What is Kent Sauter's specialty?

Kent Sauter (NPI 1679510424) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurosurgery in Knoxville, TN.

Where does Kent Sauter practice?

Kent Sauter practices in Knoxville, TN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1679510424.

How much does Medicare pay Kent Sauter?

Kent Sauter (NPI 1679510424) received approximately $44K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 81 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679510424

Kent SauterMD

NeurosurgeryKnoxville, TNI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$5K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 123 Neurosurgery providers in TN — bottom quintile (cohort median 514).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$20

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Meloxicam13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$20

Payment records

By payment type

Education$20

Top paying entities

Education$20

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kent Sauter'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). 11 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Regina Phillips Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TN	26	49
Paul Campbell Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	25	55
RICHARDSON, JOHN	17	39
Peter Sutherland Family Practice · Morristown, TN	17	34
Jeffrey Peeke Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	16	28
Geoffrey Laing Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	16	33
Yitong Fu Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	15	25
Rural/Metro Of Tennessee, L.P. Ambulance Service Provider · Knoxville, TN	14	41
Deanna Taylor-Gantte Diagnostic Radiology · Knoxville, TN	12	26
METRO KNOXVILLE HMA LLC	12	43
Dana Taylor Critical Care (Intensivists) · Knoxville, TN	11	21

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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