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Mercy Bechtold, MD

NPI 1164967857ActiveIndividual· Ophthalmology· Charleston, SC

Ophthalmology (MD) in Charleston, South Carolina, licensed in SC, with an NPI issued in January 2017. Part D covered 697 prescriptions written in 2024, 63% of them generic. Alcon Vision LLC was the largest of 6 companies reporting payments in 2025, $786.04 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1164967857
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJan 4, 2017
Last updated in NPPESAug 17, 2022
Certified by providerAug 17, 2022

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Ophthalmology Primary207W00000XLL88215SC

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Not in the public enrollment file of Oct 1, 2026

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)697 · 839 30-day fills
Patients208
Total drug cost$27,847
Generic share63% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$786.04 · 9 payments from 6 companies
  • 2024$1,700 · 19 payments from 8 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Alcon Vision LLC$302.073
Abbvie Inc.$165.652
Dompe US, Inc.$119.211
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$117.861
Sight Sciences, Inc.$49.521

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$786.04 · 9 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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