Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Joseph Asaro, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1316100993

Joseph Asaro, MD practises General Surgery in West Columbia, South Carolina. Qualified in 2006, 20 years ago. Practices with MUSC Community Physicians, a 1,339-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
20
Licensed in
SC
In the registry since
2008
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

146 E Hospital Dr Ste 400
West Columbia, SC 29169-4800
Phone: (803) 936-3300
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 500 Thurgood Avenue, Kingstree, SC 29556 — (843) 355-1772

Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 34558 (SC)

Record details

NPI number1316100993
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 3, 2008
Last updated in NPPESMay 14, 2024
Certification dateMay 14, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2006 (20 years in practice)
Group practice Musc Community Physicians — 1339 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Removal of tissue 24 times · 71st percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 52 times · 64th percentile
Colonoscopy 49 times · 63rd percentile
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Mastectomy 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 patients123
Services billed 380 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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 $2,602 5 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $361 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.

  • Musc Medical Center Hospital · Charleston, SC

Colleagues at MUSC Community Physicians

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1339 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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