Dr. Hunter D Merriman , DC
Chiropractor • Bradenton, FL
8199 Tourist Center Dr
Bradenton, FL 342012014
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NPI assigned on January 9, 2019; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 199 Original Medicare Part B services in 2021.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2021. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2021:
- 98941 — Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions: 199 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2021. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Medicare Part B services went from 212 in 2020 to 199 in 2021.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2021.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
8199 Tourist Center Dr
Bradenton, FL 342012014
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $7,898 in 2021
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2021. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2021.
Paid by Medicare
About $5,835 in 2021
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2021, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2021.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
NPI first issued
2019
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Compared with the same specialty in Bradenton and Florida
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dr. Merriman are from 2021.
92 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Bradenton, FL (6,969 in Florida).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Bradenton
0% of these 92 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
30.4% of these 92 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services stayed about the same: 212 in 2020 and 199 in 2021.
- 2020: 212
- 2021: 199
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount stayed about the same: $8,643 in 2020 and $7,898 in 2021.
- 2020: $8,643
- 2021: $7,898
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 12% from $6,642 in 2020 to $5,835 in 2021.
- 2020: $6,642
- 2021: $5,835
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2021), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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98941
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions
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199 | 12 | $78.89 | $39.69 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2021; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2022-07-27NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 8199 TOURIST CENTER DR, BRADENTON, FL 342012014 (Tel: 9415001360)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 8199 TOURIST CENTER DR, BRADENTON, FL 342012014 (Tel: 4062831340)
Registered at 1325 NE 22ND AVE, CAPE CORAL, FL 339091750 (Tel: 4062831340)
Recorded as HUNTER MERRIMAN, DC
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: FL 12676)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
8199 Tourist Center Dr
Bradenton, FL 342012014
Phone: 9415001360