr. Alvarez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Alvarez is licensed in Tennessee.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, TennesseePrimary
General surgeons near Dr. Alvarez
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Marcus Alvarez billed Medicare for 344 services in 2024
CMS data shows 344 Medicare services from Dr. Alvarez across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 176 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $30,168 for them.
Dr. Alvarez's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 162024: 2451431%
- Surgery
- 2023: 02024: 99
Where Dr. Alvarez's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office10731%
- In a facility23769%
Dr. Alvarez compared with the Tennessee median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Alvarez
- Tennessee median
- Medicare services
- 344vs 17498% above
- Medicare patients
- 176vs 12244% above
- Part D claims
- 116vs 522.2 times
Medians across 548 general surgeons in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Alvarez'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. Marcus Alvarez treated 176 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 176 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alvarez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 89 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.69, 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. Alvarez's median patient age at 64, with 51% women.
Dr. Alvarez's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Alvarez's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women9453%
- Men8247%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Alvarez's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis59%
- Diabetes48%
- Ischemic heart disease44%
- Chronic kidney disease38%
- Anxiety34%
- Mood disorders33%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Alvarez's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 64
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Marcus Alvarez wrote 189 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Alvarez wrote 189 Medicare Part D claims for 103 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 116 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $959 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 14 claims across 1 drug.
Dr. Alvarez's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic167 claims88%
- Brand-name22 claims12%
Dr. Alvarez'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. Alvarez's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids14%27 of 189 claims
- Antibiotics17%33 of 189 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, 2021 to 2024
- 2021
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2021: 142024: 116729%
Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 1 in 2021.
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. Marcus Alvarez scored 84 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Alvarez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Alvarez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 55 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Alvarez, more than 79% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Alvarez's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 84of 100Final score
- 74.2of 100Quality
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 67of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Alvarez ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of tissue
- 79th percentile55 procedures
- Colonoscopy
- 62nd percentile46 procedures
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
- 55th percentile30 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Skin biopsy: 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), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Marcus Alvarez has 5 publications on record
Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Alvarez, published from 2019 to 2022. 2020 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Alvarez's most frequent co-authors are Paxton V. Dickson, MD, Danny Yakoub, MD, PhD and Evan Scott Glazer, MD.
Dr. Alvarez's papers by year, 2019 to 2022
Dr. Alvarez's most frequent co-authors
- Paxton V. Dickson, MD2 shared papers
- Danny Yakoub, MD, PhD2 shared papers
- Evan Scott Glazer, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Alvarez
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Marcus Alvarez received $5,322 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 31 general payments to Dr. Alvarez from 9 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 66% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $5,087.
General payments to Dr. Alvarez by program year, 2023 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Alvarez by kind, 2023 to 2025
- Education$3,50066%
- Travel and lodging$1,25624%
- Food and beverage$56611%
Companies that paid Dr. Alvarez the most, 2023 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Marcus Alvarez graduated from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport
Dr. Alvarez graduated from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport in 2025.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Marcus Alvarez accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers
Dr. Alvarez is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Cigna
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- HCSC
- Regence Health Plans
- +5 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Alvarez accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO10
- Medicare7
- HMO6
- POS4
- EPO3
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Marcus Alvarez'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 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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Marcus Alvarez's NPI number?
Dr. Marcus Alvarez's NPI number is 1821443953. It was assigned on April 26, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Marcus Alvarez?
Dr. Marcus Alvarez is a general surgeon in Springfield, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Marcus Alvarez practice?
Dr. Alvarez practices at 417 Northcrest Dr, Springfield, TN 37172. Dr. Alvarez's primary practice is Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee, PLC in Springfield, Tennessee. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alvarez to 2 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Marcus Alvarez's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Alvarez is (615) 384-8211.
What is Dr. Marcus Alvarez's medical license number?
Dr. Alvarez holds Tennessee license 68964.
Which hospitals is Dr. Marcus Alvarez affiliated with?
Dr. Alvarez is affiliated with TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Alvarez to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Marcus Alvarez part of?
Dr. Alvarez is linked to Surgical Alliance of Middle Tennessee.
Does Dr. Marcus Alvarez accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Alvarez billed Medicare for 344 services in 2024, and Dr. Alvarez accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Marcus Alvarez's MIPS score?
Dr. Alvarez's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Marcus Alvarez see?
CMS counts 176 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alvarez in 2024, with an average age of 73.
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What services does Dr. Marcus Alvarez bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Alvarez's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), hospital inpatient care (99223) and office visit, new patient (99204).
Where did Dr. Marcus Alvarez go to medical school?
Dr. Alvarez graduated from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport in 2025.
What drugs does Dr. Marcus Alvarez prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Alvarez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gavilyte-C, Oxycodone HCl and Ondansetron ODT.
Has Dr. Marcus Alvarez received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,322 in general payments to Dr. Alvarez from 9 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Marcus Alvarez been practicing?
Dr. Alvarez graduated from medical school in 2025, 1 years ago.
Does Dr. Marcus Alvarez do research?
Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Alvarez, published from 2019 to 2022.
Who does Dr. Marcus Alvarez publish with?
Dr. Alvarez's most frequent co-authors are Paxton V. Dickson, MD (2 shared papers), Danny Yakoub, MD, PhD (2 shared papers) and Evan Scott Glazer, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Marcus Alvarez accept?
Dr. Alvarez is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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