Dr. Patrick P. Avet, MD

  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1649283615PAC ID3476515909
Medicare services, 2024
1,439
Medicare patients, 2024
524
Part D claims, 2024
3,015
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
95
Practice address
7101 S Padre Island Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Practice phone
Call (361) 761-1000
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Primary practice

Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area

Corpus Christi, Texas

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Dr. Patrick P. Avet is an ophthalmologist in Corpus Christi, Texas

Dr. Avet practices at Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Dr. Avet's NPI, 1649283615, was assigned on August 14, 2006. Dr. Avet graduated from LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Avet holds Texas license K5784.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3476515909
NPI enumeration date
August 14, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(361) 761-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
58
Medical school graduation
1994

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

Dr. Patrick P. Avet practices at Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area in Corpus Christi, Texas

Dr. Avet's primary practice is Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area, at 7101 S Padre Island Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 in Nueces County. The practice phone is (361) 761-1000.

  • Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area
    7101 S Padre Island Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 · Nueces CountyPhone(361) 761-1000

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

Dr. Patrick P. Avet is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Avet's primary practice is Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dr. Avet is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avet to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Patrick P. Avet's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay AreaAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Patrick P. Avet is one of 1,311 ophthalmologists in Texas

Ophthalmology is Dr. Avet's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Avet is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Avet's licenses on file in 3 states: Texas, Alabama and Louisiana.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, TexasPrimaryLicense K5784 · 1998 to 2026 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Alabama license1995 to 1998
  • Louisiana license1995

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, cold sores or genital herpes, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eyelid inflammation, glaucoma and glaucoma surgery among the conditions Dr. Avet treats.

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Avet

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Dr. Patrick P. Avet billed Medicare for 1,439 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,439 Medicare services from Dr. Avet across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 524 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $98,816 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,439
Medicare patients524
Paid by Medicare$98,816
Procedure codes13

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,3672024: 1,2757%
Surgery
2023: 1052024: 7925%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 672024: 704%
Imaging
2023: 172024: 1512%

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

  • In an office1,37295%
  • In a facility675%

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

  • Dr. Avet
  • Texas median
Medicare services
1,439vs 1,3536% above
Medicare patients
524vs 4927% above
Part D claims
2,944vs 6134.8 times

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

Dr. Avet'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. Patrick P. Avet treated 524 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 524 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avet in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 212 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Avet's median patient age at 71, with 59% women.

Medicare patients, 2024524
Average age75
Average risk score1.15
Also on Medicaid14%

Dr. Avet's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Avet's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women30358%
  • Men22142%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Diabetes42%
  5. Chronic kidney disease23%
  6. Ischemic heart disease23%
  7. Mood disorders23%
  8. Anxiety22%

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

Dr. Avet's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women59%
  • Men39%

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

Dr. Patrick P. Avet wrote 3,015 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Avet wrote 3,015 Medicare Part D claims for 470 patients. 71% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,944 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $117,058 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,889 claims across 18 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,015
Drugs named by CMS20
Total drug cost$117,058
Part D patients470

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

  • Generic2,144 claims71%
  • Brand-name871 claims29%

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

  • Antibiotics1%27 of 3,015 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: 2,8892024: 2,9442%

Drugs named by CMS: 20 in 2024, 18 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. Patrick P. Avet scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Avet for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Avet accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 92 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Avet, more than 73% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Avet's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 95of 100Final score
  • 90of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Avet ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
73rd percentile92 procedures

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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. Patrick P. Avet has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Avet.

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Dr. Patrick P. Avet received $382 in industry payments from 2017 to 2022

CMS Open Payments shows 15 general payments to Dr. Avet from 5 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. paid the most, $145.

General payments to Dr. Avet by program year, 2017 to 2022

General payments to Dr. Avet by kind, 2017 to 2022

$382in total
  • Food and beverage$34490%
  • Education$3810%

Companies that paid Dr. Avet the most, 2017 to 2022

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Patrick P. Avet has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Avet.

Awards and honors for Dr. Avet

  1. Undated
    • AAO Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Patrick P. Avet graduated from LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine

Dr. Avet graduated from LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Avet is a member of AAO.

  1. Medical schoolLSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Patrick P. Avet accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers

Dr. Avet is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +12 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Avet accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO12
  2. HMO10
  3. Medicare7
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Patrick P. Avet'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 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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Patrick P. Avet's NPI number?

Dr. Patrick P. Avet's NPI number is 1649283615. It was assigned on August 14, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Patrick P. Avet?

Dr. Patrick P. Avet is an ophthalmologist in Corpus Christi, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Patrick P. Avet practice?

Dr. Avet practices at 7101 S Padre Island Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78412. Dr. Avet's primary practice is Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avet to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Patrick P. Avet's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Avet is (361) 761-1000.

What is Dr. Patrick P. Avet's medical license number?

Dr. Avet holds Texas license K5784, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Patrick P. Avet been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Avet in Texas (1998 to 2026), Alabama (1995 to 1998) and Louisiana (1995).

Which hospitals is Dr. Patrick P. Avet affiliated with?

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

Does Dr. Patrick P. Avet accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Avet billed Medicare for 1,439 services in 2024, and Dr. Avet accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Patrick P. Avet's MIPS score?

Dr. Avet's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Patrick P. Avet see?

CMS counts 524 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avet in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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Is Dr. Patrick P. Avet board certified?

Yes. Dr. Avet is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

What services does Dr. Patrick P. Avet bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Avet's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92012) and eye exam or test (92133).

Where did Dr. Patrick P. Avet go to medical school?

Dr. Avet graduated from LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine in 1994.

What drugs does Dr. Patrick P. Avet prescribe most?

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

Has Dr. Patrick P. Avet received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $382 in general payments to Dr. Avet from 5 companies from 2017 to 2022. The largest total came from Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.

How long has Dr. Patrick P. Avet been practicing?

Dr. Avet graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.

Does Dr. Patrick P. Avet do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Avet.

What insurance does Dr. Patrick P. Avet accept?

Dr. Avet is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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