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Dr. Benjamin Mueller, MD, PHD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · NPI 1386838951

Dr. Benjamin Mueller, MD, PHD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2006, 20 years ago. Practices with Northfield Hospital, a 117-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Kentucky and Minnesota.

Years since qualifying
20
Trained at
University of Minnesota Medical School
Licensed in
KY, MN
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.
PHD — Doctor of Philosophy
A research doctorate. In healthcare it usually sits alongside a clinical licence.

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Practice location Address checks out

913 E 26th St Ste 600
Minneapolis, MN 55404-4515
Phone: (612) 775-6200
Fax: (612) 775-6222
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 50919 (MN)
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence 44156 (KY)
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence 50919 (MN)

Record details

NPI number1386838951
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD , PHD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedAugust 28, 2007
Last updated in NPPESMay 6, 2026
Certification dateMay 6, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 2006 (20 years in practice)
Group practice Northfield Hospital — 117 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations6 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) 51 times · 78th percentile
Spinal fusion 106 times · 75th 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 patients194
Services billed 458 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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.

Consulting Fee $14,100 4 payments
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $8,050 3 payments
Royalty or License $6,024 4 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Travel and Lodging $2,278 9 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $904 14 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.

Colleagues at Northfield Hospital

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 117 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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