Dr. Katherine Carruthers , MD
Plastic Surgery • Boston, MA
55 Fruit St
Boston, MA 021142696
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Dr. Katherine Carruthers is listed in NPPES under Plastic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on May 13, 2016; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 25 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:
- 99203 — New patient outpatient office visit: 25 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 the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Boston, MA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 45. Middle half: 25 to 60.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Massachusetts (2024, 52 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 118. Middle half: 45 to 403.
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 23 in 2023 to 25 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2023–2024.
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 1 additional practice-address record in Morgantown, WV. 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, 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
University Of Toledo College Of Medicine
2016
What Public CMS Data Show
Plastic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
38 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 $3,035 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 $2,418 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.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $20,598.10 across 37 records.
By nature of payment
- Consulting Fee: $15,725.00 across 6 records.
- Food and Beverage: $3,172.41 across 28 records.
- Travel and Lodging: $1,700.69 across 3 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 11)
- TELA Bio, Inc.: $18,257.87 across 17 records.
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC: $791.46 across 3 records.
- Integra LifeSciences Corporation: $489.75 across 4 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
10 years (graduated 2016)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2016 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
2016
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. Carruthers 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. Carruthers 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 75% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Boston, MA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 45. Middle half: 25 to 60.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Massachusetts (2024, 52 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 118. Middle half: 45 to 403.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Boston, MA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $5,186. Middle half: $3,035 to $7,389.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Massachusetts (2024, 52 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $19,006. Middle half: $5,545 to $34,955.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Boston, MA (2024, 13 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,902. Middle half: $2,220 to $5,342.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Massachusetts (2024, 52 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $14,085. Middle half: $4,146 to $27,121.
52 active clinicians are listed under Plastic Surgery with a practice address in Boston, MA (141 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Boston
13.5% of these 52 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
53.8% of these 52 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 stayed about the same: 23 in 2023 and 25 in 2024.
- 2023: 23
- 2024: 25
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 18% from $2,575 in 2023 to $3,035 in 2024.
- 2023: $2,575
- 2024: $3,035
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 31% from $1,849 in 2023 to $2,418 in 2024.
- 2023: $1,849
- 2024: $2,418
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) decreased 18% from $25,000.00 in 2021 to $20,598.10 in 2025.
- 2021: $25,000.00
- 2022: $113.75
- 2023: $1,832.70
- 2024: $7,110.98
- 2025: $20,598.10
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (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): 37 records totaling $20,598.10.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $11,050.00 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $1,300.00 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $1,200.00 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $975.00 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $827.97 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $761.10 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $600.00 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $600.00 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP | General | $302.57 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP | General | $279.87 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP | General | $209.02 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Restrata Wound Matrix | General | $177.78 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $175.26 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $175.00 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $172.37 |
| Integra LifeSciences Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Integra | General | $162.60 |
| Integra LifeSciences Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Integra | General | $158.78 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $140.74 |
| Integra LifeSciences Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Integra | General | $140.59 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Nerve Tape | General | $125.00 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $121.59 |
| CooperSurgical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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ONETRAC LX | General | $119.56 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $111.62 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex) | General | $110.18 |
| CooperSurgical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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INSORB | General | $109.67 |
(top 25 shown)
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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99203
New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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25 | 25 | $507.44 | $121.39 |
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: 2022-04-21NUCC 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
I20220615000208
MA
5991096828
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
Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc
55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 021142696
Phone: 6177240287
Secondary Practice Locations
1 Medical Center Dr
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: 3042931168
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 55 FRUIT ST, BOSTON, MA 021142696 (Tel: 8774245678)
Registered at 55 FRUIT ST, BOSTON, MA 021142621 (Tel: 8774245678)
Plastic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: MA 290928)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1 MEDICAL CENTER DR, MORGANTOWN, WV 26506 (Tel: 3042931168)
Registered at PO BOX 9196, MORGANTOWN, WV 265069196 (Tel: 3042931168)
Recorded as KATHERINE CARRUTHERS, M.D.
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Plastic Surgery Specialists in Boston
- Dr. Micaela Rosser, MD
- Dr. Samuel Lin, MD
- Dr. Sarah Karinja, MD
- Dr. Indranil Sinha, MD
- Dr. Brooke Seckel, MD
- Dr. Andrea Pusic, MD
Mailing Address
55 Fruit St
Boston, MA 021142621
Phone: 8774245678