Dr. Raffi Stephen Avedian, MD

Dr. Avedian practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University.

Dr. Avedian's NPI, 1821261371, was assigned on April 4, 2008. Dr. Avedian graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Avedian's California license number on file is A86813.

Dr. Avedian's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive, at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (650) 723-4000.

Dr. Avedian's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. The medical group on file is Stanford Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avedian to 1 more hospital, named with a free account. Dr. Avedian's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Avedian practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Avedian's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Avedian is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Avedian's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Illinois.

Dmand AI lists amputation, arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, bursitis, hip replacement, joint pain, knee replacement, lower back pain and muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain among the conditions Dr. Avedian treats.

CMS data shows 137 Medicare services from Dr. Avedian across 5 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 133 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $13,647 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 133 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avedian in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 71 patients. 68% of them have high cholesterol, and 64% have high blood pressure. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.56, 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. Avedian's median patient age at 50, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. Avedian wrote 13 Medicare Part D claims. 100% of them were for generic drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Avedian for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Avedian accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Avedian as offering telehealth.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Knee replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 55 papers to Dr. Avedian, published from 2009 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Bone Neoplasms, Sarcoma and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Dr. Avedian has published most often in Clin Orthop Relat Res. Dr. Avedian's most frequent co-authors are David G. Mohler, MD, Robert John Steffner, MD and Kristen Nooshin Ganjoo, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Avedian to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Bone Neoplasms, Soft Tissue Neoplasms and Bone Diseases.

CMS Open Payments shows 29 general payments to Dr. Avedian from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 41% of the total. SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. paid the most, $7,844.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Avedian, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Avedian graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in 2002.

Dr. Avedian is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.