Ben Z. Katz, MD
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician · Chicago, IL
Ben Z. Katz, MD is a pediatric infectious diseases physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1417916693, issued on Mar 17, 2006. Check the license on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ben Z. Katz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician 2080P0208X
- Practice location
- 2300 N Childrens Plz, Chicago, IL 60614
- Phone
- (773) 880-4187
- Enumerated
- Mar 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (773) 880-8226
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081224000253); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ben Z. Katz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional RegulationCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $12,188.49
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 294 providers of this specialty with any payment received $9,151.53 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Lurie Children's Medical Group Inc.Chicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ben Z. Katz among 46 pediatric infectious diseases physician records in Illinois
Ben Z. Katz, MD is one of 46 pediatric infectious diseases physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 48% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 48% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 24% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2002 among the 11 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2080P0208X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician providers in Illinois
There are 46 pediatric infectious diseases physician records in Illinois.
All 46 in Illinois → Every provider in Chicago → Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician nationwide →
The 8 pediatric infectious diseases physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Uzma Hasan, M.D.Chicago, IL 606141679729792
- Julie Stamos, M.D.Chicago, IL 606141952330607
- Ram Yogev, MDChicago, IL 606141295799617
- Kenneth Boyer, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121003847393
- Silvana Carr, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121558652248
- Norman Jacobs, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121821023375
- Jonathan Mannheim, MDChicago, IL 606121881186534
- David Nguyen, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121275948788
Common questions
What is Ben Z. Katz, MD's NPI number?
Ben Z. Katz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417916693, issued on Mar 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ben Z. Katz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2300 N Childrens Plz, Chicago, IL, 60614. Phone: (773) 880-4187. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ben Z. Katz, MD's license?
Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.