Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr., MD

  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1194705319PAC ID5395707764
Medicare services, 2024
2,940
Medicare patients, 2024
1,308
Part D claims, 2024
4,843
MIPS score, 2024
75
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
6130 Pkwy Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414
Practice phone
Call (361) 993-2000
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Primary practice

South Texas Surgical Hospital

Corpus Christi, Texas

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Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. is an ophthalmologist in Corpus Christi, Texas

Dr. Hunsaker practices at South Texas Surgical Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Dr. Hunsaker's NPI, 1194705319, was assigned on January 23, 2006. Dr. Hunsaker graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Hunsaker holds Texas license G5192.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5395707764
NPI enumeration date
January 23, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(361) 993-2000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
69
Medical school graduation
1983

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

Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. practices at South Texas Surgical Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas

Dr. Hunsaker's primary practice is South Texas Surgical Hospital, at 6130 Pkwy Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414 in Nueces County. The practice phone is (361) 993-2000.

  • South Texas Surgical Hospital
    6130 Pkwy Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414 · Nueces CountyPhone(361) 993-2000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. is affiliated with 2 sites of care

Dr. Hunsaker's primary practice is South Texas Surgical Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dr. Hunsaker is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline.

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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. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr.'s practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
South Texas Surgical HospitalAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. is one of 1,311 ophthalmologists in Texas

Ophthalmology is Dr. Hunsaker's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Hunsaker is licensed in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, TexasPrimaryLicense G5192 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Hunsaker

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Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. billed Medicare for 2,940 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,940 Medicare services from Dr. Hunsaker across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,308 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $258,675 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,940
Medicare patients1,308
Paid by Medicare$258,675
Procedure codes15

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,9182024: 1,7708%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7422024: 7481%
Imaging
2023: 2102024: 24517%
Surgery
2023: 1752024: 1771%

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

  • In an office2,81296%
  • In a facility1284%

Dr. Hunsaker compared with the Texas median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Hunsaker
  • Texas median
Medicare services
2,940vs 1,3532.2 times
Medicare patients
1,308vs 4922.7 times
Part D claims
4,742vs 6137.7 times

Medians across 1,290 ophthalmologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Hunsaker'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. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. treated 1,308 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 1,308 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hunsaker in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 520 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hunsaker's median patient age at 75, with 59% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,308
Average age76
Average risk score1.07
Also on Medicaid8%

Dr. Hunsaker's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Hunsaker's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women73456%
  • Men57444%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis47%
  4. Diabetes33%
  5. Chronic kidney disease24%
  6. Ischemic heart disease21%
  7. Mood disorders18%
  8. Osteoporosis18%

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

Dr. Hunsaker's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women59%
  • Men40%

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

Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. wrote 4,843 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Hunsaker wrote 4,843 Medicare Part D claims for 951 patients. 70% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,742 of them, across 37 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $400,193 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,257 claims across 31 drugs.

Part D claims, 20244,843
Drugs named by CMS37
Total drug cost$400,193
Part D patients951

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

  • Generic3,392 claims70%
  • Brand-name1,451 claims30%

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

  • Antibiotics5%228 of 4,843 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: 4,2572024: 4,74211%

Drugs named by CMS: 37 in 2024, 31 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. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. 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. Hunsaker for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Hunsaker accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 319 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Hunsaker, more than 90% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Where Dr. Hunsaker ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
90th percentile319 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. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. received $2,207 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 94 general payments to Dr. Hunsaker from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $935.

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

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

$2.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,13897%
  • Education$703%

Companies that paid Dr. Hunsaker 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. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. graduated from Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Hunsaker graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1983.

  1. Medical schoolBaylor College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr.'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 Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr.'s NPI number?

Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr.'s NPI number is 1194705319. It was assigned on January 23, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr.?

Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. is an ophthalmologist in Corpus Christi, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. practice?

Dr. Hunsaker practices at 6130 Pkwy Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414. Dr. Hunsaker's primary practice is South Texas Surgical Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.

What is Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr.'s office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Hunsaker is (361) 993-2000.

What is Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr.'s medical license number?

Dr. Hunsaker holds Texas license G5192.

Which hospitals is Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. affiliated with?

Dr. Hunsaker is affiliated with CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline.

Does Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hunsaker billed Medicare for 2,940 services in 2024, and Dr. Hunsaker accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr.'s MIPS score?

Dr. Hunsaker's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. see?

CMS counts 1,308 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hunsaker in 2024, with an average age of 76.

What services does Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Hunsaker's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, established patient (99213).

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Where did Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. go to medical school?

Dr. Hunsaker graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1983.

What drugs does Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hunsaker's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Dorzolamide-Timolol and Erythromycin.

Has Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,207 in general payments to Dr. Hunsaker from 17 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Jerry Dean Hunsaker Jr. been practicing?

Dr. Hunsaker graduated from medical school in 1983, 43 years ago.

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