Dr. William R. Witham, MD

  • Stephenville, TX
  • General surgeon
NPI1447201157PAC ID0749226397
Medicare services, 2024
244
Medicare patients, 2024
172
Part D claims, 2024
164
Publications
3
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
150 River North Blvd, Stephenville, TX 76401
Practice phone
Call (254) 918-2210
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Primary practice

The Surgical & Endoscopic Center of Stephenville

Stephenville, Texas

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Dr. William R. Witham is a general surgeon in Stephenville, Texas

Dr. Witham practices at The Surgical & Endoscopic Center of Stephenville in Stephenville, Texas.

Dr. Witham's NPI, 1447201157, was assigned on May 15, 2006. Dr. Witham graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Witham holds Texas license L8231.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0749226397
NPI enumeration date
May 15, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(254) 918-2210
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
52
Medical school graduation
2000

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

Dr. William R. Witham practices at The Surgical & Endoscopic Center of Stephenville in Stephenville, Texas

Dr. Witham's primary practice is The Surgical & Endoscopic Center of Stephenville, at 150 River North Blvd, Stephenville, TX 76401 in Erath County. The practice phone is (254) 918-2210.

  • The Surgical & Endoscopic Center of Stephenville
    150 River North Blvd, Stephenville, TX 76401 · Erath CountyPhone(254) 918-2210

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

Dr. William R. Witham is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Witham's primary practice is The Surgical & Endoscopic Center of Stephenville in Stephenville, Texas. The medical group on file is Texas Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Witham to 3 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, 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. William R. Witham's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Witham practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The Surgical & Endoscopic Center of StephenvilleAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. William R. Witham is one of 1,939 general surgeons in Texas

Surgery is Dr. Witham's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Witham is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Witham is licensed in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, TexasPrimaryLicense L8231 · 2004 to 2027 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists blood vessel access for dialysis, cancerous skin growth removal, colonoscopy, gallbladder removal, groin hernia surgery, hemorrhoids, removal of damaged skin or skin graft and upper GI endoscopy among the conditions Dr. Witham treats.

General surgeons near Dr. Witham

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1,939general surgeons in Texas
3general surgeons in Stephenville

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

Dr. William R. Witham billed Medicare for 244 services in 2024

CMS data shows 244 Medicare services from Dr. Witham across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 172 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $23,573 for them.

Medicare services, 2024244
Medicare patients172
Paid by Medicare$23,573
Procedure codes7

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1952024: 17610%
Other services
2023: 252024: 3436%
Surgery
2023: 412024: 3417%

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

  • In an office16166%
  • In a facility8334%

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

  • Dr. Witham
  • Texas median
Medicare services
244vs 1182.1 times
Medicare patients
172vs 9777% above
Part D claims
118vs 422.8 times

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

Dr. Witham'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. William R. Witham treated 172 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 172 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Witham in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 88 patients. 72% of them have high cholesterol, and 71% have high blood pressure. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.19, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Witham's median patient age at 67, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024172
Average age71
Average risk score1.19
Also on Medicaid16%

Dr. Witham's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Witham's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7644%
  • Men9656%

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

  1. High cholesterol72%
  2. High blood pressure71%
  3. Arthritis41%
  4. Diabetes30%
  5. Mood disorders30%
  6. Depression29%
  7. Chronic kidney disease26%
  8. Ischemic heart disease26%

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

Dr. Witham's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men52%

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

Dr. William R. Witham wrote 164 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Witham wrote 164 Medicare Part D claims for 79 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 118 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $8,534 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 65 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024164
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$8,534
Part D patients79

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

  • Generic146 claims89%
  • Brand-name18 claims11%

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

  • Opioids37%61 of 164 claims
  • Antibiotics11%18 of 164 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: 652024: 11882%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 3 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. William R. Witham ranks in the 41st percentile for colonoscopy in Medicare

Dr. Witham accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 11 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Witham, more than 41% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Witham ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Colonoscopy
41st percentile11 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 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. William R. Witham has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Witham. The most frequent topics are Emergency Medical Services, Air Ambulances and Blood Component Transfusion. Dr. Witham's most frequent co-authors are Jeffrey A. Claridge, MD, Matthew David Neal, MD and Adin T. Putnam, MD.

Papers3

Topics Dr. Witham writes about most

  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Air Ambulances
  • Blood Component Transfusion
  • Plasma
  • Resuscitation
  • Wounds and Injuries

Dr. Witham's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Witham

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

Dr. William R. Witham has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Witham to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Brain Injuries and Craniocerebral Trauma.

Conditions in Dr. Witham's trials

  • Brain Injuries
  • Craniocerebral Trauma

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Witham

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Witham

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. William R. Witham received $6,792 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 76 general payments to Dr. Witham from 30 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 66% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $4,786.

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

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

$6.8Kin total
  • Education$4,50066%
  • Food and beverage$1,82727%
  • Travel and lodging$4306%
  • Consulting fees$341%

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

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. William R. Witham has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Witham.

Awards and honors for Dr. Witham

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. William R. Witham graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Dr. Witham graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Witham is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. William R. Witham accepts plans from 21 insurance carriers

Dr. Witham is in network with 21 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +13 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Witham accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. HMO10
  3. Medicare9
  4. POS6
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. William R. Witham'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
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
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. William R. Witham's NPI number?

Dr. William R. Witham's NPI number is 1447201157. It was assigned on May 15, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. William R. Witham?

Dr. William R. Witham is a general surgeon in Stephenville, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. William R. Witham practice?

Dr. Witham practices at 150 River North Blvd, Stephenville, TX 76401. Dr. Witham's primary practice is The Surgical & Endoscopic Center of Stephenville in Stephenville, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Witham to 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. William R. Witham's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Witham is (254) 918-2210.

What is Dr. William R. Witham's medical license number?

Dr. Witham holds Texas license L8231.

What medical group is Dr. William R. Witham part of?

Dr. Witham is linked to Texas Health Care. Dmand AI links Dr. Witham to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. William R. Witham accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Witham billed Medicare for 244 services in 2024, and Dr. Witham accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. William R. Witham see?

CMS counts 172 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Witham in 2024, with an average age of 71.

Is Dr. William R. Witham board certified?

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

What services does Dr. William R. Witham bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Witham's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99203), office visit, established patient (99212) and surgery: digestive system (45385).

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Where did Dr. William R. Witham go to medical school?

Dr. Witham graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in 2000.

What drugs does Dr. William R. Witham prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Witham's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Ondansetron ODT and Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass.

Has Dr. William R. Witham received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $6,792 in general payments to Dr. Witham from 30 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. William R. Witham been practicing?

Dr. Witham graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.

Does Dr. William R. Witham do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Witham. Dr. Witham has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. William R. Witham publish with?

Dr. Witham's most frequent co-authors are Jeffrey A. Claridge, MD (2 shared papers), Matthew David Neal, MD (2 shared papers) and Adin T. Putnam, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. William R. Witham accept?

Dr. Witham is in network with 21 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna 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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