Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Benjamin S Scharfstein, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1497850515

Benjamin S Scharfstein, MD practises General Surgery in Bristol, Tennessee. Qualified in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Wps Providers Inc, a 83-clinician group, works from 3 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee and Virginia.

Years since qualifying
28
Licensed in
TN, VA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1 Medical Park Blvd Ste 250W
Bristol, TN 37620-7431
Phone: (423) 844-6620
Fax: (423) 844-6626
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 1 Medical Park Blvd, Bristol, TN 37620-7430 — (423) 844-1121
  • 594 Radio Hill Rd, Marion, VA 24354-4224 — (423) 844-6620

Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 34037 (TN)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 0101275702 (VA)

Record details

NPI number1497850515
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedSeptember 13, 2006
Last updated in NPPESDecember 19, 2024
Certification dateDecember 19, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Also practisesVASCULAR SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Wps Providers Inc — 83 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations7 on file with Medicare

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.

Colonoscopy 39 times · 59th percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 27 times · 54th percentile
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Mastectomy 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 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 patients290
Services billed 626 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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.

Travel and Lodging $999 2 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $908 23 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $91 1 payment · educational material or training, 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.

  • Smyth County Community Hospital Hospital · Marion, VA
  • Russell County Hospital Hospital · Lebanon, VA
  • Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center Hospital · Bristol, TN
  • Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center Hospital · Kingsport, TN

Colleagues at Wps Providers Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 83 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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