Benjamin Rodriguez

  • Sarasota, FL
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1780650440PAC ID2163653122
Medicare services, 2024
1,405
Medicare patients, 2024
751
Part D claims, 2024
1,217
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
75
Practice address
1700 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34239
Practice phone
Call (941) 917-9000
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Benjamin Rodriguez is a gastroenterologist in Sarasota, Florida

Benjamin Rodriguez practices at Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Campus in Sarasota, Florida, part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.

Benjamin Rodriguez's NPI, 1780650440, was assigned on February 23, 2006. Benjamin Rodriguez graduated from Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in 2002. Benjamin Rodriguez holds Florida license 145951.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2163653122
NPI enumeration date
February 23, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(941) 917-9000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Benjamin Rodriguez practices at Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Campus in Sarasota, Florida

Benjamin Rodriguez's primary practice is Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Campus, at 1700 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34239 in Sarasota County. The practice phone is (941) 917-9000.

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Benjamin Rodriguez is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Benjamin Rodriguez's primary practice is Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Campus in Sarasota, Florida, part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. Benjamin Rodriguez is also affiliated with Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice. The medical group on file is First Physicians Group of Sarasota. Dmand AI also links Benjamin Rodriguez to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Benjamin Rodriguez's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Benjamin Rodriguez practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota CampusAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Benjamin Rodriguez is one of 1,364 gastroenterologists in Florida

Gastroenterology is Benjamin Rodriguez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Benjamin Rodriguez is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Benjamin Rodriguez's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, FloridaPrimaryLicense 145951 · 2020 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RG0100X
  • Internal medicine, VirginiaLicense 0101236679 · 2004 to 2024 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute gastroduodenitis, chronic indigestion, cirrhosis of the liver, colonoscopy, fatty liver, gastroduodenitis and gastroenteritis among the conditions Benjamin Rodriguez treats.

Gastroenterologists near Benjamin Rodriguez

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Benjamin Rodriguez billed Medicare for 1,405 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,405 Medicare services from Benjamin Rodriguez across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 751 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $138,535 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,405
Medicare patients751
Paid by Medicare$138,535
Procedure codes15

Benjamin Rodriguez's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7162024: 6835%
Surgery
2023: 6182024: 5796%
Imaging
2023: 632024: 11176%
Other services
2023: 342024: 326%
Tests and treatments
2023: 112024: 0100%

Where Benjamin Rodriguez's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office46733%
  • In a facility93867%

Benjamin Rodriguez compared with the Florida median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Benjamin Rodriguez
  • Florida median
Medicare services
1,405vs 5822.4 times
Medicare patients
751vs 3222.3 times
Part D claims
1,052vs 5022.1 times

Medians across 1,320 gastroenterologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Benjamin Rodriguez'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

Benjamin Rodriguez treated 751 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 751 Medicare patients who saw Benjamin Rodriguez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 362 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.58, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Benjamin Rodriguez's median patient age at 68, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024751
Average age74
Average risk score1.58
Also on Medicaid8%

Benjamin Rodriguez's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Benjamin Rodriguez's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women32944%
  • Men42256%

Chronic conditions among Benjamin Rodriguez's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis55%
  4. Ischemic heart disease42%
  5. Diabetes34%
  6. Anxiety30%
  7. Chronic kidney disease29%
  8. Atrial fibrillation28%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Benjamin Rodriguez's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men51%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Benjamin Rodriguez wrote 1,217 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Benjamin Rodriguez wrote 1,217 Medicare Part D claims for 526 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,052 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $146,562 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 411 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,217
Drugs named by CMS18
Total drug cost$146,562
Part D patients526

Benjamin Rodriguez's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,061 claims87%
  • Brand-name156 claims13%

Benjamin Rodriguez'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 Benjamin Rodriguez's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics4%45 of 1,217 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: 4112024: 1,052156%

Drugs named by CMS: 18 in 2024, 13 in 2023.

