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Dr. Seth L. Hepner, MD

Neurology (Neurology Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
14
In the NPI registry since
2012
Medicare patients seen, 2024
377

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2012Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurology Physician primary
    MO license 2016031388 · VA license 0101279248 · WI license 3667
  • Internal Medicine Physician
    MO license 2016031388

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Neurology per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
377
Services billed
862
Patients’ average age
71
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes19895
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes14591
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes11886
Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), awake and drowsy8583
Injection of chemical for paralysis of facial and neck nerve muscles on both sides of face6422
Needle measurement of electrical activity in muscle with injection of chemical for paralysis of nerve muscle5420
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes4745
Injection of chemical for paralysis of nerve muscles on arm or leg, 5 or more muscles, first extremity4616
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes3939
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes3737

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 6 companies reported 77 payments worth $35,125 in total to this clinician.

By company
AbbVie Inc.$22,520
Pfizer Inc.$12,033
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$360
Sk Life Science, Inc.$125
Lundbeck LLC$68.29
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$18.03
By type
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)$32,325
Consulting Fee$1,525
Food and Beverage$1,182
Travel and Lodging$92.40

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
May 16, 2025AbbVie Inc.
May 16, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
BOTOX · NEUROSCIENCE
$4,200
Sep 25, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Sep 25, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
BOTOX · NEUROSCIENCE
$4,200
Nov 21, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Nov 21, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
NURTEC ODT · PAIN
$4,125
Dec 17, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Dec 17, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
NURTEC ODT · PAIN
$3,150
Nov 21, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Nov 21, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
NURTEC ODT · PAIN
$3,000
Jan 15, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Jan 15, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
QULIPTA · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
Apr 29, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Apr 29, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
QULIPTA · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
Jun 17, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Jun 17, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
QULIPTA · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
Aug 14, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Aug 14, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
UBRELVY · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
Dec 18, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Dec 18, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
QULIPTA; UBRELVY · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
All 14 payments other than meals, newest first
All payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Dec 18, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Dec 18, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
QULIPTA; UBRELVY · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
Dec 17, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Dec 17, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
NURTEC ODT · PAIN
$3,150
Nov 26, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Nov 26, 2025
Travel and Lodging
NURTEC ODT · PAIN · travel to St. Clair, MO · in-kind
$46.20
Nov 26, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Nov 26, 2025
Travel and Lodging
NURTEC ODT · PAIN · travel to Sullivan, MO · in-kind
$46.20
Nov 21, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Nov 21, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
NURTEC ODT · PAIN
$4,125
Nov 21, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Nov 21, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
NURTEC ODT · PAIN
$3,000
Oct 14, 2025Pfizer Inc.
Oct 14, 2025
Consulting Fee
NURTEC ODT · PAIN
$1,525
Sep 25, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Sep 25, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
BOTOX · NEUROSCIENCE
$4,200
Aug 14, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Aug 14, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
UBRELVY · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
Jun 17, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Jun 17, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
QULIPTA · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
May 16, 2025AbbVie Inc.
May 16, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
BOTOX · NEUROSCIENCE
$4,200
May 12, 2025AbbVie Inc.
May 12, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
BOTOX · NEUROSCIENCE
$525
Apr 29, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Apr 29, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
QULIPTA · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625
Jan 15, 2025AbbVie Inc.
Jan 15, 2025
Compensation for services other than consulting (speaking, faculty)
QULIPTA · NEUROSCIENCE
$2,625

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated April 30, 2025), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1609131663. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.