Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Benjamin Daniel Elder, MD/PHD

Individual provider Neurological Surgery Physician · NPI 1609190156

Dr. Benjamin Daniel Elder, MD/PHD practises Neurosurgery in Rochester, Minnesota. Graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2010, 16 years ago. Practices with Mayo Clinic, a 4,796-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Minnesota.

Years since qualifying
16
Trained at
Baylor College of Medicine
Licensed in
MN
In the registry since
2010
Specialties on file
2
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Practice location Address checks out

200 1st St SW Dept OF Neurosurgery
Rochester, MN 55905-0001
Phone: (507) 284-2511
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Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence 62002 (MN)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1609190156
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD/PHD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 25, 2010
Last updated in NPPESAugust 13, 2020
Certification dateAugust 13, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2010 (16 years in practice)
Group practice Mayo Clinic — 4796 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.

Spinal fusion 174 times · 87th percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 21 times · 50th percentile
Removal of tissue 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 patients228
Services billed 832 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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 $6,982 23 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $6,300 1 payment
Consulting Fee $2,619 3 payments
Food and Beverage $2,534 27 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.

Colleagues at Mayo Clinic

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 4796 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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