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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

Benjamin Rodriguez scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Benjamin Rodriguez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Benjamin Rodriguez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Benjamin Rodriguez as offering telehealth. CMS counts 289 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Benjamin Rodriguez, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Where Benjamin Rodriguez ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
95th percentile289 procedures
Colonoscopy
81st percentile107 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Benjamin Rodriguez has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Benjamin Rodriguez, published from 2012 to 2020. Benjamin Rodriguez's most frequent co-authors are Benjamin Rodriguez, MD, Elie Samir Al Kazzi, MD, MPH and John D. Betteridge, MD.

Papers2
Years published2012 to 2020

Benjamin Rodriguez's most frequent co-authors

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Benjamin Rodriguez received $69,074 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 172 general payments to Benjamin Rodriguez from 24 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals paid the most, $66,108.

General payments to Benjamin Rodriguez by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Benjamin Rodriguez by kind, 2017 to 2025

$69.1Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$62,24890%
  • Food and beverage$3,6635%
  • Travel and lodging$3,1635%

Companies that paid Benjamin Rodriguez the most, 2017 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Benjamin Rodriguez graduated from Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine

Benjamin Rodriguez graduated from Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in 2002.

  1. Medical schoolUniversidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in gastroenterologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in transplant hepatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  5. Board certified in obesity medicineAmerican Board of Obesity Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Benjamin Rodriguez accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Benjamin Rodriguez is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Regence Health Plans
  • +7 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Benjamin Rodriguez accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. HMO7
  3. Medicare6
  4. EPO4
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Benjamin Rodriguez's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Benjamin Rodriguez's NPI number?

Benjamin Rodriguez's NPI number is 1780650440. It was assigned on February 23, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Benjamin Rodriguez specialize in?

Benjamin Rodriguez is a gastroenterologist in Sarasota, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Benjamin Rodriguez practice?

Benjamin Rodriguez practices at 1700 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34239. Benjamin Rodriguez's primary practice is Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Campus in Sarasota, Florida, part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. Dmand AI also links Benjamin Rodriguez to 1 hospital and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Benjamin Rodriguez's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Benjamin Rodriguez is (941) 917-9000.

What is Benjamin Rodriguez's medical license number?

Benjamin Rodriguez holds Florida license 145951, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Benjamin Rodriguez been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Benjamin Rodriguez in Florida (2020 to 2026) and Virginia (2004 to 2024).

Which hospitals is Benjamin Rodriguez affiliated with?

Benjamin Rodriguez practices at Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Campus in Sarasota, Florida. Benjamin Rodriguez is also affiliated with Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice. Dmand AI links Benjamin Rodriguez to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Benjamin Rodriguez part of?

Benjamin Rodriguez is linked to First Physicians Group of Sarasota.

Does Benjamin Rodriguez accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Benjamin Rodriguez billed Medicare for 1,405 services in 2024, and Benjamin Rodriguez accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Benjamin Rodriguez offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Benjamin Rodriguez as offering telehealth services.

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What is Benjamin Rodriguez's MIPS score?

Benjamin Rodriguez's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Benjamin Rodriguez see?

CMS counts 751 Medicare patients who saw Benjamin Rodriguez in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Benjamin Rodriguez board certified?

Yes. Benjamin Rodriguez is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Benjamin Rodriguez bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Benjamin Rodriguez's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: digestive system (45380) and surgery: digestive system (43239).

Where did Benjamin Rodriguez go to medical school?

Benjamin Rodriguez graduated from Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in 2002.

What drugs does Benjamin Rodriguez prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Benjamin Rodriguez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium, Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf and Gavilyte-G.

Has Benjamin Rodriguez received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $69,074 in general payments to Benjamin Rodriguez from 24 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Madrigal Pharmaceuticals.

How long has Benjamin Rodriguez been practicing?

Benjamin Rodriguez graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

Does Benjamin Rodriguez do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Benjamin Rodriguez, published from 2012 to 2020.

Who does Benjamin Rodriguez publish with?

Benjamin Rodriguez's most frequent co-authors are Benjamin Rodriguez, MD (2 shared papers), Elie Samir Al Kazzi, MD, MPH (1 shared paper) and John D. Betteridge, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Benjamin Rodriguez accept?

Benjamin Rodriguez is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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