2026 NPPES data Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician NPI 1467987289 MD
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BENJAMIN WEGER, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician in PAXTON, Illinois. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System profile including specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare prescribing data when reported.

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Prescribing volume
735
Medicare Part D claims · 66 beneficiaries · Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician avg: 600
Generic prescribing
90%
generic claims · 10% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$101.14
5 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)

What the federal data shows

BENJAMIN WEGER, MD filed 735 Medicare Part D claims in 2023 as a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician in PAXTON, Illinois, prescribing 90% generic.

735
Part D claims, 2023
90%
generic prescribing
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) — no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber

Total Medicare Part D claims, 2023 — across all CMS prescribers nationally

735 Top 29% higher than 71% of 1,370,886 prescribers

0–200: 670,926 prescribers (49%). Below this entry. 200–400: 182,923 prescribers (13%). Below this entry. 400–600: 90,619 prescribers (7%). Below this entry. 600–800: 56,224 prescribers (4%). This entry sits in this band. 800–1,000: 40,919 prescribers (3%). Above this entry. 1,000–1,200: 31,827 prescribers (2%). Above this entry. 1,200–1,400: 26,224 prescribers (2%). Above this entry. 1,400–1,600: 21,710 prescribers (2%). Above this entry. 1,600–1,800: 19,072 prescribers (1%). Above this entry. 1,800–2,000: 16,451 prescribers (1%). Above this entry. 2,000–2,200: 213,991 prescribers (16%). Above this entry. This provider 0 2K+ every Part D prescriber (claims/yr), bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2023

Board certification likely (heuristic — not verified)

BENJAMIN WEGER, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 1 hospital affiliation — signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about BENJAMIN WEGER, MD?

Quality data not reported

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 04/30/2017

NPI 1467987289

Primary specialty

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician

Mid-sized

6,160 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

735 23% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 600

Specialty distribution in Illinois

How Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician compares to other specialties among Illinois providers

Illinois providers

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician share within Illinois

1. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician42%2. Internal medicine21%3. Family medicine17%4. Surgical12%5. Pediatric8%
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician share within Illinois

Specialty board-certification context

Estimated specialty board-certified rate — Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician (ABMS / AOA reference)

Quality data not reported
Est. board-certified rate
78%
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician ABMS/AOA estimate

Est. board-certified rate (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician) — ABMS / AOA estimate

0%100%78%
Est. board-certified rate (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician) — ABMS / AOA estimate

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

BENJAMIN WEGER, MD appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician provider holding MD credentials at 650 E STATE ST, PAXTON, IL, 60957, with a listed phone of (217) 379-0313. NPI 1467987289 was issued on 04/30/2017. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what WEGER most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 735 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 66 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $133K in drug spend, split 10% brand-name and 90% generic by claim count. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician is a mid-sized specialty nationwide, with 6,160 enrolled providers across 54 states and an average of 600 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.

Practice Address

650 E STATE ST
PAXTON, IL 60957

Provider Details

NPI 1467987289
Specialty Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician
Credentials MD
Gender Male
NPI Issued 04/30/2017

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where BENJAMIN WEGER, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" — a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
GIBSON CITY, IL

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) — CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for BENJAMIN WEGER, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$101

Largest payer

ABBVIE INC.

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias — they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context — Illinois IDFPR 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only — NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~42K Illinois medical licensees in 2023 — they are NOT specific to BENJAMIN WEGER, MD. To verify BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's current license status, search the IDFPR public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

106
Total board actions, Illinois 2023
Across 103 cases
2.52
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Illinois statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
38 cases

IDFPR publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Illinois disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

BENJAMIN WEGER, MD — brand share 10.0%
Specialty average (est.)

10% brand-name claims vs 90% generic, on 735 2023 Medicare Part D claims.

The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

735
Total Claims
$133K
Total Drug Cost
66
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
964
Total Day Supply
28,573
Brand vs Generic
10% brand / 90% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$101K
Generic Drug Cost
$32K

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
56.0 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.44
Gender Split
70% female / 30% male
Age Distribution
<65: 43, 65-74: 17, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What BENJAMIN WEGER, MD prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Buspirone Hcl
43
Venlafaxine Hcl Er
Venlafaxine Hcl
35
Duloxetine Hcl
34
Trazodone Hcl
32
Clonazepam
31
Oxcarbazepine
31
Methylphenidate Er
Methylphenidate Hcl
29
Lorazepam
28
Bupropion Xl
Bupropion Hcl
23
Lurasidone Hcl
23

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician Overview

How BENJAMIN WEGER, MD fits within the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician landscape nationally.

6,160
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician Providers in US
54
States with Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician
600
Avg Claims per Provider

BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's 735 claims are above the specialty average of 600.

Nearby Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician Providers in Illinois

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Illinois, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as WEGER.

Compare Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's specialty?
BENJAMIN WEGER, MD specializes in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician and practices in PAXTON, Illinois. Credentials: MD.
How much does BENJAMIN WEGER, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2023, BENJAMIN WEGER, MD wrote 735 Medicare Part D claims totaling $133K in drug costs for 66 beneficiaries.
Where is BENJAMIN WEGER, MD located?
BENJAMIN WEGER, MD is located at 650 E STATE ST, PAXTON, IL, 60957. Phone: (217) 379-0313.
What is BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's NPI number?
BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467987289, issued on 04/30/2017.
Does BENJAMIN WEGER, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs?
BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's prescribing is 10% brand-name and 90% generic drugs by claim count, with $101K in brand drug costs.
How many Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician providers are there in the US?
There are 6,160 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician provider writes 600 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does BENJAMIN WEGER, MD prescribe most often?
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Buspirone Hcl, Venlafaxine Hcl Er, Duloxetine Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does BENJAMIN WEGER, MD accept Medicare?
BENJAMIN WEGER, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 735 Part D claims and 66 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's credentials?
BENJAMIN WEGER, MD's NPI is 1467987289 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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