Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Benjamin D Ernst, DO

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1477635761

Benjamin D Ernst, DO is registered under Family Practice in St Augustine, Florida. Qualified in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Baptist Primary Care Inc, a 457-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Florida, Texas and Virginia.

Years since qualifying
28
Licensed in
FL, TX, VA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

230 Village Commons Dr
St Augustine, FL 32092-4545
Phone: (904) 940-1441
Fax: (904) 390-7463
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence OS15748 (FL)
Family Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence P1543 (TX)
Family Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 0102201924 (VA)

Record details

NPI number1477635761
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedOctober 19, 2006
Last updated in NPPESAugust 28, 2024
Certification dateAugust 28, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Baptist Primary Care Inc — 457 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients441
Services billed 3,212 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $2,178 115 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Hospital · Jacksonville, FL · listed as Dastagir a Khan MD, PA
  • Flagler Hospital Hospital · Saint Augustine, FL
  • Baptist Home Health Care By Bayada Home health agency · Jacksonville, FL
  • Brooks Rehabilitation Home Health Home health agency · Jacksonville, FL
  • Pinnacle Home Care Home health agency · Ormond Beach, FL

Colleagues at Baptist Primary Care Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 457 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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