Dr. Stephen John Vara, MD

Dr. Vara practices at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute - Cape Coral Cay West in North Port, Florida.

Dr. Vara's NPI, 1356545818, was assigned on June 11, 2007. Dr. Vara graduated from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2004. Dr. Vara holds Florida license ME142141.

Dr. Vara's primary practice is Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute - Cape Coral Cay West, at 1390 Grand Venture Dr, North Port, FL 34286 in Sarasota County. The practice phone is (239) 541-4633.

Dr. Vara's primary practice is Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute - Cape Coral Cay West in North Port, Florida. Dr. Vara is also affiliated with Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Campus. The medical group on file is Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vara to 4 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Vara practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Medical oncology is Dr. Vara's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RX0202X. Dr. Vara is board certified in hematology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Vara's licenses on file in 5 states: Florida, California, Arizona, Texas and Illinois.

Dmand AI lists breast cancer, chronic anemia, chronic embolism thrombosis, chronic leukemia, colorectal cancer, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), fluid and electrolyte imbalances and immune deficiency disease among the conditions Dr. Vara treats.

CMS data shows 255,682 Medicare services from Dr. Vara across 72 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,655 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,972,085 for them.

CMS counts 1,655 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vara in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 694 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.34, 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. Vara's median patient age at 73, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Vara wrote 2,173 Medicare Part D claims for 437 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,874 of them, across 45 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,818,982 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,267 claims across 37 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Vara for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Vara accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Vara in 2011. Dr. Vara's most frequent co-authors are Orestes Borrego, MD, Alexander Thomas Damron, MD and Mohammed Zulfiqar Farooqui, DO.

CMS Open Payments shows 245 general payments to Dr. Vara from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $597.

Dr. Vara graduated from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2004.

Dr. Vara is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.