Dr. Daniel L. Dent, MD

  • San Antonio, TX
  • General surgeon
NPI1396852380PAC ID1456409721
Medicare services, 2024
14
Medicare patients, 2024
24
Part D claims, 2019
18
Publications
102
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229
Practice phone
Call (210) 358-4000
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

University Hospital (San Antonio)

San Antonio, Texas

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Dr. Daniel L. Dent is a general surgeon in San Antonio, Texas

Dr. Dent practices at University Hospital (San Antonio) in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Dent's NPI, 1396852380, was assigned on August 24, 2006. Dr. Dent graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Dent holds Texas license K9049.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1456409721
NPI enumeration date
August 24, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(210) 358-4000
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

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

Dr. Daniel L. Dent practices at University Hospital (San Antonio) in San Antonio, Texas

Dr. Dent's primary practice is University Hospital (San Antonio), at 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229 in Bexar County. The practice phone is (210) 358-4000.

  • University Hospital (San Antonio)
    4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229 · Bexar CountyPhone(210) 358-4000

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

Dr. Daniel L. Dent is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Dent's primary practice is University Hospital (San Antonio) in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Dent is also affiliated with University Hospital. The medical group on file is UT Health Physicians.

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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. Daniel L. Dent's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
University Hospital (San Antonio)Available with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Daniel L. Dent is one of 1,939 general surgeons in Texas

Surgery is Dr. Dent's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Dent is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Dent's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Arkansas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, TexasPrimaryLicense K9049 · 1999 to 2027 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Arkansas license1998 to 2025

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists appendectomy, chest trauma, collapsed lung and multiple traumatic injuries among the conditions Dr. Dent treats.

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Dr. Daniel L. Dent billed Medicare for 14 services in 2024

CMS data shows 14 Medicare services from Dr. Dent across 1 procedure code in 2024, for 24 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $837 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202414
Medicare patients24
Paid by Medicare$837
Procedure codes1

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 562024: 1475%

Dr. Dent compared with the Texas median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Dent
  • Texas median
Medicare services
14vs 11888% below
Medicare patients
24vs 9775% below
Part D claims
18vs 4257% below

Medians across 1,674 general surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Dent'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. Daniel L. Dent treated 24 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 24 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dent in 2024. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 67% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 2.38, 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. Dent's median patient age at 68, with 50% women.

Medicare patients, 202424
Average age73
Average risk score2.38

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol67%
  3. Diabetes63%
  4. Arthritis50%

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

Dr. Dent's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women50%
  • Men50%

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

Dr. Daniel L. Dent wrote 18 Medicare Part D claims in 2019

In 2019, Dr. Dent wrote 18 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 1 drug, with $95 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 26 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 201918
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$95

Dr. Dent's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2019

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2018 to 2019

  • 2018
  • 2019
Claims for drugs CMS names
2018: 262019: 1831%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2019, 1 in 2018.

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Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026

How Dr. Daniel L. Dent takes part in Medicare

Dr. Dent accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Daniel L. Dent has 102 publications on record

Dmand AI links 102 papers to Dr. Dent, published from 2007 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are General Surgery, Internship and Residency and Education, Medical, Graduate. Dr. Dent has published most often in J Surg Educ. Dr. Dent's most frequent co-authors are Ronald M. Stewart, MD, John G. Myers, MD and Michael G. Corneille, MD.

Papers102
Years published2007 to 2025

Dr. Dent's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Dent writes about most

  • General Surgery
  • Internship and Residency
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Texas
  • Clinical Competence
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Educational Measurement
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Dr. Dent's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Dent

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

Dr. Daniel L. Dent received $323 in industry payments from 2016 to 2019

CMS Open Payments shows 4 general payments to Dr. Dent from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2019. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $212.

General payments to Dr. Dent by program year, 2016 to 2019

Companies that paid Dr. Dent the most, 2016 to 2019

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Daniel L. Dent has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Dent.

Awards and honors for Dr. Dent

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Daniel L. Dent graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Dr. Dent graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Dent is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolUSF Health Morsani College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Daniel L. Dent accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers

Dr. Dent is in network with 20 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, United Healthcare and Cigna. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Cigna
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aetna
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
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Plan types Dr. Dent accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO11
  2. PPO11
  3. Medicare8
  4. POS4
  5. EPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Daniel L. Dent'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)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (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. Daniel L. Dent's NPI number?

Dr. Daniel L. Dent's NPI number is 1396852380. It was assigned on August 24, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Daniel L. Dent?

Dr. Daniel L. Dent is a general surgeon in San Antonio, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Daniel L. Dent practice?

Dr. Dent practices at 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229. Dr. Dent's primary practice is University Hospital (San Antonio) in San Antonio, Texas.

What is Dr. Daniel L. Dent's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Dent is (210) 358-4000.

What is Dr. Daniel L. Dent's medical license number?

Dr. Dent holds Texas license K9049, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Daniel L. Dent been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Dent in Texas (1999 to 2027) and Arkansas (1998 to 2025).

Which hospitals is Dr. Daniel L. Dent affiliated with?

Dr. Dent is affiliated with University Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Daniel L. Dent part of?

Dr. Dent is linked to UT Health Physicians.

Does Dr. Daniel L. Dent accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Dent billed Medicare for 14 services in 2024, and Dr. Dent accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Daniel L. Dent see?

CMS counts 24 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dent in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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Is Dr. Daniel L. Dent board certified?

Yes. Dr. Dent is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Daniel L. Dent bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Dent's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232).

Where did Dr. Daniel L. Dent go to medical school?

Dr. Dent graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in 1990.

What drugs does Dr. Daniel L. Dent prescribe most?

In 2019 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Dent's most prescribed drugs by claims were Acetaminophen-Codeine.

Has Dr. Daniel L. Dent received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $323 in general payments to Dr. Dent from 2 companies from 2016 to 2019. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Daniel L. Dent been practicing?

Dr. Dent graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

Does Dr. Daniel L. Dent do research?

Dmand AI links 102 publications to Dr. Dent, published from 2007 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Daniel L. Dent publish with?

Dr. Dent's most frequent co-authors are Ronald M. Stewart, MD (36 shared papers), John G. Myers, MD (26 shared papers) and Michael G. Corneille, MD (17 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Daniel L. Dent accept?

Dr. Dent is in network with 20 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, United Healthcare and Cigna. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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