Dr. Kari E. Smith, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 81
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 52
- Part D claims, 2024
- 34
- Publications
- 3
- Hospital affiliations
- 4
- Practice address
- 111 Dallas Street 4th Floor, San Antonio, TX 78205
- Practice phone
- Call (210) 297-7182
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Kari E. Smith is a general surgeon in San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Smith practices at Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central in San Antonio, Texas, part of ScionHealth.
Dr. Smith's NPI, 1588196141, was assigned on April 1, 2017. Dr. Smith graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2017. Dr. Smith's Texas license number on file is U0441.
- NPI
- 1588196141NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4789057795
- NPI enumeration date
- April 1, 2017
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (210) 297-7182
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 35
- Medical school graduation
- 2017
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Kari E. Smith practices at Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central in San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Smith's primary practice is Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central, at 111 Dallas Street 4th Floor, San Antonio, TX 78205 in Bexar County. The practice phone is (210) 297-7182.
- Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central111 Dallas Street 4th Floor, San Antonio, TX 78205 · Bexar CountyPhone(210) 297-7182
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Kari E. Smith is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Smith's primary practice is Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central in San Antonio, Texas, part of ScionHealth. Dr. Smith is also affiliated with Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is UT Health Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Smith to 2 more hospitals and 1 medical group, 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. Kari E. Smith's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Smith practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central | Available with a free account |
| +3 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Kari E. Smith is one of 1,939 general surgeons in Texas
Surgery is Dr. Smith's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Smith is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Smith's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Alabama.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, TexasPrimary
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Alabama
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, colon removal, gallbladder removal and groin hernia surgery among the conditions Dr. Smith treats.
General surgeons near Dr. Smith
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kari E. Smith billed Medicare for 81 services in 2024
CMS data shows 81 Medicare services from Dr. Smith across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 52 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,210 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Dr. Smith compared with the Texas median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Smith
- Texas median
- Medicare services
- 81vs 11831% below
- Medicare patients
- 52vs 9746% below
- Part D claims
- 12vs 4271% below
Medians across 1,674 general surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Smith'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. Kari E. Smith treated 52 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 52 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Smith in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 21 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.00, 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. Smith's median patient age at 62, with 61% women.
Dr. Smith's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Smith's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women3363%
- Men1937%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Smith's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis48%
- Chronic kidney disease46%
- Diabetes40%
- Anxiety38%
- Atrial fibrillation35%
- Ischemic heart disease35%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Smith's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 62
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women61%
- Men37%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Kari E. Smith wrote 34 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Smith wrote 34 Medicare Part D claims for 21 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $21 in total drug cost.
Dr. Smith's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic31 claims91%
- Brand-name and other3 claims9%
Dr. Smith'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. Smith's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids44%15 of 34 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
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
How Dr. Kari E. Smith takes part in Medicare
Dr. Smith accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 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. Kari E. Smith has 3 publications on record
Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Smith, published from 2018 to 2021. The most frequent topics are Cleft Palate, Postoperative Complications and Quality Improvement. Dr. Smith's most frequent co-authors are Kathryn Tinsley Anderson, MD, MPH, MS, Matthew Robert Greives, MD and John Flynn Teichgraeber, MD.
Topics Dr. Smith writes about most
- Cleft Palate
- Postoperative Complications
- Quality Improvement
- Reoperation
Dr. Smith's most frequent co-authors
- Kathryn Tinsley Anderson, MD, MPH, MS2 shared papers
- Matthew Robert Greives, MD2 shared papers
- John Flynn Teichgraeber, MD2 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Smith
Cleft Palate Craniofac J
J Craniofac Surg
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Kari E. Smith received $10,390 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 27 general payments to Dr. Smith from 6 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 82% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $10,028.
General payments to Dr. Smith by program year, 2022 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Smith by kind, 2022 to 2025
- Education$8,50082%
- Food and beverage$9599%
- Speaker and faculty fees$5005%
- Travel and lodging$4314%
Companies that paid Dr. Smith the most, 2022 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Kari E. Smith graduated from McGovern Medical School
Dr. Smith graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2017.
- Medical school
- Board certified in surgery
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Kari E. Smith accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers
Dr. Smith is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare 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
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Humana
- Alliant Health Plans
- +12 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Smith accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO13
- HMO12
- Medicare10
- POS5
- EPO3
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Kari E. Smith'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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| 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. Kari E. Smith's NPI number?
Dr. Kari E. Smith's NPI number is 1588196141. It was assigned on April 1, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Kari E. Smith?
Dr. Kari E. Smith is a general surgeon in San Antonio, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Kari E. Smith practice?
Dr. Smith practices at 111 Dallas Street 4th Floor, San Antonio, TX 78205. Dr. Smith's primary practice is Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central in San Antonio, Texas, part of ScionHealth. Dmand AI also links Dr. Smith to 2 hospitals and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Kari E. Smith's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Smith is (210) 297-7182.
What is Dr. Kari E. Smith's medical license number?
Dr. Smith's Texas license number on file is U0441, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Kari E. Smith been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Smith in Texas (2022 to 2025) and Alabama (2022 to 2023).
Which hospitals is Dr. Kari E. Smith affiliated with?
Dr. Smith practices at Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Smith is also affiliated with Baptist Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Smith to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Kari E. Smith part of?
Dr. Smith is linked to UT Health Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Smith to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Kari E. Smith accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Smith billed Medicare for 81 services in 2024, and Dr. Smith accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kari E. Smith see?
CMS counts 52 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Smith in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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Is Dr. Kari E. Smith board certified?
Yes. Dr. Smith is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
What services does Dr. Kari E. Smith bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Smith's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99231) and hospital inpatient care (99222).
Where did Dr. Kari E. Smith go to medical school?
Dr. Smith graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2017.
What drugs does Dr. Kari E. Smith prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Smith's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tramadol HCl.
Has Dr. Kari E. Smith received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $10,390 in general payments to Dr. Smith from 6 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Kari E. Smith been practicing?
Dr. Smith graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.
Does Dr. Kari E. Smith do research?
Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Smith, published from 2018 to 2021.
Who does Dr. Kari E. Smith publish with?
Dr. Smith's most frequent co-authors are Kathryn Tinsley Anderson, MD, MPH, MS (2 shared papers), Matthew Robert Greives, MD (2 shared papers) and John Flynn Teichgraeber, MD (2 shared papers).
What insurance does Dr. Kari E. Smith accept?
Dr. Smith is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare 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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