Gregory D. Carlson, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · Orange, CA
Gregory D. Carlson, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician with a practice address in Orange, California, and NPI 1215924329, issued on Oct 4, 2005. Check the license (California G65319, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gregory D. Carlson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician 207XS0117X
- License number
- G65319 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1120 W. LA Veta Avenue, Orange, CA 92868
- Phone
- (714) 598-1745
- Enumerated
- Oct 4, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 22, 2022
- Fax
- (714) 941-9539
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091229000452); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 1987
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1120 W. LA Veta Avenue
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Verify Gregory D. Carlson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G65319Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician in 2024
450 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries, against an average of 381 among the 1,714 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 80 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin154 claims
- Tramadol Hcl49 claims
- Methocarbamol39 claims
- Baclofen31 claims
- Methylprednisolone30 claims
- Naproxen30 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,086.10
32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Globus Medical, Inc. The 1,726 providers of this specialty with any payment received $34,071.55 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
- Spine And Sports Specialities Medical GroupOrange, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gregory D. Carlson among 314 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records in California
Gregory D. Carlson, M.D. is one of 314 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records with a practice address in California. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2003 among the 226 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XS0117X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician providers in California
There are 314 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records in California.
All 314 in California → Every provider in Orange → Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gerald Alexander, M.D.Orange, CA 928681790721025
- S. Bederman, M.D.Orange, CA 928681316190085
- Nitin N Bhatia, MDOrange, CA 928681477633550
- Jeffrey Deckey, MDOrange, CA 928681124015235
- Sohaib Hashmi, MDOrange, CA 928681982022281
- P Douglas Kiester, MDOrange, CA 928681619057882
- Yu-Po Lee, M.D.Orange, CA 928681598780025
- Don Park, M.D.Orange, CA 928681578750774
Common questions
What is Gregory D. Carlson, M.D.'s NPI number?
Gregory D. Carlson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215924329, issued on Oct 4, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gregory D. Carlson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1120 W. LA Veta Avenue, Orange, CA, 92868. Phone: (714) 598-1745. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gregory D. Carlson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G65319, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gregory D. Carlson, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gregory D. Carlson, M.D. had 450 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician prescribers was 381. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gregory D. Carlson, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.