NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Benjamin Samstein, MD

Transplant Surgery Physician · New York, NY

Benjamin Samstein, MD is a transplant surgery physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1164463733, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (New York 2213601, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1164463733
Name
Benjamin Samstein
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Transplant Surgery Physician 204F00000X
License number
2213601 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1283 York Ave, New York, NY 10065
Phone
(212) 746-2127
Enumerated
Jun 8, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 23, 2026
Medicaid ID
02578412 NY
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040817000404); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
State University Of New York At Stony Brook, School Of Medicine, 1997
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 1283 York Ave

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

  1. Emily Ahn, MDNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician1760918478
  2. Laura Andreadis, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1487215679
  3. Samantha Berberich, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1043047285
  4. Erika Brockhoff, MS, CGCGenetic Counselor (M.S.)1417516022
  5. Tracy Buechele, PAPhysician Assistant1013507136
  6. Michelle Cohen, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1023252145

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
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  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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score86.8
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Industry payments in 2024: $4,483.97

11 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was TransMedics, Inc. The 524 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,913.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Benjamin Samstein$4,483.97
  2. Specialty average$3,913.05

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

  1. Weill Medical College OF CornellNew York, NY

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

Benjamin Samstein among 90 transplant surgery physician records in New York

Benjamin Samstein, MD is one of 90 transplant surgery physician records with a practice address in New York. 78% 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 8% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • Graduated1997 · median 2002 among the 66 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 204F00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Transplant Surgery Physician providers in New York

There are 90 transplant surgery physician records in New York.

The 8 transplant surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kofi Atiemo, MDNew York, NY 100651467688812
  2. Dustin CarpenterNew York, NY 100651659638005
  3. Rebecca Craig-Schapiro, MD, PHDNew York, NY 100651366718520
  4. Karim Halazun, MDNew York, NY 100651326208976
  5. Eve Beaudry Simoneau, MD PHDNew York, NY 100321104346675
  6. Jean Emond, M.D,New York, NY 100321487606307
  7. Adam Griesemer, MDNew York, NY 100321184883589
  8. Jason Hawksworth, MDNew York, NY 100321376745471

Common questions

What is Benjamin Samstein, MD's NPI number?

Benjamin Samstein, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164463733, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Benjamin Samstein, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1283 York Ave, New York, NY, 10065. Phone: (212) 746-2127. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Benjamin Samstein, MD's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 2213601, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Benjamin Samstein, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.