Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Earl Fritz Braunlich, MD

Individual provider Specialist · NPI 1205811130

Earl Fritz Braunlich, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Saint Clairsville, Ohio. Graduated from Jc Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University in 1994, 32 years ago. Practices with Trinity West, a 146-clinician group, works from 4 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Ohio and West Virginia.

Years since qualifying
32
Trained at
Jc Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
Licensed in
OH, WV
In the registry since
2005
Specialties on file
5
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

106 Plaza Dr
Saint Clairsville, OH 43950-8736
Phone: (740) 695-1474
Fax: (740) 695-1817
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Additional practice locations (3)

  • 4100 Johnson Rd Ste 102, Steubenville, OH 43952-2356 — (740) 695-1474
  • 20 Medical Park Ste 202, Wheeling, WV 26003-6390 — (304) 312-2216
  • 2000 Eoff St, Wheeling, WV 26003-3823 — (304) 312-2216

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 35.094820 (OH)
Specialist Taxonomy 174400000X · Licence 22872 (WV)
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207XS0114X · Licence 35.094820 (OH)
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207XS0114X · Licence 22872 (WV)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 22872 (WV)

Record details

NPI number1205811130
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedDecember 14, 2005
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 19, 2026
Certification dateJanuary 19, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolJC EDWARDS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1994 (32 years in practice)
Group practice Trinity West — 146 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
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.

Hip replacement 1–10 times
Knee replacement 1–10 times
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 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 patients233
Services billed 1,921 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 $84 4 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.

  • Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Hospital · Glen Dale, WV · listed as Reynolds Memorial Hospital Inc
  • Wheeling Hospital, Inc Hospital · Wheeling, WV · listed as Wheeling Hospital Inc
  • Weirton Medical Center Home Health Home health agency · Weirton, WV · listed as Weirton Medical Center
  • Beckley Arh Hospital Hospital · Beckley, WV
  • Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West Hospital · Steubenville, OH
  • Trinity Home Health Home health agency · Steubenville, OH

Colleagues at Trinity West

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 146 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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