Dr. Derek E Bell , MD
Plastic Surgery • Rochester, NY
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 661
Rochester, NY 146428410
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NPI assigned on August 31, 2007; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 577 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:
- 15003 — Preparation of skin graft site of trunk, arms, or legs, each additional 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less: 161 service units.
- 99214 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 72 service units.
- 15101 — Partial thickness self skin graft of trunk, arms, or legs, each additional 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less: 60 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 all 15 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 12 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2017.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2017. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2017:
- Oxycodone Hcl — 12 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2017. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in New York (2024, 143 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 145. Middle half: 51 to 343.
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 435 in 2020 to 577 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
601 Elmwood Ave
Box 661
Rochester, NY 146428410
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Trauma Burn Emergency Surgery Of The University Of Rochester; U Of R Plastic Surgeons. 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
2002
What Public CMS Data Show
Plastic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
201 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 $89,371 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 $70,910 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
12 standardized 30-day fills in 2017
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
$86 in 2017
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2017, 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, 2017.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $11,147.69 across 35 records.
By nature of payment (3 largest of 4)
- Consulting Fee: $5,000.00 across 3 records.
- Travel and Lodging: $3,592.22 across 4 records.
- Food and Beverage: $2,055.47 across 27 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 9)
- Avita Medical Americas, LLC: $5,656.02 across 8 records.
- Kerecis Limited: $3,993.38 across 16 records.
- Access Pro Medical, LLC: $500.00 across 1 record.
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
24 years (graduated 2002)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2002 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
2007
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. Bell 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. Bell 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 Rochester and New York
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in New York (2024, 143 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 145. Middle half: 51 to 343.
Too few clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Rochester have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in New York (2024, 143 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $24,536. Middle half: $7,120 to $74,183.
Too few clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Rochester have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in New York (2024, 143 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $18,153. Middle half: $5,287 to $58,844.
Too few clinicians listed under Plastic Surgery in Rochester have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare Part D
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dr. Bell are from 2017.
20 active clinicians are listed under Plastic Surgery with a practice address in Rochester, NY (453 in New York).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Rochester
0% of these 20 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
45% of these 20 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 33% from 435 in 2020 to 577 in 2024.
- 2020: 435
- 2021: 660
- 2022: 572
- 2023: 441
- 2024: 577
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 183% from $31,626 in 2020 to $89,371 in 2024.
- 2020: $31,626
- 2021: $75,907
- 2022: $89,282
- 2023: $53,606
- 2024: $89,371
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 189% from $24,495 in 2020 to $70,910 in 2024.
- 2020: $24,495
- 2021: $59,627
- 2022: $70,123
- 2023: $42,498
- 2024: $70,910
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
CMS data for Part D prescriptions are available for 2017 only.
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30-day fills
CMS data for 30-day fills are available for 2017 only.
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Part D drug cost
CMS data for Part D drug cost are available for 2017 only.
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) increased 979% from $1,033.28 in 2021 to $11,147.69 in 2025.
- 2021: $1,033.28
- 2022: $1,502.00
- 2023: $5,130.47
- 2024: $42,434.12
- 2025: $11,147.69
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2017), 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): 35 records totaling $11,147.69.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Avita Medical Americas, LLC |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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Recell | General | $3,000.00 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $2,272.11 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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Cohealyx | General | $1,000.00 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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Recell | General | $1,000.00 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $674.96 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC |
Honoraria
Cash or cash equivalent
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MATRIDERM | General | $500.00 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $333.18 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Recell | General | $311.97 |
| Community Blood Center |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $188.09 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $171.60 |
| PolyMedics Innovations Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $171.15 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Permeaderm | General | $163.73 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $147.97 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Recell | General | $124.97 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $120.53 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $119.72 |
| Vericel Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Nexobrid | General | $108.98 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $105.20 |
| 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 | $93.71 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $64.54 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $60.36 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $50.34 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $38.25 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $37.24 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $33.30 |
(top 25 shown)
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. CPT codes, descriptions and other data only are copyright 2016–2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Applicable FARS/HHSARS apply. Descriptions of CPT codes are the AMA's CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors as published by CMS in the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service data, 2017–2024; they are plain-language summaries, not for clinical coding or documentation. HCPCS Level II codes and descriptions are from CMS. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein.
| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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15003
Preparation of skin graft site of trunk, arms, or legs, each additional 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less
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161 | 13 | $194.35 | $26.57 |
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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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72 | 68 | $275.00 | $93.69 |
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15101
Partial thickness self skin graft of trunk, arms, or legs, each additional 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less
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60 | 11 | $471.78 | $62.01 |
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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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49 | 43 | $195.00 | $63.60 |
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15002
Preparation of skin graft site of trunk, arms, or legs, 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less
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48 | 31 | $918.60 | $202.22 |
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15100
Partial thickness self skin graft to trunk, arms, or legs, 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less
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27 | 27 | $2985.75 | $640.82 |
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15004
Preparation of skin graft site of face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, around eyes, genitals, hands, feet, fingers, or toes, 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less
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24 | 14 | $1105.00 | $243.96 |
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16020
Dressing change or removal of burn tissue, less than 5% of total body surface
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23 | 19 | $240.00 | $51.80 |
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99222
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes
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23 | 22 | $555.00 | $124.54 |
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99204
New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
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19 | 19 | $710.00 | $155.91 |
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99232
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes
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19 | 17 | $335.00 | $74.88 |
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15734
Creation of muscle graft to trunk
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17 | 11 | $6405.00 | $1185.97 |
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15120
Partial thickness self skin graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, around eyes, genitals, hands, feet, fingers, or toes, 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less
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12 | 12 | $2945.00 | $544.77 |
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99223
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes
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12 | 11 | $735.00 | $164.77 |
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99215
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more
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11 | 11 | $394.00 | $139.13 |
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 2017.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | 45 | $86.21 | — |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2017; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC 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.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
I20090824000281
NY
0749334845
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
U Of R Plastic Surgeons
601 Elmwood Ave Box, Rochester, NY 146420001
U Of R Plastic Surgeons
601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 146420001
Phone: 5852751000
Trauma Burn Emergency Surgery Of The University Of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 146420001
U Of R Plastic Surgeons
601 Elmwood Ave Box Surg, Rochester, NY 146420001
Trauma Burn Emergency Surgery Of The University Of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 146420001
Trauma Burn Emergency Surgery Of The University Of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 146420002
Phone: 5852753376
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Family Nurse Practitioner (Certified)
Physician Assistant
RPAC, MPAS
Plastic Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Nurse Practitioner
Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated August 31, 2007.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Plastic Surgery Specialists in Rochester
- Dr. Calvin Young, MD
- Dr. Hannah Smith, MD
- Dr. Timothy O'connor, MD
- Dr. Mandy Flor, MD
- Dr. David Refermat, MD
- Dr. Ronald Bossert, MD
Mailing Address
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 661
Rochester, NY 146428410
Phone: 5852751000