Dr. Joseph J Thornton , MD
Plastic Surgery • Newark, DE
2600 Glasgow Ave Ste 107
Newark, DE 197025703
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Dr. Joseph Thornton is listed in NPPES under Plastic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on June 11, 2007; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 874 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 17003 — Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths: 138 service units.
- 14021 — Repair of wound of scalp, arms, or legs by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm: 134 service units.
- 99212 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 94 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
CPT® only copyright 2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Service names are shortened from CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors (CMS data, 2024). CPT notice
See all 18 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 347 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Cephalexin — 174 prescription fills, including refills.
- Mupirocin — 54 prescription fills, including refills.
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim) — 23 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 9 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Medicare Part B services went from 1,780 in 2020 to 874 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
2600 Glasgow Ave Ste 107
Newark, DE 197025703
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Rehoboth Beach, DE. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania
2001
What Public CMS Data Show
Plastic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
512 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $359,497 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $272,112 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
351 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$2,915 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $14.91 in 2025
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025.
Years since graduation
25 years (graduated 2001)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2001 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2007
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Thornton has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Thornton as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Newark and Delaware
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Not enough clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Delaware have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to make a comparison.
Medicare-allowed amount
Not enough clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Delaware have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to make a comparison.
Paid by Medicare
Not enough clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Delaware have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to make a comparison.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Not enough clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Delaware have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to make a comparison.
Part D drug cost
Not enough clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Delaware have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to make a comparison.
4 active clinicians are listed under Plastic Surgery with a practice address in Newark, DE (14 in Delaware).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 51% from 1,780 in 2020 to 874 in 2024.
- 2020: 1,780
- 2021: 1,242
- 2022: 1,327
- 2023: 1,011
- 2024: 874
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount varied from year to year: $353,920 in 2020 and $359,497 in 2024.
- 2020: $353,920
- 2021: $277,573
- 2022: $371,147
- 2023: $309,145
- 2024: $359,497
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare varied from year to year: $278,285 in 2020 and $272,112 in 2024.
- 2020: $278,285
- 2021: $217,882
- 2022: $289,051
- 2023: $240,189
- 2024: $272,112
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions increased 80% from 193 in 2020 to 347 in 2024.
- 2020: 193
- 2021: 318
- 2022: 268
- 2023: 222
- 2024: 347
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 81% from 194 in 2020 to 351 in 2024.
- 2020: 194
- 2021: 320
- 2022: 268
- 2023: 222
- 2024: 351
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost increased 48% from $1,974 in 2020 to $2,915 in 2024.
- 2020: $1,974
- 2021: $4,280
- 2022: $2,264
- 2023: $1,914
- 2024: $2,915
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $244.66 in 2019 to $14.91 in 2025.
- 2019: $244.66
- 2020: $39.54
- 2022: $64.25
- 2025: $14.91
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $14.91.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TREMFYA | General | $14.91 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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17003
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths
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138 | 32 | $15.00 | $6.09 |
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14021
Repair of wound of scalp, arms, or legs by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm
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134 | 128 | $1675.00 | $779.39 |
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99212
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more
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94 | 73 | $95.00 | $51.92 |
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17000
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth
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82 | 47 | $120.00 | $56.93 |
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14060
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
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65 | 65 | $1600.00 | $680.95 |
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14040
Repair of wound of forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
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64 | 61 | $1500.00 | $652.97 |
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14041
Repair of wound of forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm
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39 | 38 | $1800.00 | $821.02 |
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14001
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm
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35 | 31 | $1600.00 | $708.77 |
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14020
Repair of wound of scalp, arms, or legs by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
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34 | 34 | $1470.00 | $595.63 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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34 | 31 | $155.00 | $84.40 |
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14301
Repair of wound by transferring skin, 30.1-60.0 sq cm
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29 | 27 | $2125.00 | $985.92 |
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12032
Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm
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26 | 26 | $600.00 | $191.51 |
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15260
Full thickness skin graft to nose, ears, eyelids, or lips, 20.0 sq cm or less
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24 | 24 | $1950.00 | $912.08 |
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11642
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, 1.1-2.0 cm
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18 | 18 | $650.00 | $122.10 |
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11104
Punch biopsy, first skin growth
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17 | 16 | $300.00 | $112.26 |
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13132
Complicated repair of wound of forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet, 2.6-7.5 cm
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14 | 14 | $1100.00 | $397.98 |
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15240
Full thickness skin graft to forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet, 20.0 sq cm or less
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14 | 14 | $1890.00 | $847.37 |
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11602
Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm
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13 | 12 | $525.00 | $128.32 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Cephalexin | Cephalexin | 174 | 1,597 | $1,583.88 | 150 |
| Mupirocin | Mupirocin | 54 | 949 | $445.14 | 47 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 23 | 245 | $169.49 | 20 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 21 | 222 | $104.91 | 15 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | 198 | $201.69 | 17 |
| Celecoxib | Celecoxib | 19 | 357 | $246.85 | 14 |
| Ondansetron Odt | Ondansetron | 13 | 49 | $91.90 | 11 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | 253 | $44.99 | 12 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | 30 | $26.39 | — |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2021-05-10NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208200000X
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk and external genitalia or cosmetic enhancement of these areas of the body. Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of plastic surgery. The plastic surgeon uses cosmetic surgical principles to both improve overall appearance and to optimize the outcome of reconstructive procedures. The surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
I20091030000526
MD
8426141029
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Secondary Practice Locations
18947 John J Williams Hwy Unit 306
Rehoboth Beach, DE 199714477
Phone: 3028667546
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 2600 GLASGOW AVE STE 107, NEWARK, DE 197025703 (Tel: 3028667546)
Registered at 2600 GLASGOW AVE STE 107, NEWARK, DE 197025703 (Tel: 3028667546)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 774 CHRISTIANA RD STE 101, NEWARK, DE 197134248 (Tel: 3023550055)
Registered at 774 CHRISTIANA ROAD, SUITE 101, NEWARK, DE 197134248 (Tel: 3023550055)
Recorded as JOSEPH THORNTON, MD
Plastic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: DE C1-0008322)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Plastic Surgery Specialists in Newark
Healthcare providers in NewarkMailing Address
2600 Glasgow Ave Ste 107
Newark, DE 197025703
Phone: 3028667546