Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz, MD

  • San Antonio, TX
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1184815367PAC ID5294981742
Medicare services, 2024
2,027
Medicare patients, 2024
312
Part D claims, 2024
417
Publications
2
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
20770 N Us-281, San Antonio, TX 78259
Practice phone
Call (210) 802-4662
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Primary practice

Adam Bruggeman MD

San Antonio, Texas

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Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz is an orthopedic surgeon in San Antonio, Texas

Dr. Kanz practices at Adam Bruggeman MD in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Kanz's NPI, 1184815367, was assigned on August 5, 2007. Dr. Kanz graduated from UTMB Health in 2007. Dr. Kanz's Texas license number on file is N7707.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5294981742
NPI enumeration date
August 5, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(210) 802-4662
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
45
Medical school graduation
2007

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

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz practices at Adam Bruggeman MD in San Antonio, Texas

Dr. Kanz's primary practice is Adam Bruggeman MD, at 20770 N Us-281, San Antonio, TX 78259 in Bexar County. The practice phone is (210) 802-4662.

  • Adam Bruggeman MD
    20770 N Us-281, San Antonio, TX 78259 · Bexar CountyPhone(210) 802-4662

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

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Kanz's primary practice is Adam Bruggeman MD in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Kanz is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills. The medical group on file is CHRISTUS Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kanz to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 home health agency, 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. Brian Nolan Kanz's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kanz practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Adam Bruggeman MDAvailable with a free account
+7 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz is one of 1,394 orthopedic surgeons in Texas

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Kanz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Kanz is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Kanz has a license on file in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, TexasPrimaryLicense N7707 · 2010 to 2025 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, hand joint or tendon inflammation, hip replacement and joint pain among the conditions Dr. Kanz treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Kanz

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

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz billed Medicare for 2,027 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,027 Medicare services from Dr. Kanz across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 312 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $129,801 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,027
Medicare patients312
Paid by Medicare$129,801
Procedure codes8

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5772024: 82343%
Surgery
2023: 5532024: 63214%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 6182024: 5727%

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

  • In an office2,00399%
  • In a facility241%

Dr. Kanz compared with the Texas median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Kanz
  • Texas median
Medicare services
2,027vs 1,06291% above
Medicare patients
312vs 24328% above
Part D claims
379vs 21973% above

Medians across 1,283 orthopedic surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kanz'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. Brian Nolan Kanz treated 312 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 312 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kanz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 160 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.25, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kanz's median patient age at 68, with 62% women.

Medicare patients, 2024312
Average age73
Average risk score1.25

Dr. Kanz's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Kanz's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women19061%
  • Men12239%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes34%
  5. Anxiety26%
  6. Chronic kidney disease26%
  7. Ischemic heart disease25%
  8. Mood disorders25%

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

Dr. Kanz's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women62%
  • Men37%

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

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz wrote 417 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kanz wrote 417 Medicare Part D claims for 154 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 379 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,800 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 253 claims across 11 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024417
Drugs named by CMS11
Total drug cost$4,800
Part D patients154

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

  • Generic414 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims1%

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

  • Opioids48%199 of 417 claims
  • Antibiotics5%22 of 417 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: 2532024: 37950%

Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 11 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. Brian Nolan Kanz ranks in the 83rd percentile for lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) in Medicare

Dr. Kanz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 12 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Kanz, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Kanz ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Knee replacement
74th percentile42 procedures
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
68th percentile24 procedures
Hip replacement
65th percentile19 procedures
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
83rd percentile12 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Kanz in 2014. 2014 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Kanz's most frequent co-authors are Vinod Kumar Panchbhavi, MD and Taylor W. Lewis, MD.

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Dr. Kanz's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Kanz

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz received $7,426 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 106 general payments to Dr. Kanz from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 69% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $6,379.

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

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

$7.4Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$5,13269%
  • Food and beverage$2,29431%

Companies that paid Dr. Kanz the most, 2016 to 2025

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

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Kanz, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Kanz

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz graduated from UTMB Health

Dr. Kanz graduated from UTMB Health in 2007.

  1. Medical schoolUTMB Health
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz accepts plans from 22 insurance carriers

Dr. Kanz is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Kanz accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO13
  2. PPO13
  3. Medicare11
  4. POS6
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz'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)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. Brian Nolan Kanz's NPI number?

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz's NPI number is 1184815367. It was assigned on August 5, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz?

Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz is an orthopedic surgeon in San Antonio, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz practice?

Dr. Kanz practices at 20770 N Us-281, San Antonio, TX 78259. Dr. Kanz's primary practice is Adam Bruggeman MD in San Antonio, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kanz to 3 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kanz is (210) 802-4662.

What is Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz's medical license number?

Dr. Kanz's Texas license number on file is N7707.

Which hospitals is Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz affiliated with?

Dr. Kanz is affiliated with CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills. Dmand AI links Dr. Kanz to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz part of?

Dr. Kanz is linked to CHRISTUS Physician Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Kanz to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kanz billed Medicare for 2,027 services in 2024, and Dr. Kanz accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz see?

CMS counts 312 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kanz in 2024, with an average age of 73.

Is Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz board certified?

Yes. Dr. Kanz is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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What services does Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kanz's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: bones and joints (20610) and injected or infused drug (J3301).

Where did Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz go to medical school?

Dr. Kanz graduated from UTMB Health in 2007.

What drugs does Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kanz's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Tramadol HCl and Methocarbamol.

Has Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $7,426 in general payments to Dr. Kanz from 19 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz been practicing?

Dr. Kanz graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.

Does Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Kanz.

Who does Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz publish with?

Dr. Kanz's most frequent co-authors are Vinod Kumar Panchbhavi, MD (2 shared papers) and Taylor W. Lewis, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Brian Nolan Kanz accept?

Dr. Kanz is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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