Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Crowley, LA
Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Crowley, Louisiana, and NPI 1780877944, issued on Aug 21, 2007. Check the license (Louisiana MD.201790, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Joseph Aertker
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- MD.201790 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1325 Wright Ave Ste A, Crowley, LA 70526
- Phone
- (337) 783-4034
- Enumerated
- Aug 21, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (337) 783-4053
- Medicaid IDs
- 2372793 LA
1500526 LA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090820000108); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Joseph Aertker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD.201790Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11,925 Medicare Part D claims for 632 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 172 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole604 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium494 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate272 claims
- Metformin Hcl267 claims
- Gabapentin254 claims
- Montelukast Sodium224 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: $98.37
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ardelyx, 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
- Crowley Primary Care, LLCCrowley, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Joseph Aertker among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D. is one of 1,749 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 42% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 56% 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Crowley
They are 6 of the 334 NPPES records with a practice address in Crowley, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D.'s NPI number?
Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780877944, issued on Aug 21, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1325 Wright Ave Ste A, Crowley, LA, 70526. Phone: (337) 783-4034. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number MD.201790, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Joseph Aertker, M.D. had 11,925 Medicare Part D claims for 632 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.