Dr. Robert Lowell Hetzel, MD

Dr. Hetzel practices at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, part of Inova Health Care Services.

Dr. Hetzel's NPI, 1811980329, was assigned on August 30, 2005. Dr. Hetzel graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1999. Dr. Hetzel holds Virginia license 0101232586.

Dr. Hetzel's primary practice is Inova Alexandria Hospital, at 4320 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22304 in Alexandria City. The practice phone is (703) 504-3167.

Dr. Hetzel's primary practice is Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, part of Inova Health Care Services. Dr. Hetzel is also affiliated with VHC Health. The medical group on file is Loudoun Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hetzel to 2 more hospitals, 4 home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hetzel practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Family medicine is Dr. Hetzel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Hetzel is licensed in Virginia.

CMS data shows 1,697 Medicare services from Dr. Hetzel across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 562 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $127,218 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 562 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hetzel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 278 patients. 73% of them have high blood pressure, and 70% have high cholesterol. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.95, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hetzel's median patient age at 59, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Hetzel wrote 6,547 Medicare Part D claims for 609 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,846 of them, across 113 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $444,669 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,854 claims across 105 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Hetzel for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Hetzel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Hetzel as offering telehealth.

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 23 general payments to Dr. Hetzel from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $185.

Dr. Hetzel graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1999.