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Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD

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Specializes in: Adult Nephrology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

6601 Lyndale Avenue South Suite 220
Richfield, MN 55423

(612) 823-8001

Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD is a nephrologist in Richfield, MN specializing in adult nephrology. He graduated from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD is affiliated with Kidney Specialists of Minnesota and Ridgeview.

Office Locations

Ridgeview

6601 Lyndale Avenue South Suite 220
Richfield, MN 55423

(612) 823-8001

(612) 823-1010

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 25%

By Volume:

inpatient hospital care

In 2012, Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD performed more inpatient hospital care (for patient admitted to hospital) procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within Minnesota.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, blood draw and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	380
dialysis	170
doctor visit	210
hospital care	922
inpatient care	922
lab tests	47

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, blood draw and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	356
dialysis	190
doctor visit	225
hospital care	1027
inpatient care	1027
lab tests	51

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	256
Female	230

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	356
Black	84
Hispanic	0
Asian	13
Other	0
Native American	16

**Age**
From 65 to 74	146
From 75 to 84	108
85 and over	63
Less than 65	169

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	55
Dementia	14
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, blood draw and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	368
dialysis	109
doctor visit	188
hospital care	803
inpatient care	803
lab tests	39

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	256
Female	220

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	335
Black	81
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	14
Native American	23

**Age**
From 65 to 74	129
From 75 to 84	123
85 and over	55
Less than 65	169

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	56
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	57
Dementia	12
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care, blood draw and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	306
dialysis	136
doctor visit	192
hospital care	677
inpatient care	677
lab tests	32

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	478
Female	426

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	642
Black	146
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	34
Native American	34

**Age**
From 65 to 74	280
From 75 to 84	226
85 and over	90
Less than 65	308

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	58
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	54
Dementia	12
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, blood draw and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	169
dialysis	133
doctor visit	234
hospital care	606
inpatient care	606

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	212
Female	181

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	265
Black	74
Hispanic	0
Asian	20
Other	15
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	110
From 75 to 84	91
85 and over	36
Less than 65	156

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	28
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	54
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	55
Dementia	16
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	51
dialysis	107
doctor visit	250
hemofiltration	24
hospital care	474
inpatient care	474

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	202
Female	177

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	282
Black	57
Hispanic	0
Asian	14
Other	12
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	123
From 75 to 84	85
85 and over	27
Less than 65	144

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	53
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	52
Dementia	14
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and hemofiltration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	187
doctor visit	167
hemofiltration	72
hospital care	507
inpatient care	507

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	223
Female	166

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	272
Black	68
Hispanic	0
Asian	18
Other	16
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	114
From 75 to 84	88
85 and over	44
Less than 65	143

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	41
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	53
Dementia	17
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and hemofiltration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	181
doctor visit	236
hemofiltration	54
hospital care	573
inpatient care	573

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	279
Female	218

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	377
Black	69
Hispanic	0
Asian	15
Other	17
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	175
From 75 to 84	129
85 and over	48
Less than 65	145

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	57
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	54
Dementia	14
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and hemofiltration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	208
doctor visit	154
hemofiltration	43
hospital care	512
inpatient care	512

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	227
Female	186

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	312
Black	51
Hispanic	0
Asian	14
Other	23
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	153
From 75 to 84	113
85 and over	32
Less than 65	115

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	60
Depression	41
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	26
Heart Failure	59
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	55
Dementia	16
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2021 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and hemofiltration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	134
doctor visit	170
hemofiltration	39
hospital care	454
inpatient care	454

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	234
Female	185

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	317
Black	45
Hispanic	0
Asian	18
Other	22
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	146
From 75 to 84	129
85 and over	40
Less than 65	104

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	61
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	58
Dementia	20
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN during 2022 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	82
doctor visit	140
hospital care	357
inpatient care	357

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	203
Female	118

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	244
Black	42
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	16
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	115
From 75 to 84	95
85 and over	32
Less than 65	79

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	37
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	57
Dementia	8
Cancer	22

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated as a nephrologist in Richfield, MN were hospital care, inpatient care, blood draw and dialysis.

blood draw	271
dialysis	148
doctor visit	196
hemofiltration	46
hospital care	628
inpatient care	628
lab tests	42

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD.

**Gender**
Male	233
Female	191

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	65
Asian / Pacific Islander	10
Non-Hispanic White	309
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	6
Other	15

**Age**
75 to 84	107
85 and over	42
Less than 65	139
65 to 74	135

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD treated were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	52
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	13
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	50
Atrial Fibrillation	23
Cancer	11
Dementia	13

Education & Training

Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD graduated from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He completed residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He has a state license in Minnesota.

Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Licensed In: Minnesota

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Kidney Specialists of Minnesota

Ridgeview

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. James Peter Gitter, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	$133 SAMSCA $133
Abbott Laboratories	$127 CardioMEMS HF System $127
NxStage Medical, Inc.	$78 System One $78
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.	$26 Velphoro $26
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	$16 ZORTRESS $16
Other	$16 Prograf $14	LifeVest $2

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$262
Education	$133

Biography

Dr. James Gitter sees patients in Richfield, MN. His medical specialty is adult nephrology. Dr. Gitter attended the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health for medical school and subsequently trained at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center for residency. He is affiliated with North Memorial Health, Kidney Specialists of Minnesota, and Ridgeview.