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Dr. Alexander Hughes, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · NPI 1043488281

Dr. Alexander Hughes, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in New York, New York. Graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with Bit Physical Therapy, a 138-clinician group and offers telehealth. Licensed in California and New York.

Years since qualifying
23
Trained at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA, NY
In the registry since
2008
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

523 E 72nd St
New York, NY 10021-4099
Phone: (646) 797-8195
Fax: (212) 774-2701
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence 250910 (NY)
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence A905062 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1043488281
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedFebruary 11, 2008
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 16, 2021
Certification dateFebruary 16, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice Bit Physical Therapy — 138 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Not indicated
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations2 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.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 190 times · 99th percentile
Spinal fusion 335 times · 96th percentile

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 patients364
Services billed 1,522 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.

Grant $25,000 1 payment · funding for a project or programme, not a fee for the clinician’s time
Travel and Lodging $3,205 5 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $187 3 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Also affiliated with 1 inpatient rehabilitation facility, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Bit Physical Therapy

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 138 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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