Vinod Balachandran, M.D.
Surgery Physician · New York, NY
Vinod Balachandran, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1306085006, issued on Feb 19, 2009. Check the license (New York 252870, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vinod Balachandran
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 252870 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065
- Phone
- (212) 639-2000
- Enumerated
- Feb 19, 2009
- Record last updated
- Oct 22, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150929000915); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York At Stony Brook, School Of Medicine, 2006
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1275 York Ave
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Verify Vinod Balachandran 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 252870Check 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): 90.8 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: $21,762.98
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Mskcc Surgery GroupNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vinod Balachandran among 2,053 surgery physician records in New York
Vinod Balachandran, M.D. is one of 2,053 surgery physician records with a practice address in New York. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 63% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2002 among the 1,212 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in New York
There are 2,053 surgery physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Vinod Balachandran, M.D.'s NPI number?
Vinod Balachandran, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306085006, issued on Feb 19, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vinod Balachandran, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1275 York Ave, New York, NY, 10065. Phone: (212) 639-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vinod Balachandran, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 252870, 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.
What is Vinod Balachandran, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.8 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.