NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Surgical Physician Assistant NPI 1467473736 PA-C
Verify on CMS → Ralph Bagnato, PA-C
Surgical Physician Assistant in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 16,380 in Surgical Physician Assistant, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
370
Medicare Part D claims · 122 beneficiaries · Surgical Physician Assistant avg: 341
Generic prescribing
96%
generic claims · 4% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
79.4/100
▼ 4 pts below national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$54.96
2 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C reported a CMS MIPS final score of 79.4/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 370 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 79.4/100
- MIPS score · -4 vs avg
- 370
- Part D claims, 2024
- 96%
- generic prescribing
- $54.96
- industry payments (Sunshine Act)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Ralph Bagnato, PA-C
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1467473736), first enumerated 07/22/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 370 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 79.4/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$54.96 in reported industry payments (2 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1467473736 · Surgical Physician Assistant
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-BELOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1467473736
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 16K Surgical Physician
- MIPS-BELOW 79.4/100
- RX-LIGHT 370
- BOOK-LIGHT 507 in New Jersey
- PHOTO-FINISH Jacob Dean · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Bagnato · this p…
Bagnato · this provider
79.4 MIPS pts
- Jaclyn Magee · h…
Jaclyn Magee
79.4 MIPS pts
- Jacob Dean · near
Jacob Dean
79.4 MIPS pts
- Peter Duncanson …
Peter Duncanson
79.4 MIPS pts
- Anne Edmonds · n…
Anne Edmonds
79.4 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
79 ≥ 26th percentile 26% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Ralph Bagnato, PA-C sits
This provider among surgical physician assistant peers
Across the 3,657 surgical physician assistant providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Ralph Bagnato, PA-C writes more Part D claims than 78% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 26% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one surgical physician assistant peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Ralph Bagnato, PA-C. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
What does the federal data show about Ralph Bagnato, PA-C?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Surgical Physician Assistant
Medicare Part D claims
370 9% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
79.4/100 4.1 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in New Jersey
How Surgical Physician Assistant compares to other specialties among New Jersey providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Surgical Physician Assistant national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 79.4/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1467473736 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Surgical Physician Assistant |
| Credentials | PA-C |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 07/22/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
79.3818
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
74.8034
Quality
58.1358
Cost
98
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Ralph Bagnato, PA-C bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Cooper Surgical Associates, PA
Cape May Court House, NJ
Sprains, Strains And Fractures, LLC
Cherry Hill, NJ
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Ralph Bagnato, PA-C. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$55
Largest payer
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Generic-heavy
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C - brand share 4.0%
Surgical Physician Assistant average
4% brand-name claims vs 96% generic, on 370 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
370
Total Claims
$9K
Total Drug Cost
122
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 382
- Total Day Supply
- 3,470
- Brand vs Generic
- 4% brand / 96% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $8K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $1K
- Opioid Claims
- 143 (38.6% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 110
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.95
- Gender Split
- 61% female / 39% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Ralph Bagnato, PA-C prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Tramadol Hcl
Tramadol Hcl
80 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl
Oxycodone Hcl
59 claims
- Clindamycin Hcl
Clindamycin Hcl
43 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavul…
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
37 claims
- Mupirocin
Mupirocin
32 claims
- Amoxicillin 23
Amoxicillin
23 claims
- Ondansetron Odt 15
Ondansetron Odt
15 claims
- Eliquis 14
Eliquis
14 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 80 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 59 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 43 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 37 |
| Mupirocin | 32 |
| Amoxicillin | 23 |
| Ondansetron Odt Ondansetron | 15 |
| Eliquis Apixaban | 14 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Surgical Physician Assistant Overview
How Ralph Bagnato, PA-C fits within the Surgical Physician Assistant landscape nationally.
16,380
Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in US
54
States with Surgical Physician Assistant
341
Avg Claims per Provider
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's 370 claims are above the specialty average of 341.
Nationwide Surgical Physician Assistant peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Bagnato, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (79.4 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in New Jersey
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in New Jersey, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Bagnato.
One of 507 Surgical Physician Assistant providers enrolled in New Jersey, 5 are shown here.
Eric Abkin
MS, MS PA-C
Florham Park, NJ
Tiffany Abood
PA-C
Green Brook, NJ
Sheeba Abraham
P.A.-C
New Brunswick, NJ
Kimberley Abrahamsen
PA-C
Somerset, NJ
Julia Agresti
PA
Ridgewood, NJ
Compare Surgical Physician Assistant nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's specialty? ▼
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C specializes in Surgical Physician Assistant and practices in Cape May Court House, New Jersey. Credentials: PA-C.
How much does Ralph Bagnato, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Ralph Bagnato, PA-C wrote 370 Medicare Part D claims totaling $9K in drug costs for 122 beneficiaries.
What is Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's Medicare quality score? ▼
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 79.4/100 (Quality: 74.8, Cost: 58.1). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Ralph Bagnato, PA-C located? ▼
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C is located at 2 STONE HARBOR BLVD, Cape May Court House, NJ, 08210. Phone: (609) 463-2273.
What is Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's NPI number? ▼
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467473736, issued on 07/22/2006.
Does Ralph Bagnato, PA-C prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's prescribing is 4% brand-name and 96% generic drugs by claim count, with $8K in brand drug costs.
Does Ralph Bagnato, PA-C prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Ralph Bagnato, PA-C had 143 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 38.6%.
How many Surgical Physician Assistant providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 16,380 Surgical Physician Assistant providers across 54 states in the US. The average Surgical Physician Assistant provider writes 341 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Ralph Bagnato, PA-C prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's most frequently prescribed drugs include Tramadol Hcl, Oxycodone Hcl, Clindamycin Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Ralph Bagnato, PA-C accept Medicare? ▼
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C appears in CMS Medicare data with 370 Part D claims and 122 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's credentials? ▼
Ralph Bagnato, PA-C's NPI is 1467473736 with credentials PA-C. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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