Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Brian Caldwell Thurston, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1497918296

Dr. Brian Caldwell Thurston, MD practises General Surgery in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with Spartanburg Medical Center, a 1,067-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in South Carolina and Texas.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
SC, TX
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
4
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

853 N Church St Ste 500
Spartanburg, SC 29303-3077
Phone: (864) 560-1576
Fax: (864) 560-1590
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 31160 (SC)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence LL31160 (SC)
Surgical Critical Care Physician Taxonomy 2086S0102X · Licence P6535 (TX)
Trauma Surgery Physician Taxonomy 2086S0127X · Licence P6535 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1497918296
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 2, 2008
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 5, 2021
Certification dateJanuary 5, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice Spartanburg Medical Center — 1067 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 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 patients254
Services billed 495 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Travel and Lodging $514 5 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $17 2 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.

Colleagues at Spartanburg Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1067 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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