Brian M Bechtol , PA
Physician Assistant • Hickory, NC
4129 Carriage Ln
Hickory, NC 286028986
This profile restates public CMS/NPPES data; T-MedInfo gives no medical advice — consult a licensed professional, and call 911 for emergencies.
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NPI assigned on March 31, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 497 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- J1100 — Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg: 160 service units.
- 99213 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 84 service units.
- J0696 — Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg: 48 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
CPT® only copyright 2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Service names are shortened from CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors (CMS data, 2024). CPT notice
See all 10 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 544 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Prednisone — 189 prescription fills, including refills.
- Doxycycline Hyclate — 63 prescription fills, including refills.
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen) — 46 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 13 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Hickory, NC (2024, 79 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 482. Middle half: 193 to 1,115.
More Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in North Carolina (2024, 5,046 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 246. Middle half: 97 to 632.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 112 in 2020 to 497 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
4129 Carriage Ln
Hickory, NC 286028986
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Catawba Valley Medical Group Inc; Urgent Care Of Mountain View Pllc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2002
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
173 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 – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $21,560 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 – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $13,899 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 – by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
544 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
$3,109 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 – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $15.59 in 2025
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025.
Years since graduation
24 years (graduated 2002)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2002 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2006
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.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
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.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Brian Bechtol has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Brian Bechtol as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Hickory and North Carolina
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Hickory, NC (2024, 79 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 482. Middle half: 193 to 1,115.
More Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in North Carolina (2024, 5,046 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 246. Middle half: 97 to 632.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Hickory, NC (2024, 79 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $31,021. Middle half: $14,641 to $67,224.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in North Carolina (2024, 5,046 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $18,105. Middle half: $8,009 to $38,173.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Hickory, NC (2024, 79 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $23,635. Middle half: $10,720 to $52,657.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in North Carolina (2024, 5,046 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,261. Middle half: $5,810 to $27,977.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Hickory, NC (2024, 87 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 544. Middle half: 213 to 1,457.
More Part D prescriptions than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in North Carolina (2024, 5,277 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 330. Middle half: 99 to 1,135.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Hickory, NC (2024, 87 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $18,767. Middle half: $1,910 to $244,691.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in North Carolina (2024, 5,277 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,985. Middle half: $887 to $130,574.
128 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Hickory, NC (9,288 in North Carolina).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Hickory
7.8% of these 128 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
67.2% of these 128 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 increased 344% from 112 in 2020 to 497 in 2024.
- 2020: 112
- 2021: 224
- 2022: 666
- 2023: 764
- 2024: 497
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 341% from $4,891 in 2020 to $21,560 in 2024.
- 2020: $4,891
- 2021: $12,942
- 2022: $38,433
- 2023: $31,383
- 2024: $21,560
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 609% from $1,960 in 2020 to $13,899 in 2024.
- 2020: $1,960
- 2021: $8,907
- 2022: $26,221
- 2023: $23,102
- 2024: $13,899
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions increased 750% from 64 in 2020 to 544 in 2024.
- 2020: 64
- 2021: 139
- 2022: 784
- 2023: 604
- 2024: 544
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 750% from 64 in 2020 to 544 in 2024.
- 2020: 64
- 2021: 139
- 2022: 784
- 2023: 604
- 2024: 544
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost went from $873 in 2020 to $3,109 in 2024.
- 2020: $873
- 2021: $599
- 2022: $8,153
- 2023: $4,334
- 2024: $3,109
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $111.68 in 2021 to $15.59 in 2025.
- 2021: $111.68
- 2023: $331.12
- 2024: $13.52
- 2025: $15.59
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $15.59.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Natroba | General | $15.59 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. CPT codes, descriptions and other data only are copyright 2016–2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Applicable FARS/HHSARS apply. Descriptions of CPT codes are the AMA's CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors as published by CMS in the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service data, 2017–2024; they are plain-language summaries, not for clinical coding or documentation. HCPCS Level II codes and descriptions are from CMS. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein.
| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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J1100
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg
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160 | 16 | $0.50 | $0.11 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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84 | 80 | $206.00 | $72.37 |
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J0696
Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg
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48 | 11 | $25.00 | $0.46 |
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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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47 | 41 | $209.38 | $98.62 |
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96372
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle
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34 | 26 | $47.32 | $11.12 |
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99203
New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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33 | 33 | $207.00 | $86.86 |
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87636
Detection test by multiplex amplified probe technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (covid-19) and influenza virus types a and b
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31 | 31 | $250.00 | $135.27 |
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81003
Automated urinalysis test
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27 | 27 | $15.00 | $2.20 |
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99204
New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
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22 | 22 | $319.00 | $133.19 |
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87651
Detection test by nucleic acid for strep (streptococcus, group a), amplified probe technique
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11 | 11 | $69.33 | $34.39 |
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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| Prednisone | Prednisone | 189 | 948 | $284.24 | 179 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | Doxycycline Hyclate | 63 | 574 | $525.25 | 62 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 46 | 156 | $200.28 | 43 |
| Amoxicillin | Amoxicillin | 44 | 446 | $178.44 | 43 |
| Azithromycin | Azithromycin | 35 | 177 | $177.28 | 35 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 34 | 294 | $243.53 | 34 |
| Cephalexin | Cephalexin | 31 | 212 | $218.41 | 31 |
| Cefdinir | Cefdinir | 27 | 255 | $432.58 | 27 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | Albuterol Sulfate | 20 | 472 | $523.59 | 19 |
| Paxlovid | Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir | 17 | 85 | $0.00 | 17 |
| Fluconazole | Fluconazole | 15 | 138 | $148.10 | 15 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | 103 | $106.69 | 12 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | Triamcinolone Acetonide | 11 | 164 | $70.75 | 11 |
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: 363A00000X
A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
I20040914000180
NC
1850368465
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Urgent Care Of Mountain View Pllc
2725 Northwest Blvd, Newton, NC 286583700
Phone: 8283302103
Urgent Care Of Mountain View Pllc
2330 Brookford Blvd, Hickory, NC 286029180
Phone: 8283580048
Urgent Care Of Mountain View Pllc
2330 Brookford Blvd, Hickory, NC 286029180
Catawba Valley Medical Group Inc
3022 N Ctr St, Hickory, NC 286011089
Phone: 8283302103
Catawba Valley Medical Group Inc
50 Macedonia Church Rd A, Taylorsville, NC 286818414
Phone: 8287325300
Urgent Care Of Mountain View Pllc
60 2nd Ave Sw, Taylorsville, NC 286812749
Phone: 8282703604
Urgent Care Of Mountain View Pllc
1101 N Green St, Morganton, NC 286559003
Phone: 8283302103
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated March 31, 2006.
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 August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Hickory
- Denise Greene, PA
- Jessica Curtis-Yount, PA-C
- Rachel Lang, PA-C
- Ryan Loll, PA-C
- Kathy Rudisill, PA-C
- Kylie Zaccaria, PA
Mailing Address
4129 Carriage Ln
Hickory, NC 286028986