Dr. Stephen Hanske , MD
Internal Medicine โข Brainerd, MN
2024 S 6th St
Brainerd, MN 564014529
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Dr. Stephen Hanske is listed in NPPES under Internal Medicine.
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NPI assigned on December 7, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 1,004 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99215 โ Established patient outpatient office visit: 474 service units.
- G2211 โ Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's: 395 service units.
- G0439 โ Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit: 56 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 6 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 7,866 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Atorvastatin Calcium โ 585 prescription fills, including refills.
- Omeprazole โ 348 prescription fills, including refills.
- Levothyroxine Sodium โ 336 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 129 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Brainerd, MN (2024, 11 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,254. Middle half: 786 to 1,564.
More Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Minnesota (2024, 1,531 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 378. Middle half: 184 to 716.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 1,392 in 2020 to 1,004 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
2024 S 6th St
Brainerd, MN 564014529
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
Internal Medicine: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
211 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $83,249 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. 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 โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $63,498 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, 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 โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
17,556 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$550,504 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019โ2025.
NPI first issued
2005
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Compared with the same specialty in Brainerd and Minnesota
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Brainerd, MN (2024, 11 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,254. Middle half: 786 to 1,564.
More Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Minnesota (2024, 1,531 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 378. Middle half: 184 to 716.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Brainerd, MN (2024, 11 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $84,529. Middle half: $63,304 to $117,698.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Minnesota (2024, 1,531 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $35,230. Middle half: $18,453 to $60,254.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Brainerd, MN (2024, 11 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $64,948. Middle half: $48,448 to $91,195.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Minnesota (2024, 1,531 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $27,670. Middle half: $14,331 to $47,665.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Brainerd, MN (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 8,951. Middle half: 4,995 to 13,093.
More Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Minnesota (2024, 1,474 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 273. Middle half: 77 to 3,473.
Part D drug cost
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Brainerd, MN (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $596,348. Middle half: $276,861 to $870,058.
A higher Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Minnesota (2024, 1,474 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $22,736. Middle half: $1,962 to $294,021.
16 active clinicians are listed under Internal Medicine with a practice address in Brainerd, MN (2,634 in Minnesota).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Brainerd
50% of these 16 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
62.5% of these 16 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 decreased 28% from 1,392 in 2020 to 1,004 in 2024.
- 2020: 1,392
- 2021: 1,392
- 2022: 966
- 2023: 828
- 2024: 1,004
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 23% from $108,102 in 2020 to $83,249 in 2024.
- 2020: $108,102
- 2021: $128,491
- 2022: $89,205
- 2023: $81,580
- 2024: $83,249
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 21% from $80,124 in 2020 to $63,498 in 2024.
- 2020: $80,124
- 2021: $95,302
- 2022: $64,773
- 2023: $61,519
- 2024: $63,498
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 35% from 12,010 in 2020 to 7,866 in 2024.
- 2020: 12,010
- 2021: 11,531
- 2022: 10,184
- 2023: 9,490
- 2024: 7,866
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 28% from 24,514 in 2020 to 17,556 in 2024.
- 2020: 24,514
- 2021: 23,255
- 2022: 20,984
- 2023: 20,182
- 2024: 17,556
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 29% from $780,719 in 2020 to $550,504 in 2024.
- 2020: $780,719
- 2021: $784,066
- 2022: $791,364
- 2023: $826,992
- 2024: $550,504
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, 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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99215
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more
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474 | 196 | $302.80 | $136.25 |
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G2211
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's
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395 | 176 | $60.00 | $15.66 |
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G0439
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
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56 | 56 | $428.63 | $125.51 |
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99214
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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43 | 42 | $226.49 | $93.73 |
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G2212
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or
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20 | 16 | $100.65 | $29.39 |
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G0180
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and
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16 | 13 | $189.00 | $52.11 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 585 | 43,183 | $8,121.68 | 139 |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 348 | 24,534 | $5,164.38 | 83 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 336 | 26,758 | $4,370.11 | 87 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 320 | 22,556 | $4,991.07 | 73 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 312 | 25,078 | $3,418.89 | 83 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 266 | 21,969 | $2,504.79 | 74 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 221 | 14,617 | $1,259.63 | 63 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 214 | 12,684 | $4,085.89 | 51 |
| Potassium Chloride | Potassium Chloride | 196 | 12,098 | $4,756.39 | 47 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | Rosuvastatin Calcium | 195 | 14,594 | $2,234.87 | 49 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 178 | 14,910 | $1,391.82 | 52 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 161 | 10,216 | $1,843.27 | 36 |
| Metformin Hcl | Metformin Hcl | 156 | 10,331 | $1,643.72 | 37 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | Hydrochlorothiazide | 153 | 13,613 | $614.03 | 42 |
| Eliquis | Apixaban | 142 | 6,449 | $119,407.04 | 29 |
| Ezetimibe | Ezetimibe | 133 | 9,591 | $2,399.75 | 32 |
| Allopurinol | Allopurinol | 126 | 9,291 | $1,529.61 | 31 |
| Sertraline Hcl | Sertraline Hcl | 124 | 8,051 | $1,372.91 | 31 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 122 | 8,750 | $1,891.46 | 30 |
| Warfarin Sodium | Warfarin Sodium | 117 | 7,781 | $1,230.87 | 24 |
| Famotidine | Famotidine | 116 | 7,646 | $1,587.29 | 25 |
| Trazodone Hcl | Trazodone Hcl | 114 | 7,643 | $1,328.94 | 29 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | Metoprolol Tartrate | 113 | 8,099 | $948.31 | 30 |
| Simvastatin | Simvastatin | 113 | 9,412 | $1,025.69 | 31 |
| Prednisone | Prednisone | 107 | 4,285 | $693.00 | 38 |
(top 25 shown)
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Family Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Surgery
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant - Medical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated December 07, 2005.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to November 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Internal Medicine Providers in Brainerd
- Dr. Julie Olson, MD
- Dr. Karen Aarestad, MD
- James Freeman
- Dr. Marcy Byrns, MD
- Dr. Kendall Fancher, MD
- Dr. Tyler Dunphy, MD
Mailing Address
523 N 3rd St
Brainerd, MN 564013054
Phone: 2188292861