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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1053490417

Dr. Craig Steven Swafford, MD practises General Surgery in Dayton, Tennessee. Graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with UT Methodist Physicians LLC, a 124-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
23
Trained at
University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2006
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

9390 Rhea County Hwy
Dayton, TN 37321 Not confirmed with CMS for 11 years — call before visiting
Phone: (423) 775-5800
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 40348 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1053490417
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 4, 2006
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 11, 2015

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, HSC, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice Ut Methodist Physicians Llc — 124 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.

Colonoscopy 110 times · 82nd percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 107 times · 78th percentile
Skin biopsy 31 times · 66th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 11 times · 64th percentile
Removal of tissue 11 times · 62nd percentile
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Mastectomy 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 patients131
Services billed 434 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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.

Food and Beverage $89 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.

  • Memorial Healthcare System, Inc Hospital · Chattanooga, TN · listed as Memorial Health Care System Inc
  • Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis Hospital · Memphis, TN · listed as Methodist Healthcare - Memphis Hospitals
  • Rhea Medical Center Hospital · Dayton, TN
  • Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest Hospital · Winchester, TN
  • Starr Regional Medical Center Athens Hospital · Athens, TN
  • Amedisys Home Health Chattanooga Home health agency · Chattanooga, TN

Colleagues at UT Methodist Physicians LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 124 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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