Dr. Brian T. Bast, DMD, MD

Dr. Bast practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health.

Dr. Bast's NPI, 1689693087, was assigned on July 18, 2006. Dr. Bast graduated from UCSF School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Bast's California license number on file is A77023.

Dr. Bast's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, at 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143 in San Francisco County. The practice phone is (415) 353-2733.

Dr. Bast's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health. Dr. Bast is also affiliated with Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. The medical group on file is UCSF Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bast to 3 more group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bast practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is Dr. Bast's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 1223S0112X. Dmand AI has Dr. Bast's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 16 Medicare services from Dr. Bast across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 37 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,891 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 37 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bast in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 18 patients. 73% of them have high blood pressure, and 51% have high cholesterol. 43% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.61, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bast's median patient age at 47, with 40% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bast wrote 438 Medicare Part D claims for 207 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 404 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,296 in total drug cost.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Bast for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bast accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Bast in 2021. Dr. Bast has published most often in J Oral Maxillofac Surg. Dr. Bast's most frequent co-authors are David Henry Perrott, MD, DDS and Stephen Clyde Yang, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Bast from 1 drug or device company in 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $637.

Dr. Bast graduated from UCSF School of Medicine in 2000.

Dr. Bast is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.