Kenji Minakata, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Philadelphia, PA
Kenji Minakata, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1215241062, issued on Aug 4, 2010. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD440387, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kenji Minakata
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- MD440387 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3509 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140
- Phone
- (215) 707-8484
- Enumerated
- Aug 4, 2010
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (215) 707-3946
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220309000307); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kenji Minakata in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD440387Check 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): 83 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: $2,727.49
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, 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 one group practice
- Cooper Surgical Associates, PACamden, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kenji Minakata among 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Pennsylvania
Kenji Minakata, 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 2010, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 67% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 1998 among the 223 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 Philadelphia → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Charles Bakhos, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191401124200167
- Robert Boova, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191401942244215
- Stacey Brann, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191401255520664
- Manuel Caceres Polo, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191401467470542
- Verdi Disesa, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191401063475234
- Cherie Erkmen, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191401518089325
- Joseph Friedberg, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191401881634137
- Jesus Gomez-Abraham, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191401518160811
Common questions
What is Kenji Minakata, MD's NPI number?
Kenji Minakata, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215241062, issued on Aug 4, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kenji Minakata, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3509 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, 19140. Phone: (215) 707-8484. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kenji Minakata, MD's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD440387, 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 Kenji Minakata, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83 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.