Dr. Edward E Whang , MD
Surgery โข Boston, MA
75 Francis St, Bwh Division Of General And Gastrointestinal Surgery
Boston, MA 02115
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NPI assigned on April 21, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 59 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ 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 โ New patient outpatient office visit: 31 service units.
- 99213 โ Established patient outpatient office visit: 28 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Boston, MA (2024, 149 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 163. Middle half: 85 to 356.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Massachusetts (2024, 435 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 216. Middle half: 111 to 410.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 24 in 2020 to 59 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
75 Francis St
Bwh Division Of General And Gastrointestinal Surgery
Boston, MA 02115
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 West Roxbury, MA. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Brigham And Womens 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 Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine
1991
What Public CMS Data Show
Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
48 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 โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $6,492 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 โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $4,589 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 โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019โ2025.
Years since graduation
35 years (graduated 1991)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1991 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
2006
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, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
Telehealth (some services)
Recent Medicare claims show this clinician provided some services by telehealth, such as a video or phone visit.
You may be able to have some visits without going to the office. Ask which visits can be done by telehealth.
What this does not show: Telehealth (some services)
It does not mean all services are offered by telehealth, or that telehealth is covered by your plan.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Whang 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. Whang 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 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Boston, MA (2024, 149 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 163. Middle half: 85 to 356.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Massachusetts (2024, 435 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 216. Middle half: 111 to 410.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Boston, MA (2024, 149 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $29,050. Middle half: $11,988 to $55,507.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Massachusetts (2024, 435 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $31,887. Middle half: $14,190 to $56,544.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Boston, MA (2024, 149 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $22,426. Middle half: $9,412 to $43,579.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Massachusetts (2024, 435 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $24,431. Middle half: $10,665 to $43,891.
442 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Boston, MA (998 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Boston
19.2% of these 442 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
42.1% of these 442 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 increased 146% from 24 in 2020 to 59 in 2024.
- 2020: 24
- 2021: 44
- 2022: 51
- 2023: 39
- 2024: 59
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 123% from $2,907 in 2020 to $6,492 in 2024.
- 2020: $2,907
- 2021: $5,209
- 2022: $5,914
- 2023: $4,425
- 2024: $6,492
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 116% from $2,129 in 2020 to $4,589 in 2024.
- 2020: $2,129
- 2021: $4,117
- 2022: $4,089
- 2023: $3,379
- 2024: $4,589
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, 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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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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31 | 31 | $510.26 | $120.26 |
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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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28 | 23 | $395.64 | $98.71 |
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: 2023-05-22NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis - preoperative, operative and postoperative management - and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - GENERAL SURGERY
I20101006000836
MA
8729270939
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
Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization Inc
75 Francis St, Boston, MA 021156110
Phone: 6177325500
Secondary Practice Locations
1400 Vfw Pkwy
West Roxbury, MA 021324927
Phone: 8572036200
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Emergency Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Anesthesiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Neurological Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Additional practice office at 1400 Vfw Pkwy, West Roxbury, MA 021324927
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 75 FRANCIS ST, BWH DIVISION OF GENERAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, BOSTON, MA 02115 (Tel: 6177328669)
Registered at 75 FRANCIS ST, BWH DIVISION OF GENERAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, BOSTON, MA 02115 (Tel: 6177328669)
Recorded as EDWARD WHANG, MD
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: MA 157417)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Surgery Specialists in Boston
- Dr. Farhat Homsy, MD
- Dr. Tari King, MD
- Dr. Saman Kamal, MD
- Dr. Tina Tian, MD
- Dr. Savas Tsikis, MD
- Dr. Daniele Abela, MD
Mailing Address
75 Francis St, Bwh Division Of General And Gastrointestinal Surgery
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 6177328669