Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Michael Charles Smith, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1306178538

Dr. Michael Charles Smith, MD practises General Surgery in Waco, Texas. Graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with Hillcrest Physician Services, a 113-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
14
Trained at
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2010
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

50 Hillcrest Medical Blvd Ste 104
Waco, TX 76712-8953
Phone: (254) 215-9481
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence R7116 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1306178538
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedFebruary 15, 2010
Last updated in NPPESNovember 19, 2020
Certification dateNovember 19, 2020

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice Hillcrest Physician Services — 113 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations5 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 19 times · 88th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Spinal fusion 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients130
Services billed 230 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Travel and Lodging $4,722 22 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $244 5 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Hillcrest Physician Services

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 113 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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