Christopher V. Bensen, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Key West, FL
Christopher V. Bensen, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Key West, Florida, and NPI 1740213578, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME131195, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher V. Bensen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- ME131195 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1111 12TH St, Key West, FL 33040
- Phone
- (305) 295-3477
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 14, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (305) 295-3550
- Medicaid ID
- 020685600 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170605001117); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher V. Bensen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME131195Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
547 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam399 claims
- Celecoxib103 claims
- Methylprednisolone19 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.5 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,820.53
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Key West Hma Physician Management LLCKey West, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher V. Bensen among 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Florida
Christopher V. Bensen, MD is one of 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Florida. 80% 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 19% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 19% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2002 among the 974 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Florida
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- Robert Loeffler, MDKey West, FL 330401386681419
- Paul Murphy, MDKey West, FL 330401619916921
- Paul Ellison, MDKey Largo, FL 330371003808551
- Alexandr Aylyarov, M.D.Homestead, FL 330331164884680
Common questions
What is Christopher V. Bensen, MD's NPI number?
Christopher V. Bensen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740213578, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher V. Bensen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1111 12TH St, Key West, FL, 33040. Phone: (305) 295-3477. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher V. Bensen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME131195, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher V. Bensen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher V. Bensen, MD had 547 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher V. Bensen, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.5 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.