Ron S. Bakal, MD
Urology Physician · New York, NY
Ron S. Bakal, MD is a urology physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1477579639, issued on Jul 14, 2006. Check the license (New York 206016, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ron S. Bakal
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License number
- 206016 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 461 Park Ave S, New York, NY 10016
- Phone
- (212) 679-6464
- Enumerated
- Jul 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 24, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (212) 679-6472
- Medicaid ID
- 02170730 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041013001454); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 461 Park Ave S
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ron S. Bakal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 206016Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024
418 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl113 claims
- Finasteride78 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er50 claims
- Silodosin17 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro15 claims
- Myrbetriq14 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: $296.72
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 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
- Maiden Lane Medical PLLCNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ron S. Bakal among 1,091 urology physician records in New York
Ron S. Bakal, MD is one of 1,091 urology physician records with a practice address in New York. 80% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2000 among the 735 with a school on file
- 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 208800000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Urology Physician providers in New York
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Common questions
What is Ron S. Bakal, MD's NPI number?
Ron S. Bakal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477579639, issued on Jul 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ron S. Bakal, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 461 Park Ave S, New York, NY, 10016. Phone: (212) 679-6464. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ron S. Bakal, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 206016, 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 Ron S. Bakal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ron S. Bakal, MD had 418 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. 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.