Dr. Bruce Gardner Karlin , MD
Internal Medicine • Worcester, MA
108 Grove St
Worcester, MA 016052651
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Dr. Bruce Karlin is listed in NPPES under Internal Medicine.
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NPI assigned on October 18, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 163 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:
- 99214 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 145 service units.
- G0439 — Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit: 18 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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Published CMS data list 3,697 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:
- Atorvastatin Calcium — 304 prescription fills, including refills.
- Lisinopril — 247 prescription fills, including refills.
- Amlodipine Besylate — 222 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 85 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Worcester, MA (2024, 242 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 468. Middle half: 232 to 684.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Massachusetts (2024, 3,773 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 526. Middle half: 199 to 1,077.
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 204 in 2020 to 163 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
108 Grove St
Worcester, MA 016052651
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 Worcester, MA. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Saint Vincent Physician Services 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 Massachusetts Medical School
1976
What Public CMS Data Show
Internal Medicine: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
107 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 $16,186 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 $12,048 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
7,397 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
$161,685 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 $21.82 in 2019
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 2019.
Years since graduation
50 years (graduated 1976)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1976 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
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, 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. Karlin 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. Karlin 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 Worcester 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 Internal Medicine in Worcester, MA (2024, 242 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 468. Middle half: 232 to 684.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Massachusetts (2024, 3,773 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 526. Middle half: 199 to 1,077.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Worcester, MA (2024, 242 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $47,115. Middle half: $22,706 to $72,133.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Massachusetts (2024, 3,773 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $50,301. Middle half: $19,690 to $96,604.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Worcester, MA (2024, 242 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $36,487. Middle half: $16,653 to $55,732.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Massachusetts (2024, 3,773 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $38,367. Middle half: $14,848 to $75,032.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
More Part D prescriptions than 75% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Worcester, MA (2024, 203 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 331. Middle half: 64 to 3,308.
More Part D prescriptions than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Massachusetts (2024, 3,673 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,163. Middle half: 127 to 3,739.
Part D drug cost
A higher Part D drug cost than 65% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Worcester, MA (2024, 203 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $37,364. Middle half: $1,656 to $228,116.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Massachusetts (2024, 3,673 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $101,447. Middle half: $8,909 to $319,514.
443 active clinicians are listed under Internal Medicine with a practice address in Worcester, MA (6,822 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Worcester
18.5% of these 443 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
59.1% of these 443 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 20% from 204 in 2020 to 163 in 2024.
- 2020: 204
- 2021: 184
- 2022: 198
- 2023: 192
- 2024: 163
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount stayed about the same: $17,427 in 2020 and $16,186 in 2024.
- 2020: $17,427
- 2021: $19,426
- 2022: $20,691
- 2023: $20,148
- 2024: $16,186
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare stayed about the same: $12,647 in 2020 and $12,048 in 2024.
- 2020: $12,647
- 2021: $14,329
- 2022: $15,549
- 2023: $15,404
- 2024: $12,048
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions increased 52% from 2,439 in 2020 to 3,697 in 2024.
- 2020: 2,439
- 2021: 2,899
- 2022: 3,776
- 2023: 3,749
- 2024: 3,697
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 69% from 4,370 in 2020 to 7,397 in 2024.
- 2020: 4,370
- 2021: 5,209
- 2022: 6,488
- 2023: 6,806
- 2024: 7,397
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost increased 57% from $102,869 in 2020 to $161,685 in 2024.
- 2020: $102,869
- 2021: $120,933
- 2022: $151,074
- 2023: $181,524
- 2024: $161,685
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
CMS data for industry payments (Open Payments) are available for 2019 only.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2019), 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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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2019 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2019): fewer than 11 records totaling $21.82.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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ABILIFY MAINTENA | General | $21.82 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2019, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99214
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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145 | 88 | $250.00 | $95.37 |
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G0439
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
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18 | 18 | $324.00 | $130.97 |
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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| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 304 | 22,548 | $4,379.63 | 91 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 247 | 20,288 | $2,133.12 | 75 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 222 | 17,277 | $1,395.64 | 70 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 184 | 4,919 | $4,383.41 | 21 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | Albuterol Sulfate | 131 | 3,408 | $4,079.32 | 35 |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 126 | 9,954 | $2,569.28 | 42 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 120 | 4,050 | $2,673.26 | 21 |
| Metformin Hcl | Metformin Hcl | 109 | 6,553 | $1,215.52 | 26 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 100 | 6,571 | $1,702.17 | 31 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | Hydrochlorothiazide | 87 | 7,507 | $402.23 | 30 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 84 | 5,490 | $495.79 | 22 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 83 | 6,510 | $930.70 | 26 |
| Ibuprofen | Ibuprofen | 82 | 2,535 | $724.93 | 20 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 67 | 5,531 | $465.95 | 24 |
| Sertraline Hcl | Sertraline Hcl | 65 | 4,108 | $651.97 | 17 |
| Trazodone Hcl | Trazodone Hcl | 61 | 4,125 | $675.68 | 18 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 60 | 1,509 | $1,031.93 | — |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 60 | 1,712 | $931.20 | 16 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | Fluticasone Propionate | 60 | 3,967 | $1,076.89 | 23 |
| Simvastatin | Simvastatin | 53 | 4,616 | $814.35 | 17 |
| Lorazepam | Lorazepam | 51 | 1,378 | $666.20 | 12 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 49 | 3,439 | $431.63 | 20 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 47 | 1,298 | $1,544.45 | — |
| Pregabalin | Pregabalin | 45 | 1,394 | $406.65 | — |
| Ventolin Hfa | Albuterol Sulfate | 38 | 732 | $2,056.85 | — |
(top 25 shown)
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
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - INTERNAL MEDICINE
I20081208000074
MA
9436210572
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
Saint Vincent Physician Services Inc
108 Grove St, Worcester, MA 016052651
Phone: 5084531005
Secondary Practice Locations
200 Lincoln Street, Suite 3
Worcester, MA 01605
Phone: 5087551222
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 108 GROVE ST, WORCESTER, MA 016052651 (Tel: 5084531005)
Additional practice office at 200 Lincoln Street, Suite 3, Worcester, MA 01605
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 200 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 3, WORCESTER, MA 01605 (Tel: 5087551222)
Registered at 200 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 3, WORCESTER, MA 01605 (Tel: 5087551222)
Recorded as BRUCE KARLIN, MD
Internal Medicine (license number reported to NPPES: MA 43792)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Internal Medicine Providers in Worcester
- Dr. Abena Yankah, MD
- Dr. Seong Yoon Kim, MD
- Dr. Elena Byhoff, MD
- Dr. Gary Blanchard, MD
- Dr. George Eypper, MD
- Dr. Bharath Krishnamurthy, MD
Mailing Address
200 Lincoln Street, Suite 3
Worcester, MA 01605
Phone: 5087551222