Dr. Benjamin Y Chen , MD
Orthopaedic Surgery • Puyallup, WA
1450 5th St Se Ste 4200
Puyallup, WA 983724604
This profile restates public CMS/NPPES data; T-MedInfo gives no medical advice — consult a licensed professional, and call 911 for emergencies.
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Dr. Benjamin Chen is listed in NPPES under Orthopaedic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on April 4, 2008; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 656 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: 194 service units.
- 99204 — New patient outpatient office visit: 92 service units.
- 63048 — Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment: 57 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 126 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:
- Methylprednisolone — 115 prescription fills, including refills.
- Gabapentin — 11 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 the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 328 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 859. Middle half: 278 to 1,938.
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 745 in 2020 to 656 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1450 5th St Se Ste 4200
Puyallup, WA 983724604
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 1 group name: Multicare Health System. 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
State University Of Ny Upstate Medical University
2008
What Public CMS Data Show
Orthopaedic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
275 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 $134,542 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 $102,597 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
131 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
$1,096 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.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $33,084.65 across 64 records.
By nature of payment (3 largest of 4)
- Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program: $17,389.39 across 6 records.
- Consulting Fee: $8,774.98 across 1 record.
- Travel and Lodging: $5,426.34 across 18 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 5)
- Medtronic, Inc.: $20,164.65 across 35 records.
- DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.: $11,016.45 across 10 records.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc: $1,427.63 across 5 records.
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
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?”
Telehealth (some services)
Recent Medicare claims show this clinician provided some services by telehealth, such as a video or phone visit.
You may be able to have some visits without going to the office. Ask which visits can be done by telehealth.
What this does not show: Telehealth (some services)
It does not mean all services are offered by telehealth, or that telehealth is covered by your plan.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Chen 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. Chen 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 Puyallup and Washington
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 328 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 859. Middle half: 278 to 1,938.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Puyallup have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 328 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $77,008. Middle half: $35,417 to $158,562.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Puyallup have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 328 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $57,841. Middle half: $25,649 to $120,474.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Puyallup have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 315 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 145. Middle half: 55 to 321.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Puyallup have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
Part D drug cost
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 315 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $865. Middle half: $306 to $2,091.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Puyallup have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
11 active clinicians are listed under Orthopaedic Surgery with a practice address in Puyallup, WA (656 in Washington).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Puyallup
9.1% of these 11 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
72.7% of these 11 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 12% from 745 in 2020 to 656 in 2024.
- 2020: 745
- 2021: 993
- 2022: 819
- 2023: 714
- 2024: 656
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount varied from year to year: $141,027 in 2020 and $134,542 in 2024.
- 2020: $141,027
- 2021: $219,908
- 2022: $163,662
- 2023: $172,717
- 2024: $134,542
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare varied from year to year: $108,667 in 2020 and $102,597 in 2024.
- 2020: $108,667
- 2021: $171,787
- 2022: $124,052
- 2023: $132,411
- 2024: $102,597
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 24% from 165 in 2020 to 126 in 2024.
- 2020: 165
- 2021: 155
- 2022: 116
- 2023: 102
- 2024: 126
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 22% from 169 in 2020 to 131 in 2024.
- 2020: 169
- 2021: 156
- 2022: 116
- 2023: 102
- 2024: 131
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 25% from $1,466 in 2020 to $1,096 in 2024.
- 2020: $1,466
- 2021: $1,169
- 2022: $1,006
- 2023: $1,007
- 2024: $1,096
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) increased 869% from $3,415.55 in 2021 to $33,084.65 in 2025.
- 2021: $3,415.55
- 2022: $4,005.99
- 2023: $94,774.16
- 2024: $55,544.53
- 2025: $33,084.65
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (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): 64 records totaling $33,084.65.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Medtronic, Inc. |
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program
Cash or cash equivalent
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $10,879.00 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Consulting Fee
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $8,774.98 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program
Cash or cash equivalent
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $5,000.00 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Other - Miscellaneous | General | $806.00 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program
Cash or cash equivalent
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $725.00 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Velys | General | $622.60 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Velys | General | $576.60 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $528.69 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $422.18 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program
Cash or cash equivalent
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $362.50 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $302.65 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $301.65 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Other - Miscellaneous | General | $289.75 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Velys | General | $282.75 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Other - Miscellaneous | General | $281.88 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Velys | General | $245.74 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program
Cash or cash equivalent
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $241.64 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Velys | General | $238.75 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $219.00 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Velys | General | $195.25 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program
Cash or cash equivalent
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $181.25 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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INCEPTIV | General | $169.99 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $148.60 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation | General | $107.65 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $87.83 |
(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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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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194 | 135 | $343.00 | $126.52 |
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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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92 | 92 | $449.00 | $162.32 |
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63048
Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment
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57 | 27 | $589.00 | $200.22 |
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G2211
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's
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54 | 49 | $44.00 | $16.18 |
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22614
Fusion of additional segment of spine
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53 | 18 | $1088.00 | $340.89 |
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22853
Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion
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42 | 22 | $696.00 | $228.23 |
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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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41 | 40 | $480.00 | $168.05 |
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63047
Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment
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33 | 33 | $3054.00 | $915.10 |
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72100
X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views
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15 | 15 | $726.00 | $29.90 |
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99205
New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more
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14 | 14 | $589.00 | $219.23 |
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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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13 | 12 | $242.00 | $90.69 |
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22842
Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments
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12 | 12 | $2122.00 | $667.31 |
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61783
Computer-assisted spinal procedure
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12 | 12 | $646.00 | $202.18 |
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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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12 | 12 | $373.00 | $126.54 |
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99233
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes
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12 | 11 | $318.00 | $115.61 |
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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| Methylprednisolone | Methylprednisolone | 115 | 687 | $865.67 | 108 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 11 | 472 | $230.29 | — |
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: 207X00000X
An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207XS0117X
Recognized by several state medical boards as a fellowship subspecialty program of orthopaedic surgery, orthopaedic surgeons of the spine deal with the evaluation and nonoperative and operative treatment of the full spectrum of primary spinal disorders including trauma, degenerative, deformity, tumor, and reconstructive.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207XX0005X
An orthopaedic surgeon trained in sports medicine provides appropriate care for all structures of the musculoskeletal system directly affected by participation in sporting activity. This specialist is proficient in areas including conditioning, training and fitness, athletic performance and the impact of dietary supplements, pharmaceuticals, and nutrition on performance and health, coordination of care within the team setting utilizing other health care professionals, field evaluation and management, soft tissue biomechanics and injury healing and repair. Knowledge and understanding of the principles and techniques of rehabilitation, athletic equipment and orthotic devices enables the specialist to prevent and manage athletic injuries.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
I20141001002309
WA
3375770621
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
Multicare Health System
4700 Point Fosdick Dr, Gig Harbor, WA 983351706
Multicare Health System
407 14th Ave Se, Puyallup, WA 983723770
Phone: 2536971962
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
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Orthopaedic Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Orthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated April 04, 2008.
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 Orthopaedic Surgery Specialists in Puyallup
- Dr. Ryan Riel, MD
- Dr. Frederic Johnstone, MD
- Dr. Justin Millard, MD
- Dr. Paul Degenfelder, MD
- Dr. Wendy Heusch, DO
- Dr. Rachel Wheeler, DO
Mailing Address
1450 5th St Se Ste 4200
Puyallup, WA 983724604
Phone: 2536973450