Joseph Bavaria, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Allentown, PA
Joseph Bavaria, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1235186073, issued on May 27, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD039845L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Bavaria
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- MD039845L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1250 S Cedar Crest Blvd Ste 301, Allentown, PA 18103
- Phone
- (610) 402-6890
- Enumerated
- May 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 3, 2024
- Medicaid ID
- 00110012700003 PA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040709000326); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1983
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1250 S Cedar Crest Blvd Ste 301
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Britney ThompsonMedical Physician Assistant1710746953
Verify Joseph Bavaria in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD039845LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.5 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: $106,011.49
91 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, 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.
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
- Jefferson University PhysiciansPhiladelphia, PA
- Lehigh Valley Physician GroupAllentown, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Bavaria among 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Pennsylvania
Joseph Bavaria, MD is one of 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 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 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 1998 among the 223 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 65% 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania
There are 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Pennsylvania.
All 377 in Pennsylvania → Every provider in Allentown → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Richard Chang, M.D.Allentown, PA 181031942240619
- Edward Frick, M.D.Allentown, PA 181031972575637
- Laszlo Fuzesi, MDAllentown, PA 181031053305581
- Sanjay Mehta, MDAllentown, PA 181031760449128
- Timothy Misselbeck, MDAllentown, PA 181031134399801
- Ahmed Nassar, MDAllentown, PA 181031922329622
- Theodore Phillips, MDAllentown, PA 181031710938725
- Raymond Singer, MDAllentown, PA 181031407807456
Common questions
What is Joseph Bavaria, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Bavaria, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235186073, issued on May 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Bavaria, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 S Cedar Crest Blvd Ste 301, Allentown, PA, 18103. Phone: (610) 402-6890. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Bavaria, MD's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD039845L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Joseph Bavaria, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.5 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.