Mark M. Benkel, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Mark M. Benkel, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1770699787, issued on Aug 22, 2006. Check the license (New York 124411, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mark M. Benkel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- 124411 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6410 Veterans Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11234
- Phone
- (718) 209-8600
- Enumerated
- Aug 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 209-8605
- Medicaid ID
- 00248128 NY
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mark M. Benkel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pediatrics physician in 2024
47 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 375 among the 5,609 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 51% of 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: $39.20
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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.
Mark M. Benkel among 5,795 pediatrics physician records in New York
Mark M. Benkel, MD is one of 5,795 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in New York. 36% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 36% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 8% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
718 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 718 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 5,795 pediatrics physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Mark M. Benkel, MD's NPI number?
Mark M. Benkel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770699787, issued on Aug 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mark M. Benkel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6410 Veterans Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Phone: (718) 209-8600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mark M. Benkel, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 124411, 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.
How much does Mark M. Benkel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mark M. Benkel, MD had 47 Medicare Part D claims; the average among pediatrics physician prescribers was 375. 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.