Dr. Todd S Stafford , MD
Surgery • Providence, RI
195 Collyer St Ste 302
Providence, RI 029041869
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NPI assigned on June 23, 2008; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 104 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:
- 99213 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 29 service units.
- 99231 — Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day: 29 service units.
- 99203 — New patient outpatient office visit: 20 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 5 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 13 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2023.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2023. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2023:
- Oxycodone Hcl — 13 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2023. 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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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Providence, RI (2024, 32 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 205. Middle half: 122 to 307.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Rhode Island (2024, 63 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 152. Middle half: 67 to 267.
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 133 in 2020 to 104 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
195 Collyer St Ste 302
Providence, RI 029041869
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: Lifespan Physician Group Inc; University Surgical Associates, 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
Temple University School Of Medicine
2008
What Public CMS Data Show
Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
137 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 $25,294 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 $19,801 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
13 standardized 30-day fills in 2023
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
$32 in 2023
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2023, 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, 2023.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $14.92 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.
Years since graduation
18 years (graduated 2008)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2008 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
2008
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. Stafford 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. Stafford 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 Providence and Rhode Island
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Providence, RI (2024, 32 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 205. Middle half: 122 to 307.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Rhode Island (2024, 63 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 152. Middle half: 67 to 267.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Surgery in Providence, RI (2024, 32 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $25,476. Middle half: $11,946 to $46,755.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Rhode Island (2024, 63 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $19,425. Middle half: $6,615 to $33,521.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Surgery in Providence, RI (2024, 32 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $19,921. Middle half: $9,320 to $35,191.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Rhode Island (2024, 63 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $14,630. Middle half: $5,041 to $26,342.
Medicare Part D
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dr. Stafford are from 2023.
91 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Providence, RI (151 in Rhode Island).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Providence
4.4% of these 91 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
45.1% of these 91 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 22% from 133 in 2020 to 104 in 2024.
- 2020: 133
- 2021: 184
- 2022: 149
- 2023: 230
- 2024: 104
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 190% from $8,716 in 2020 to $25,294 in 2024.
- 2020: $8,716
- 2021: $21,120
- 2022: $24,165
- 2023: $40,341
- 2024: $25,294
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 187% from $6,903 in 2020 to $19,801 in 2024.
- 2020: $6,903
- 2021: $16,558
- 2022: $19,036
- 2023: $31,717
- 2024: $19,801
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 79% from 63 in 2018 to 13 in 2023.
- 2018: 63
- 2019: 37
- 2020: 59
- 2022: 11
- 2023: 13
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 79% from 63 in 2018 to 13 in 2023.
- 2018: 63
- 2019: 37
- 2020: 59
- 2022: 11
- 2023: 13
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 99% from $5,522 in 2018 to $32 in 2023.
- 2018: $5,522
- 2019: $814
- 2020: $732
- 2022: $33
- 2023: $32
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $198.36 in 2021 to $14.92 in 2025.
- 2021: $198.36
- 2022: $106.11
- 2023: $144.81
- 2024: $85.07
- 2025: $14.92
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2023), 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 $14.92.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Belbuca | General | $14.92 |
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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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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29 | 26 | $277.41 | $91.53 |
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99231
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes
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29 | 17 | $157.24 | $48.84 |
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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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20 | 20 | $350.60 | $108.22 |
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22558
Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc
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14 | 14 | $4988.00 | $946.29 |
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49650
Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope
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12 | 12 | $1564.33 | $484.23 |
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 2023.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | 51 | $32.22 | 12 |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2023; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2020-01-29NUCC 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.
NUCC 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
I20130806000071
RI
3678715570
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
University Surgical Associates, Inc.
2 Dudley St, Providence, RI 029053248
Phone: 4012721800
Lifespan Physician Group Inc
195 Collyer St, Providence, RI 029041869
Phone: 4012721800
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Surgery - Vascular Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner - Adult Health
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Surgery - Vascular Surgery
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 195 COLLYER ST STE 302, PROVIDENCE, RI 029041869 (Tel: 4012280633)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 2 DUDLEY ST, SUITE 470, PROVIDENCE, RI 029053236 (Tel: 4012721800)
Registered at PO BOX 16149, RUMFORD, RI 029160697 (Tel: 4014539625)
Recorded as TODD STAFFORD, MD
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: RI MD14236)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Surgery Specialists in Providence
- Dr. Marcy Ellen Bernstein, MD
- Dr. Robert Koness, MD
- Dr. Stanley Ewala, MD
- Dr. Cody Ness, MD
- Dr. Theresa Graves, MD
- Dr. Yao Liu, MD
More public profiles in Rhode Island
Directory navigation, in NPI number order.
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- Jordan Wolfe Emergency Medicine · Providence
- Thomas Dolan, RNP Nurse Practitioner - Family · Providence
- Julia Labossiere, CRNA Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered · Providence
- Joanne Le, OD Optometrist · Cranston
- Allison Picard, MS, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist · Cranston
- Jake Broccolo, DPT Physical Therapist · North Providence
- Mohamed Diya Sabbagh, MD Plastic Surgery · Providence
- Joanna Sanzone Nurse Practitioner - Family · Providence
- Nina Moneymaker, NP Nurse Practitioner - Women's Health · Providence
- Dean Trubschenck, DDS Dentist · Coventry
- Jaclyn Gell, DO Emergency Medicine · Warwick
Mailing Address
Po Box 16149
Rumford, RI 029160697
Phone: 4014539625