Dr. Robert James Ramsdell , MD
Anesthesiology โข Buffalo, NY
1001 Main St
Buffalo, NY 142031009
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Dr. Robert Ramsdell is listed in NPPES under Anesthesiology.
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NPI assigned on April 25, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 113 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:
- 76942 โ Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement: 34 service units.
- 01810 โ Anesthesia for procedure on nerves, muscles, tendons, and tissue of forearm, wrist, and hand: 29 service units.
- 01630 โ Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint: 17 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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See all 5 records in the table ยท 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 Buffalo, NY (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 44. Middle half: 24 to 86.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in New York (2024, 2,786 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 101. Middle half: 44 to 216.
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 112 in 2020 to 113 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1001 Main St
Buffalo, NY 142031009
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
102 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 $7,599 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 $6,054 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)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $13.68 in 2023
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 2023.
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.
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, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
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. Ramsdell 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. Ramsdell 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 Buffalo and New York
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 Buffalo, NY (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 44. Middle half: 24 to 86.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in New York (2024, 2,786 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 101. Middle half: 44 to 216.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in Buffalo, NY (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $4,789. Middle half: $2,550 to $9,876.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in New York (2024, 2,786 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,796. Middle half: $5,881 to $29,353.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in Buffalo, NY (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,813. Middle half: $2,020 to $7,942.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiology in New York (2024, 2,786 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,007. Middle half: $4,677 to $23,579.
167 active clinicians are listed under Anesthesiology with a practice address in Buffalo, NY (5,068 in New York).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Buffalo
0% of these 167 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
70.1% of these 167 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 varied from year to year: 112 in 2020 and 113 in 2024.
- 2020: 112
- 2021: 234
- 2022: 265
- 2023: 196
- 2024: 113
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 28% from $10,563 in 2020 to $7,599 in 2024.
- 2020: $10,563
- 2021: $23,768
- 2022: $26,164
- 2023: $13,398
- 2024: $7,599
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 27% from $8,342 in 2020 to $6,054 in 2024.
- 2020: $8,342
- 2021: $19,084
- 2022: $21,080
- 2023: $10,679
- 2024: $6,054
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $12.46 in 2020 to $13.68 in 2023.
- 2020: $12.46
- 2021: $16.95
- 2023: $13.68
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2023), 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 2023 (payments made January 1 โ December 31, 2023): fewer than 11 records totaling $13.68.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| ConvaTec Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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AQUACEL AG+ EXTRA | General | $13.68 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2023, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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76942
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement
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34 | 31 | $115.00 | $28.48 |
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01810
Anesthesia for procedure on nerves, muscles, tendons, and tissue of forearm, wrist, and hand
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29 | 28 | $492.08 | $67.92 |
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01630
Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint
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17 | 17 | $819.53 | $113.09 |
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64415
Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus)
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17 | 17 | $240.00 | $65.42 |
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01830
Anesthesia for other procedure on forearm, wrist, or hand bones
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16 | 16 | $737.10 | $101.62 |
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: 2021-03-04NUCC 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: 174400000X
An individual educated and trained in an applied knowledge discipline used in the performance of work at a level requiring knowledge and skills beyond or apart from that provided by a general education or liberal arts degree.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ANESTHESIOLOGY
I20171129003253
PA
4183720428
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.)
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Anesthesiology
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Anesthesiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
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 1001 MAIN ST, BUFFALO, NY 142031009 (Tel: 7163236570)
Registered at 1001 MAIN ST, BUFFALO, NY 142031009 (Tel: 7163236570)
Anesthesiology (license number reported to NPPES: NY 237599)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 219 BRYANT ST, BUFFALO, NY 142222006 (Tel: 7168787701)
Registered at 155 DEPEW AVE, BUFFALO, NY 142141619 (Tel: 7168326036)
Recorded as ROBERT RAMSDELL, M.D.
Specialist
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Anesthesiology Specialists in Buffalo
- Dr. Ashlee Lybrand, MD
- Dr. Thomas Croucher, MD
- Dr. Marco Foramiglio, MD
- Dr. Affan Ahmad, MD
- Dr. Renee Mapes, DO
- Dr. Elizabeth Mahoney, MD
Mailing Address
1001 Main St
Buffalo, NY 142031009
Phone: 7163236570