Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 744
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 458
- Part D claims, 2024
- 214
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $1,262
- Practice address
- 1600 Wallace Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79106
- Practice phone
- Call (806) 212-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat is a general surgeon in Amarillo, Texas
Dr. Wheat practices at BSA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas, part of Ardent Health.
Dr. Wheat's NPI, 1073933297, was assigned on April 27, 2014. Dr. Wheat graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Wheat holds Texas license S1017.
- NPI
- 1073933297NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0345578035
- NPI enumeration date
- April 27, 2014
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (806) 212-2000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 38
- Medical school graduation
- 2014
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat practices at BSA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas
Dr. Wheat's primary practice is BSA Hospital, at 1600 Wallace Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79106 in Potter County. The practice phone is (806) 212-2000.
- BSA Hospital1600 Wallace Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79106 · Potter CountyPhone(806) 212-2000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Wheat's primary practice is BSA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas, part of Ardent Health. Dr. Wheat is also affiliated with Quail Creek Surgical Hospital. The medical group on file is BSA Physicians Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wheat to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Wheat practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| BSA Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat is one of 1,939 general surgeons in Texas
Surgery is Dr. Wheat's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Wheat is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Wheat is licensed in Texas.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, TexasPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, breast reconstruction, breast surgery, cancerous skin growth removal, gastrointestinal obstruction, mastectomy and thyroid surgery among the conditions Dr. Wheat treats.
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat billed Medicare for 744 services in 2024
CMS data shows 744 Medicare services from Dr. Wheat across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 458 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $74,866 for them.
Dr. Wheat's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3902024: 28128%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2722024: 20724%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2622024: 17334%
- Imaging
- 2023: 602024: 8338%
Where Dr. Wheat's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office15020%
- In a facility59480%
Dr. Wheat compared with the Texas median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Wheat
- Texas median
- Medicare services
- 744vs 1186.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 458vs 974.7 times
- Part D claims
- 182vs 424.3 times
Medians across 1,674 general surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Wheat'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. Erica Griffin Wheat treated 458 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 458 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wheat in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 207 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.51, 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. Wheat's median patient age at 72, with 82% women.
Dr. Wheat's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Wheat's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women29865%
- Men16035%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Wheat's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis54%
- Ischemic heart disease41%
- Cancer39%
- Diabetes38%
- Chronic kidney disease32%
- Heart failure28%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Wheat's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women82%
- Men16%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat wrote 214 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Wheat wrote 214 Medicare Part D claims for 110 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 182 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $836 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 265 claims across 5 drugs.
Dr. Wheat's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic204 claims95%
- Brand-name and other10 claims5%
Dr. Wheat'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. Wheat's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids45%97 of 214 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: 2652024: 18231%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 5 in 2023.
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. Erica Griffin Wheat ranks in the 97th percentile for mastectomy in Medicare
Dr. Wheat accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 64 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Wheat, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Wheat ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Mastectomy
- 97th percentile64 procedures
- Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
- 84th percentile39 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat received $1,262 in industry payments from 2020 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 38 general payments to Dr. Wheat from 10 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. paid the most, $539.
General payments to Dr. Wheat by program year, 2020 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Wheat the most, 2020 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Dr. Wheat graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in 2014.
- Medical school
- Board certified in surgery
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers
Dr. Wheat is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Alliant Health Plans
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- +12 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Wheat accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO13
- HMO10
- Medicare9
- POS6
- EPO4
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| 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. Erica Griffin Wheat's NPI number?
Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat's NPI number is 1073933297. It was assigned on April 27, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat?
Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat is a general surgeon in Amarillo, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat practice?
Dr. Wheat practices at 1600 Wallace Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79106. Dr. Wheat's primary practice is BSA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas, part of Ardent Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wheat to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Wheat is (806) 212-2000.
What is Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat's medical license number?
Dr. Wheat holds Texas license S1017.
Which hospitals is Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat affiliated with?
Dr. Wheat practices at BSA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Dr. Wheat is also affiliated with Quail Creek Surgical Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat part of?
Dr. Wheat is linked to BSA Physicians Group.
Does Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Wheat billed Medicare for 744 services in 2024, and Dr. Wheat accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat see?
CMS counts 458 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wheat in 2024, with an average age of 75.
Is Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat board certified?
Yes. Dr. Wheat is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
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What services does Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Wheat's most billed Medicare services were blood vessel study (93880), blood vessel study (93970) and office visit, new patient (99205).
Where did Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat go to medical school?
Dr. Wheat graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in 2014.
What drugs does Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Wheat's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ondansetron HCl, Tramadol HCl and Acetaminophen-Codeine.
Has Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,262 in general payments to Dr. Wheat from 10 companies from 2020 to 2025. The largest total came from Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.
How long has Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat been practicing?
Dr. Wheat graduated from medical school in 2014, 12 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Erica Griffin Wheat accept?
Dr. Wheat is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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