Leon Buffaloe, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Simpsonville, SC
Leon Buffaloe, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Simpsonville, South Carolina, and NPI 1366603391, issued on Jun 23, 2008. Check the license (South Carolina 31018, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Leon Buffaloe
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 31018 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 114B Hospital Dr, Simpsonville, SC 29681
- Phone
- (864) 757-5177
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jan 26, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (864) 757-5178
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150113000265); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 2011
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Leon Buffaloe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 31018Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,204 Medicare Part D claims for 671 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 129 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate444 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium399 claims
- Losartan Potassium193 claims
- Gabapentin187 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide182 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium167 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,165.46
69 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Grace Internal Medicine LLCSimpsonville, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Leon Buffaloe among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Leon Buffaloe, M.D. is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 47% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 46% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Simpsonville
They are 21 of the 1,142 NPPES records with a practice address in Simpsonville, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Leon Buffaloe, M.D.'s NPI number?
Leon Buffaloe, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366603391, issued on Jun 23, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Leon Buffaloe, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 114B Hospital Dr, Simpsonville, SC, 29681. Phone: (864) 757-5177. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Leon Buffaloe, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 31018, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Leon Buffaloe, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Leon Buffaloe, M.D. had 7,204 Medicare Part D claims for 671 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.