What is Merrilee Brandt's specialty?

Merrilee Brandt (NPI 1942243811) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Centralia, IL.

Where does Merrilee Brandt practice?

Merrilee Brandt practices in Centralia, IL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1942243811.

How much does Medicare pay Merrilee Brandt?

Merrilee Brandt (NPI 1942243811) received approximately $70K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 133 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1942243811

Merrilee BrandtM.D.

General SurgeryCentralia, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

419

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,248

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$42K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 756 General Surgery providers in IL — top quintile (cohort median 318).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$629

Distinct drugs

Brand share

71.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen35 claims

Anastrozole14 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 Merrilee Brandt'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). 26 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL, CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS	193	1,174
Neetin Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Mount Vernon, IL	75	246
Hong Chen Pathology · Centralia, IL	74	262
Aziz Rahman Pulmonary Disease · Centralia, IL	56	556
Rajendra Shroff Internal Medicine · Centralia, IL	44	256
MANALO, JANE GRACE	31	239
QUINN, KENT	30	70
Paul Edwards Cardiology · Centralia, IL	30	127
Prashanth Shekar Diagnostic Radiology · Springfield, IL	24	76
Maria Galanos Emergency Medicine · O Fallon, IL	23	59
Miguel Gelman Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MO	22	40
Jerrold Willis Diagnostic Radiology · Mount Vernon, IL	21	56

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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