Brent M. Hella, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Fargo, ND
Brent M. Hella, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Fargo, North Dakota, and NPI 1245286988, issued on May 25, 2006. Check the license (North Dakota 8491, as entered in NPPES) on the North Dakota Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brent M. Hella
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 8491 ND
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4450 31St Ave S Ste 102, Fargo, ND 58104
- Phone
- (701) 280-2033
- Enumerated
- May 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 5, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (701) 232-5578
- Medicaid IDs
- 11277 ND
632527100 MN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041004000687); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Dakota School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brent M. Hella in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Dakota Board of Medicine
Search for license 8491Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,842 Medicare Part D claims for 550 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 306 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ozempic613 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium475 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium439 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er403 claims
- Losartan Potassium289 claims
- Lisinopril216 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 74.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $95.18
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Internal Medicine Associates IncFargo, ND
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brent M. Hella among 245 internal medicine physician records in North Dakota
Brent M. Hella, M.D. is one of 245 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Dakota. 69% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2008 among the 129 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
133 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Fargo
They are 133 of the 7,209 NPPES records with a practice address in Fargo, and 245 internal medicine physician records in North Dakota.
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Common questions
What is Brent M. Hella, M.D.'s NPI number?
Brent M. Hella, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245286988, issued on May 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brent M. Hella, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4450 31St Ave S Ste 102, Fargo, ND, 58104. Phone: (701) 280-2033. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brent M. Hella, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Dakota license number 8491, as entered by the provider. Search the North Dakota Board of Medicine at https://www.ndbom.org/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Brent M. Hella, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brent M. Hella, M.D. had 7,842 Medicare Part D claims for 550 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brent M. Hella, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.4 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.