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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1609049295

Benjamin Y Chen, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Puyallup, Washington. Graduated from State University of Ny Upstate Medical University in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with Multicare Health System, a 2,302-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California and Washington.

Years since qualifying
18
Trained at
State University of Ny Upstate Medical University
Licensed in
CA, WA
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
4
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

1450 5th St SE Ste 4200
Puyallup, WA 98372-4604 Not confirmed with CMS for 12 years — call before visiting
Phone: (253) 697-3450
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence MD60464425 (WA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence A110175 (CA)
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence MD60464425 (WA)
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician Taxonomy 207XX0005X · Licence MD60464425 (WA)

Record details

NPI number1609049295
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 4, 2008
Last updated in NPPESAugust 19, 2014

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice Multicare Health System — 2302 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations2 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.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 93 times · 92nd percentile
Spinal fusion 153 times · 84th percentile

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 patients275
Services billed 834 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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $17,389 6 payments
Consulting Fee $8,775 1 payment
Travel and Lodging $5,426 18 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,494 39 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

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

  • Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital Hospital · Puyallup, WA · listed as Good Samaritan Hospital
  • Multicare Auburn Medical Center Hospital · Auburn, WA
  • Multicare Covington Medical Center Hospital · Covington, WA
  • Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital Hospital · Tacoma, WA

Colleagues at Multicare Health System

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2302 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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