Brittany J. Behar, MD
Plastic Surgery Physician · Soquel, CA
Brittany J. Behar, MD is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Soquel, California, and NPI 1821364852, issued on Mar 23, 2012. Check the license (California C197170, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brittany J. Behar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
- License numbers
- C197170 CA
0101267183 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2950 Research Park Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
- Phone
- (831) 458-6272
- Enumerated
- Mar 23, 2012
- Record last updated
- Aug 16, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240724003960); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Drexel University College Of Medicine, 2012
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brittany J. Behar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C197170Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average plastic surgery physician in 2024
80 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 93 among the 3,527 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 31 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl20 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass13 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $612.88
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Integra LifeSciences 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.
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
- Sutter Bay Medical FoundationSan Jose, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brittany J. Behar among 894 plastic surgery physician records in California
Brittany J. Behar, MD is one of 894 plastic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 77% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2002 among the 346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 62% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 plastic surgery physician records list a practice address in Soquel
They are 3 of the 270 NPPES records with a practice address in Soquel, and 894 plastic surgery physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Brittany J. Behar, MD's NPI number?
Brittany J. Behar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821364852, issued on Mar 23, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brittany J. Behar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2950 Research Park Dr, Soquel, CA, 95073. Phone: (831) 458-6272. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brittany J. Behar, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C197170, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Brittany J. Behar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brittany J. Behar, MD had 80 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries; the average among plastic surgery physician prescribers was 93. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brittany J. Behar, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.