NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · New York, NY

Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1437475373, issued on Apr 16, 2010. Check the license (New York 298905, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1437475373
Name
Jonathan Villena-Vargas
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License number
298905 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
525 E 68TH St # M404, New York, NY 10065
Phone
(212) 746-6701
Enumerated
Apr 16, 2010
Record last updated
Aug 3, 2023
Fax
(646) 962-0203
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200901002659); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 2009
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 525 E 68TH St # M404

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Mario Gaudino, MD, PHD, MSCEThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1447667035
  2. Karl Krieger, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1558458638
  3. Jeffrey Port, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1245320415
  4. Arash Salemi, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1699865873
  5. Eugene Shostak, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1851574453

Verify Jonathan Villena-Vargas in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score86.8
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $147.81

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Jonathan Villena-Vargas$147.81
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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

  1. Weill Medical College OF CornellNew York, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Jonathan Villena-Vargas among 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York

Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD is one of 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in New York. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 66% of them.

  • NPI issued2010 · 66% of these records are older, 30% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2009 · median 1999 among the 294 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in New York

There are 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Nasser Altorki, MDNew York, NY 100651700973898
  2. Leonard Girardi, MDNew York, NY 100651033206123
  3. Joshua Goldberg, M.D.New York, NY 100651750488532
  4. James Isbell, M.D.New York, NY 100651679620553
  5. O. Isom, MDNew York, NY 100651124115209
  6. David JonesNew York, NY 100651538238142
  7. Karl Krieger, MDNew York, NY 100651558458638
  8. Benjamin Lee, M.D.New York, NY 100651164407714

Common questions

What is Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD's NPI number?

Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437475373, issued on Apr 16, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 525 E 68TH St # M404, New York, NY, 10065. Phone: (212) 746-6701. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 298905, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is Jonathan Villena-Vargas, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.