Charles Joseph Bentz, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Portland, OR
Charles Joseph Bentz, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Portland, Oregon, and NPI 1518995851, issued on Jun 28, 2006. Check the license (Oregon MD16068, as entered in NPPES) on the Oregon Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles Joseph Bentz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- MD16068 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2400 SW Vermont St, Portland, OR 97219
- Phone
- (503) 452-0915
- Enumerated
- Jun 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 15, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (503) 768-9232
- Medicaid ID
- 006739 OR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080122000525); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wisconsin College Of Physicians And Surgeons, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2400 SW Vermont St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Charles Joseph Bentz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersOregon Medical Board
Search for license MD16068Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,433 Medicare Part D claims for 264 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 86 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate242 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium205 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium187 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium162 claims
- Losartan Potassium142 claims
- Lisinopril141 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $840.60
41 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Fanno Creek Clinic LLCPortland, OR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles Joseph Bentz among 2,116 internal medicine physician records in Oregon
Charles Joseph Bentz, MD is one of 2,116 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Oregon. 73% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2008 among the 1,232 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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 207R00000X and a Oregon practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
889 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Portland
They are 889 of the 42,088 NPPES records with a practice address in Portland, and 2,116 internal medicine physician records in Oregon.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Meei Choong, MDPortland, OR 972191386644896
- Gregg Coodley, MDPortland, OR 972191871593491
- Bonnie Creitz, MDPortland, OR 972191780684308
- George Demetrion, MDPortland, OR 972191326048950
- Marcia Kerensky, MDPortland, OR 972191053311670
- Nicholas Kuhn, MDPortland, OR 972191053457937
- Marc Levitte, MDPortland, OR 972191699775742
- Louise McHarris, D.O.Portland, OR 972191518928563
Common questions
What is Charles Joseph Bentz, MD's NPI number?
Charles Joseph Bentz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518995851, issued on Jun 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles Joseph Bentz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2400 SW Vermont St, Portland, OR, 97219. Phone: (503) 452-0915. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles Joseph Bentz, MD's license?
NPPES lists Oregon license number MD16068, 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 Charles Joseph Bentz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles Joseph Bentz, MD had 3,433 Medicare Part D claims for 264 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.