What is Willie Hester's specialty?

Willie Hester (NPI 1730354002) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Rutherfordton, NC.

Where does Willie Hester practice?

Willie Hester practices in Rutherfordton, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730354002.

How much does Medicare pay Willie Hester?

Willie Hester (NPI 1730354002) received approximately $44K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 121 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730354002

Willie HesterM.D.

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Internal MedicineRutherfordton, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

186

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

461

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$38K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,554 Internal Medicine providers in NC — below median (cohort median 687).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

323

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$42K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

29.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Apixaban50 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium47 claims

Sertraline Hcl31 claims

Amlodipine Besylate26 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium25 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Willie Hester'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). 31 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC	379	1,014
County Of Rutherford Finance Office Ambulance Service Provider · Spindale, NC	183	555
Luther Person Diagnostic Radiology · Rutherfordton, NC	162	425
Gary Schafer Pulmonary Disease · Forest City, NC	160	367
Claude Whitworth Internal Medicine · Forest City, NC	107	243
Marcel Akuneme Hospitalist · Shelby, NC	88	185
Mary Duran Emergency Medicine · Rutherfordton, NC	76	158
Alfred Pirro Hospitalist · Rutherfordton, NC	72	149
Edward Hays Emergency Medicine · Salisbury, NC	66	141
Paul Granzow Physician Assistant · Forest City, NC	62	137
Terry Kersey Cardiology · Rutherfordton, NC	39	110
James Balvich Emergency Medicine · Kernersville, NC	35	82

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.

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