Dr. Vanda Farahmand Torous , MD
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology • Boston, MA
55 Fruit St
Boston, MA 021142696
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Dr. Vanda Torous is listed in NPPES under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology.
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NPI assigned on May 16, 2013; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 644 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:
- 88112 — Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique: 269 service units.
- 88341 — Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure: 119 service units.
- 88173 — Evaluation of fine needle aspirate with interpretation and report: 85 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.
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See all 10 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Boston, MA (2024, 97 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,015. Middle half: 450 to 1,974.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Massachusetts (2024, 148 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,332. Middle half: 640 to 2,274.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 1,046 in 2020 to 644 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
55 Fruit St
Boston, MA 021142696
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 2 distinct additional practice-address records in Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026
University Of California, San Diego School Of Medicine
2012
What Public CMS Data Show
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
386 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 $23,416 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 $18,405 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.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
Years since graduation
14 years (graduated 2012)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2012 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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
NPI first issued
2013
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026; 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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Torous 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. Torous 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 Boston and Massachusetts
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Boston, MA (2024, 97 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,015. Middle half: 450 to 1,974.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Massachusetts (2024, 148 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,332. Middle half: 640 to 2,274.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Boston, MA (2024, 97 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $47,679. Middle half: $22,227 to $82,030.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Massachusetts (2024, 148 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $53,049. Middle half: $26,480 to $87,477.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Boston, MA (2024, 97 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $37,464. Middle half: $17,308 to $64,608.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Massachusetts (2024, 148 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $41,509. Middle half: $20,778 to $68,917.
181 active clinicians are listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology with a practice address in Boston, MA (270 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Boston
0.6% of these 181 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
56.4% of these 181 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
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 38% from 1,046 in 2020 to 644 in 2024.
- 2020: 1,046
- 2021: 1,318
- 2022: 1,112
- 2023: 1,206
- 2024: 644
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 46% from $43,104 in 2020 to $23,416 in 2024.
- 2020: $43,104
- 2021: $52,937
- 2022: $45,092
- 2023: $46,951
- 2024: $23,416
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 45% from $33,736 in 2020 to $18,405 in 2024.
- 2020: $33,736
- 2021: $41,945
- 2022: $35,124
- 2023: $36,577
- 2024: $18,405
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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88112
Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique
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269 | 245 | $199.00 | $28.43 |
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88341
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure
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119 | 37 | $119.00 | $28.81 |
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88173
Evaluation of fine needle aspirate with interpretation and report
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85 | 79 | $295.19 | $71.39 |
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88305
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
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54 | 45 | $162.15 | $38.43 |
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88342
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure
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42 | 39 | $205.00 | $35.95 |
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88108
Cell examination of specimen, concentration technique
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22 | 21 | $93.23 | $23.15 |
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G0124
Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, requiring interpretation by physician
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16 | 15 | $174.00 | $26.70 |
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88307
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity
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13 | 13 | $345.54 | $84.56 |
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88312
Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report
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13 | 12 | $111.62 | $27.35 |
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88141
Pap test
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11 | 11 | $132.00 | $26.85 |
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.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2026-07-07NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207ZP0101X
A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PATHOLOGY
I20180606001484
MA
9436414810
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026
Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc
243 Charles St, Boston, MA 021143002
Phone: 6172735699
Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc
55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 021142696
Phone: 6177240287
Secondary Practice Locations
75 Francis St
Boston, MA 021156110
Phone: 6177325500
10833 Le Conte Ave
Los Angeles, CA 900953075
Phone: 3108255719
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Additional practice office at 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 900953075
Additional practice office at 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 021156110
Registered at 55 FRUIT ST, BOSTON, MA 021142696 (Tel: 6177262971)
Registered at 55 FRUIT ST, BOSTON, MA 021142696
Recorded as VANDA TOROUS, MD
Pathology (license number reported to NPPES: MA 265660)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 10833 LE CONTE AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 900953075 (Tel: 3108255719)
Registered at 6601 SILVERSPUR LN, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 926481521 (Tel: 7143359858)
Recorded as VANDA FARAHMAND, M.D.
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Pathology - Anatomic Pathology Specialists in Boston
- Dr. Kirill Karlin, MD
- Dr. David Louis, MD
- Dr. Astrid Weins, MD, PhD
- Dr. Olivier Nicolas Kocher, MD
- Dr. Daniel Schreiber, MD
- Dr. Leona Doyle, MD
Mailing Address
55 Fruit St
Boston, MA 021142696