David A. Baer, MD
Surgery Physician · Denver, CO
David A. Baer, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Denver, Colorado, and NPI 1962411280, issued on Aug 5, 2006. Check the license (Colorado 31378, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David A. Baer
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 31378 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2535 S Downing St Ste 400, Denver, CO 80210
- Phone
- (303) 788-8989
- Enumerated
- Aug 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 6, 2023
- Fax
- (303) 788-8989
- Medicaid ID
- 01313782 CO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110119001152); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Harvard Medical School, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2535 S Downing St Ste 400
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify David A. Baer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license 31378Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
92 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 79 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl67 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: $5,648.26
40 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tela Bio, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 2 group practices
- Surgone PCDenver, CO
- Traumaone, PLLCCastle Rock, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
David A. Baer among 608 surgery physician records in Colorado
David A. Baer, MD is one of 608 surgery physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 74% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2005 among the 370 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Colorado
There are 608 surgery physician records in Colorado.
All 608 in Colorado → Every provider in Denver → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Deline, MDDenver, CO 802101679679229
- Michael Friedberg, M.D.Denver, CO 802101265673396
- Warren Kortz, M.D.Denver, CO 802101851489918
- Ashwin Kurian, MDDenver, CO 802101336304310
- Ory Newman, DODenver, CO 802101184127268
- Ahmed Zihni, M.D., M.P.H.Denver, CO 802101619280997
- Jeffrey Cross, M.D.Denver, CO 802111205872587
- Brian Koper, D.O.Denver, CO 802111275699308
Common questions
What is David A. Baer, MD's NPI number?
David A. Baer, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962411280, issued on Aug 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David A. Baer, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2535 S Downing St Ste 400, Denver, CO, 80210. Phone: (303) 788-8989. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David A. Baer, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 31378, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does David A. Baer, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David A. Baer, MD had 92 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.