Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Brent Andrew Ponce, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1659358091

Brent Andrew Ponce, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Charleston, South Carolina. Graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1996, 30 years ago. Practices with University Medical Associates of the Medical University of South Carol, a 1,640-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama and South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
30
Trained at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Licensed in
AL, SC
In the registry since
2005
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

171 Ashley Ave
Charleston, SC 29425-8908
Phone: (843) 792-1414
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 95473 (SC)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 27539 (AL)

Record details

NPI number1659358091
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedDecember 28, 2005
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 25, 2025
Certification dateSeptember 25, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1996 (30 years in practice)
Group practice University Medical Associates Of The Medical University Of South Carol — 1640 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 26 times · 70th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients314
Services billed 3,952 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Royalty or License $202,380 12 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Consulting Fee $15,605 9 payments
Travel and Lodging $5,949 14 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $3,500 2 payments
Food and Beverage $1,961 16 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Gift $39 1 payment

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

  • Memorial Health Meadows Hospital Hospital · Vidalia, GA
  • Musc Medical Center Hospital · Charleston, SC

Colleagues at University Medical Associates of the Medical University of South Carol

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1640 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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