Thomas R. Lechner, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Watertown, SD
Thomas R. Lechner, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Watertown, South Dakota, and NPI 1053377556, issued on Apr 24, 2006. Check the license (South Dakota 4213, as entered in NPPES) on the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas R. Lechner
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 4213 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 506 1St Ave SE, Watertown, SD 57201
- Phone
- (605) 886-8482
- Enumerated
- Apr 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 29, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (605) 884-4300
- Medicaid ID
- 5605243 SD
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050802000258); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas R. Lechner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
Search for license 4213Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,976 Medicare Part D claims for 297 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 330 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril216 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium198 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate197 claims
- Omeprazole183 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium180 claims
- Metformin Hcl170 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: $28.60
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Avera MckennanMilbank, SD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas R. Lechner among 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota
Thomas R. Lechner, MD is one of 601 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Dakota. 79% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2008 among the 393 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Watertown
They are 21 of the 543 NPPES records with a practice address in Watertown, and 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota.
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Common questions
What is Thomas R. Lechner, MD's NPI number?
Thomas R. Lechner, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053377556, issued on Apr 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas R. Lechner, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 506 1St Ave SE, Watertown, SD, 57201. Phone: (605) 886-8482. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas R. Lechner, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number 4213, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners at https://www.sdbmoe.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Thomas R. Lechner, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas R. Lechner, MD had 6,976 Medicare Part D claims for 297 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.