Carl Csaba Balog, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Portland, OR
Carl Csaba Balog, MD is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Portland, Oregon, and NPI 1447287636, issued on Jun 26, 2006. Check the license (Oregon MD19519, as entered in NPPES) on the Oregon Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carl Csaba Balog
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License number
- MD19519 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1410 SW Jefferson St, Portland, OR 97201
- Phone
- (503) 887-2209
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 27, 2025
- Fax
- (888) 894-1774
- Medicaid ID
- 074062 OR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040408000265); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1410 SW Jefferson St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Carl Csaba Balog in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersOregon Medical Board
Search for license MD19519Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
1,594 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 846 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl334 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen171 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er127 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl101 claims
- Buprenorphine Hcl93 claims
- Pregabalin83 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): 68.5 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: $462.18
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biotronik Nro, Inc. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 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
- Compass Pain Clinic Oregon PCPortland, OR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Oregon
There are 34 interventional pain medicine physician records in Oregon.
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- John Borgoy, M.D.Salem, OR1255369617
- Caroline Capitano, DOMedford, OR1881772416
- Suresh Chand, MD, MBABeaverton, OR1922386614
- Poly Chen, M.D.Salem, OR1255421467
- Meenakshi Dogra, MDPortland, OR1114026085
- Joseph Dunn, MDEugene, OR1831125616
- Vladimir Fiks, MDPortland, OR1063418333
- Theodore Ford, MDBend, OR1205940830
- Gregory Gullo, MDWest Linn, OR1124075791
Common questions
What is Carl Csaba Balog, MD's NPI number?
Carl Csaba Balog, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447287636, issued on Jun 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carl Csaba Balog, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1410 SW Jefferson St, Portland, OR, 97201. Phone: (503) 887-2209. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carl Csaba Balog, MD's license?
NPPES lists Oregon license number MD19519, as entered by the provider. Search the Oregon Medical Board at https://www.oregon.gov/OMB/Pages/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Carl Csaba Balog, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carl Csaba Balog, MD had 1,594 Medicare Part D claims for 160 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Carl Csaba Balog, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 68.5 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.