What is Raymond Gaston's specialty?

Raymond Gaston (NPI 1053334367) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Hand Surgery in Charlotte, NC.

Where does Raymond Gaston practice?

Raymond Gaston practices in Charlotte, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1053334367.

How much does Medicare pay Raymond Gaston?

Raymond Gaston (NPI 1053334367) received approximately $223K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 368 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1053334367

Raymond GastonM.D.

Hand SurgeryCharlotte, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

822

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,793

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$180K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 44 Hand Surgery providers in NC — top quintile (cohort median 1,287).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$783

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin28 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen25 claims

Cephalexin17 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.0

Quality

81.6

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.80%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$98K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$59K

Royalty or License$28K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$5K

Travel and Lodging$5K

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$59K

Royalty or License$28K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$5K

Travel and Lodging$5K

Food and Beverage$2K

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 340113

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Raymond Gaston's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 2 inbound referrers · 13 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	53	144
LITTMANN, LASZLO	22	41

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	72	197
Charlotte Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Charlotte, NC	46	91
CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER	37	92
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Burlington, NC	34	61
Evan Cline Physician Assistant · Charlotte, NC	33	116
LITTMANN, LASZLO	30	75
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	24	59
Brian Palank Anesthesiology · Charlotte, NC	20	62
David Kovach Anesthesiology · Charlotte, NC	18	38
William Cerosky Occupational Therapist in Private Practice · Huntersville, NC	13	104
Karen Carmosino Occupational Therapist in Private Practice · Charlotte, NC	12	47
Charles Hord Anesthesiology · Charlotte, NC	12	22

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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