NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Alexander Lin, M.D.

Plastic Surgery Physician · Saint Louis, MO

Alexander Lin, M.D. is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Saint Louis, Missouri, and NPI 1073797221, issued on Dec 24, 2007. Check the license (Missouri 2010017986, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1073797221
Name
Alexander Lin
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
License numbers
2010017986 MO
A87415 CA
MD436884 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1465 S Grand Blvd FL 1, Saint Louis, MO 63104
Phone
(314) 678-2171
Enumerated
Dec 24, 2007
Record last updated
Jan 15, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220526002039); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, 2002
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1465 S Grand Blvd FL 1

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Christina Plikaitis, M.D.Plastic Surgery Physician1992984363

Verify Alexander Lin in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
    Search for license 2010017986
    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,713.00

10 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Alexander Lin$1,713.00
  2. Specialty average$5,316.31

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Ucsf Dept OF SurgerySan Francisco, CA
  2. Ucsf Medical Group Business ServicesSan Francisco, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Alexander Lin among 105 plastic surgery physician records in Missouri

Alexander Lin, M.D. is one of 105 plastic surgery physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 36% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 36% of these records are older, 46% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 44% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 2005 among the 46 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Plastic Surgery Physician providers in Missouri

There are 105 plastic surgery physician records in Missouri.

The 8 plastic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kevin Chen, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631041942695424
  2. Sumesh Kaswan, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631041396867032
  3. Christina Plikaitis, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631041992984363
  4. Ketan Sharma, MDSaint Louis, MO 631041376982686
  5. Bryce Stash, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631031972954345
  6. Michael Franco, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631081972732089
  7. Michael Bernstein, M.D., PHDSaint Louis, MO 631101679695977
  8. Gerald Cho, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101396048815

Common questions

What is Alexander Lin, M.D.'s NPI number?

Alexander Lin, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073797221, issued on Dec 24, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Alexander Lin, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1465 S Grand Blvd FL 1, Saint Louis, MO, 63104. Phone: (314) 678-2171. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Alexander Lin, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Missouri license number 2010017986, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is Alexander Lin, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.