Sten Erik Kramer, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Newport Beach, CA
Sten Erik Kramer, MD is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Newport Beach, California, and NPI 1780783712, issued on Sep 22, 2006. Check the license (California G76905, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sten Erik Kramer
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License number
- G76905 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1401 Avocado Ave, Newport Beach, CA 92660
- Phone
- (949) 720-1944
- Enumerated
- Sep 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (949) 720-9710
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040405000284); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1989
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sten Erik Kramer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G76905Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
640 Medicare Part D claims for 173 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 79 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin120 claims
- Celecoxib99 claims
- Meloxicam97 claims
- Etodolac66 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl62 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen38 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: $1,748.13
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 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
- Sten Erik Kramer MD IncNewport Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sten Erik Kramer among 219 interventional pain medicine physician records in California
Sten Erik Kramer, MD is one of 219 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 87% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2003 among the 167 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0014X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 219 interventional pain medicine physician records in California.
All 219 in California → Every provider in Newport Beach → Interventional Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
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- Paul Kim, M.D.Aliso Viejo, CA 926561144541665
- Lido Chen, MDLaguna Hills, CA 926531891781753
- Shahryar Mousavi, MDLaguna Hills, CA 926531023263282
Common questions
What is Sten Erik Kramer, MD's NPI number?
Sten Erik Kramer, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780783712, issued on Sep 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sten Erik Kramer, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1401 Avocado Ave, Newport Beach, CA, 92660. Phone: (949) 720-1944. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sten Erik Kramer, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G76905, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sten Erik Kramer, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sten Erik Kramer, MD had 640 Medicare Part D claims for 173 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. 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.