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

Individual provider Dermatology Physician · NPI 1225532369

Dr. Seth Thomas Howell, MD practises Dermatology in Columbia, South Carolina. Graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2018, 8 years ago. Practices with Csc Acquisition, LLC, a 16-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
8
Trained at
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Licensed in
SC
In the registry since
2018
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

3600 Forest Dr Ste 400
Columbia, SC 29204-4057
Phone: (803) 779-7316
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Specialties & licences

Dermatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence 87099 (SC)

Record details

NPI number1225532369
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 22, 2018
Last updated in NPPESAugust 7, 2024
Certification dateAugust 7, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2018 (8 years in practice)
Group practice Csc Acquisition, Llc — 16 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.

Removal of skin lesions 3,837 times · 99th percentile
Skin biopsy 843 times · 98th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 100 times · 93rd percentile
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 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 patients2,258
Services billed 12,927 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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $45,728 11 payments
Travel and Lodging $2,988 44 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $2,666 111 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $10 1 payment · educational material or training, 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.

Colleagues at Csc Acquisition, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 16 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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