Dr. Sandra Starcic-Herrera , DO
Anesthesiology • Hackensack, NJ
433 Hackensack Ave
Hackensack, NJ 076016319
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Dr. Sandra Starcic-Herrera is listed in NPPES under Anesthesiology.
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NPI assigned on October 5, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 179 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:
- 00142 — Anesthesia for lens surgery: 138 service units.
- 01938 — Anesthesia for injection, drainage or aspiration procedures on spine or spinal cord of lower back accessed through skin using imaging guidance: 16 service units.
- 00145 — Anesthesia for retinal surgery: 14 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 4 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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More Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in Hackensack, NJ (2024, 46 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 53. Middle half: 27 to 133.
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in New Jersey (2024, 1,050 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 111. Middle half: 48 to 249.
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 59 in 2020 to 179 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
433 Hackensack Ave
Hackensack, NJ 076016319
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Anesthesiology: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
223 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 $24,920 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 $20,001 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)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $14.43 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.
NPI first issued
2005
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.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
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. Starcic-Herrera 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. Starcic-Herrera 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 Hackensack and New Jersey
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in Hackensack, NJ (2024, 46 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 53. Middle half: 27 to 133.
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in New Jersey (2024, 1,050 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 111. Middle half: 48 to 249.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in Hackensack, NJ (2024, 46 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,922. Middle half: $4,907 to $25,090.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in New Jersey (2024, 1,050 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,864. Middle half: $6,608 to $32,753.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in Hackensack, NJ (2024, 46 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,587. Middle half: $3,917 to $20,188.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in New Jersey (2024, 1,050 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $12,728. Middle half: $5,207 to $26,237.
96 active clinicians are listed under Anesthesiology with a practice address in Hackensack, NJ (1,714 in New Jersey).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Hackensack
0% of these 96 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
64.6% of these 96 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 203% from 59 in 2020 to 179 in 2024.
- 2020: 59
- 2021: 106
- 2022: 91
- 2023: 152
- 2024: 179
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 128% from $10,911 in 2020 to $24,920 in 2024.
- 2020: $10,911
- 2021: $16,385
- 2022: $12,619
- 2023: $18,884
- 2024: $24,920
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 129% from $8,744 in 2020 to $20,001 in 2024.
- 2020: $8,744
- 2021: $13,362
- 2022: $10,078
- 2023: $14,926
- 2024: $20,001
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $28.60 in 2022 to $14.43 in 2025.
- 2022: $28.60
- 2023: $13.97
- 2025: $14.43
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): fewer than 11 records totaling $14.43.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Exparel | General | $14.43 |
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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00142
Anesthesia for lens surgery
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138 | 135 | $1326.69 | $130.08 |
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01938
Anesthesia for injection, drainage or aspiration procedures on spine or spinal cord of lower back accessed through skin using imaging guidance
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16 | 16 | $1226.50 | $121.41 |
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00145
Anesthesia for retinal surgery
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14 | 14 | $2214.07 | $219.38 |
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01480
Anesthesia for other procedure on lower leg, ankle, and foot bones
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11 | 11 | $1784.00 | $177.70 |
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: 2025-08-22NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207L00000X
An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an operation or an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. The anesthesiologist assesses the risk of the patient undergoing surgery and optimizes the patient's condition prior to, during and after surgery. In addition to these management responsibilities, the anesthesiologist provides medical management and consultation in pain management and critical care medicine. Anesthesiologists diagnose and treat acute, long-standing and cancer pain problems; diagnose and treat patients with critical illnesses or severe injuries; direct resuscitation in the care of patients with cardiac or respiratory emergencies, including the need for artificial ventilation; and supervise post-anesthesia recovery.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207L00000X
An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an operation or an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. The anesthesiologist assesses the risk of the patient undergoing surgery and optimizes the patient's condition prior to, during and after surgery. In addition to these management responsibilities, the anesthesiologist provides medical management and consultation in pain management and critical care medicine. Anesthesiologists diagnose and treat acute, long-standing and cancer pain problems; diagnose and treat patients with critical illnesses or severe injuries; direct resuscitation in the care of patients with cardiac or respiratory emergencies, including the need for artificial ventilation; and supervise post-anesthesia recovery.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ANESTHESIOLOGY
I20100907000983
NJ
8628003027
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Anesthesiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 433 HACKENSACK AVE, HACKENSACK, NJ 076016319 (Tel: 2015276800)
Registered at 655 SHREWSBURY AVE STE 308, SHREWSBURY, NJ 077024151 (Tel: 8483792440)
Anesthesiology (license number reported to NPPES: NJ 25MB08503600)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 223 N VAN DIEN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 074502726 (Tel: 2018479403)
Registered at 500 W MAIN ST, SUITE 16, WYCKOFF, NJ 074811439 (Tel: 2018479403)
Recorded as SANDRA STARCIC-HERRERA, DO
Anesthesiology (license number reported to NPPES: NY 229073)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Anesthesiology Specialists in Hackensack
- Somdatta Gupta
- Dr. Chien-Yao Huang, MD
- Dr. David Deremigio, DO
- Dr. Kevin Santos, MD
- Dr. Qaiser Mansoor, MBBS, MD
- Dr. Andreas Xagoraris, MD
Mailing Address
655 Shrewsbury Ave Ste 308
Shrewsbury, NJ 077024151
Phone: 8483792440