Dr. Ben Cooke, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,058
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 620
- Part D claims, 2024
- 10,546
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Industry payments
- $7,321
- Practice address
- 430 S Blosser Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93458
- Practice phone
- Call (805) 929-3211
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc
Santa Maria, California
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Dr. Ben Cooke is an internist in Santa Maria, California
Dr. Cooke practices at Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc in Santa Maria, California.
Dr. Cooke's NPI, 1528512803, was assigned on August 4, 2016. Dr. Cooke graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Cooke holds California license A159094.
- NPI
- 1528512803NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8729310875
- NPI enumeration date
- August 4, 2016
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (805) 929-3211
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 36
- Medical school graduation
- 2016
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ben Cooke practices at Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc in Santa Maria, California
Dr. Cooke's primary practice is Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc, at 430 S Blosser Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93458 in Santa Barbara County. The practice phone is (805) 929-3211.
- Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc430 S Blosser Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93458 · Santa Barbara CountyPhone(805) 929-3211
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Ben Cooke is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Cooke's primary practice is Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc in Santa Maria, California. Dr. Cooke is also affiliated with Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center. The medical group on file is Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, Inc. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cooke to 2 more hospitals, 3 home health agencies and 1 community health center, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ben Cooke's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cooke practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc | Available with a free account |
| +7 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ben Cooke is one of 16,751 internists in California
Internal medicine is Dr. Cooke's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Cooke is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Cooke's licenses on file in 2 states: California and New Jersey.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, CaliforniaPrimary
- New Jersey license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute gastroduodenitis, acute mini-stroke (TIA), acute sinusitis, acute skin infection, adjustment disease, alcohol use disorders and alzheimer's disease among the conditions Dr. Cooke treats.
Internists near Dr. Cooke
Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ben Cooke billed Medicare for 1,058 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,058 Medicare services from Dr. Cooke across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 620 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,107 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Cooke's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 8712024: 9347%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1232024: 1241%
Dr. Cooke compared with the California median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Cooke
- California median
- Medicare services
- 1,058vs 3612.9 times
- Medicare patients
- 620vs 1514.1 times
- Part D claims
- 9,855vs 42123.4 times
Medians across 15,815 internists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Cooke's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ben Cooke treated 620 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 620 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cooke in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 284 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 43% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.19, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cooke's median patient age at 68, with 51% women.
Dr. Cooke's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Cooke's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women34455%
- Men27645%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Cooke's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes47%
- Arthritis43%
- Mood disorders27%
- Anxiety25%
- Depression24%
- Ischemic heart disease19%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Cooke's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 68
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ben Cooke wrote 10,546 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Cooke wrote 10,546 Medicare Part D claims for 672 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 9,855 of them, across 151 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,992,751 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 8,244 claims across 135 drugs.
Dr. Cooke's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic8,726 claims83%
- Brand-name1,787 claims17%
- Other33 claims0%
Dr. Cooke's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Cooke's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%308 of 10,546 claims
- Antibiotics0%50 of 10,546 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%86 of 10,546 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 8,2442024: 9,85520%
Drugs named by CMS: 151 in 2024, 135 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
How Dr. Ben Cooke takes part in Medicare
Dr. Cooke accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Ben Cooke received $7,321 in industry payments from 2019 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 466 general payments to Dr. Cooke from 25 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $1,410.
General payments to Dr. Cooke by program year, 2019 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Cooke the most, 2019 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ben Cooke graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine
Dr. Cooke graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2016.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ben Cooke accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers
Dr. Cooke is in network with 14 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Elevance
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Regence Health Plans
- Alliant Health Plans
- +6 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Cooke accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO9
- Medicare8
- HMO6
- POS5
- EPO4
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Ben Cooke's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Ben Cooke's NPI number?
Dr. Ben Cooke's NPI number is 1528512803. It was assigned on August 4, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ben Cooke?
Dr. Ben Cooke is an internist in Santa Maria, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Ben Cooke practice?
Dr. Cooke practices at 430 S Blosser Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93458. Dr. Cooke's primary practice is Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc in Santa Maria, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cooke to 2 hospitals, 3 home health agencies and 1 community health center.
What is Dr. Ben Cooke's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Cooke is (805) 929-3211.
What is Dr. Ben Cooke's medical license number?
Dr. Cooke holds California license A159094, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Ben Cooke been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Cooke in California (2018 to 2026) and New Jersey (2017 to 2021).
Which hospitals is Dr. Ben Cooke affiliated with?
Dr. Cooke is affiliated with Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Cooke to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Ben Cooke part of?
Dr. Cooke is linked to Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, Inc.
Does Dr. Ben Cooke accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cooke billed Medicare for 1,058 services in 2024, and Dr. Cooke accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ben Cooke see?
CMS counts 620 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cooke in 2024, with an average age of 72.
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Is Dr. Ben Cooke board certified?
Yes. Dr. Cooke is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Ben Cooke bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Cooke's most billed Medicare services were lab and pathology test (83036), lab and pathology test (81000) and heart test or procedure (93005).
Where did Dr. Ben Cooke go to medical school?
Dr. Cooke graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2016.
What drugs does Dr. Ben Cooke prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cooke's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Lisinopril and Levothyroxine Sodium.
Has Dr. Ben Cooke received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $7,321 in general payments to Dr. Cooke from 25 companies from 2019 to 2025. The largest total came from GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
How long has Dr. Ben Cooke been practicing?
Dr. Cooke graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Ben Cooke accept?
Dr. Cooke is in network with 14 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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