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

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1518949437

Dr. Michael Carl Hjelkrem, MD practises Gastroenterology in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Graduated from Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of Med in 2002, 24 years ago. Practices with Optumcare Colorado Medical Group LLC, a 190-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Colorado.

Years since qualifying
24
Trained at
Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of Med
Licensed in
CO
In the registry since
2005
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

1633 Medical Center Pt
Colorado Springs, CO 80907-5700
Phone: (719) 473-6115
Fax: (719) 473-3688
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence DR.0042430 (CO)

Record details

NPI number1518949437
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 16, 2005
Last updated in NPPESApril 22, 2026
Certification dateApril 22, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolUNIFORMED SERVICES UHS FE HEBERT SCHOOL OF MED
Graduated 2002 (24 years in practice)
Group practice Optumcare Colorado Medical Group Llc — 190 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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 100 times · 77th percentile
Colonoscopy 73 times · 72nd 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 patients377
Services billed 8,806 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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Optumcare Colorado Medical Group LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 190 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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