Dr. Neil B. Friedman, MD

  • Baltimore, MD
  • General surgeon
NPI1538103676PAC ID8426174327
Medicare services, 2024
770
Medicare patients, 2024
515
Part D claims, 2024
55
Publications
6
Clinical trials
2
Practice address
301 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
Practice phone
Call (410) 332-9237
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Primary practice

Mercy Medical Center

Hospital · Baltimore, Maryland

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Dr. Neil B. Friedman is a general surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Friedman practices at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, part of Mercy Medical Center.

Dr. Friedman's NPI, 1538103676, was assigned on June 16, 2006. Dr. Friedman graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Friedman holds Maryland license D38034.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8426174327
NPI enumeration date
June 16, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(410) 332-9237
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
69
Medical school graduation
1983

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

Dr. Neil B. Friedman practices at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Friedman's primary practice is Mercy Medical Center, at 301 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 in Baltimore City. The practice phone is (410) 332-9237.

  • Mercy Medical Center
    301 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 · Baltimore CityPhone(410) 332-9237

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Dr. Neil B. Friedman is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Friedman's primary practice is Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, part of Mercy Medical Center. The medical group on file is Mercy Personal Physicians Downtown. Dmand AI also links Dr. Friedman to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Neil B. Friedman's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Friedman practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Mercy Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Neil B. Friedman is one of 532 general surgeons in Maryland

Surgery is Dr. Friedman's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Friedman is licensed in Maryland.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, MarylandPrimaryLicense D38034 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Friedman

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Neil B. Friedman billed Medicare for 770 services in 2024

CMS data shows 770 Medicare services from Dr. Friedman across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 515 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $96,434 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024770
Medicare patients515
Paid by Medicare$96,434
Procedure codes12

Dr. Friedman's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5712024: 5791%
Surgery
2023: 1612024: 1526%
Imaging
2023: 632024: 3938%

Dr. Friedman compared with the Maryland median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Friedman
  • Maryland median
Medicare services
770vs 2303.3 times
Medicare patients
515vs 1623.2 times
Part D claims
32vs 2623% above

Medians across 485 general surgeons in Maryland with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Friedman'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. Neil B. Friedman treated 515 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 515 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Friedman in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 276 patients. 75% of them have cancer, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.84, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Friedman's median patient age at 71, with 99% women.

Medicare patients, 2024515
Average age74
Average risk score0.84
Also on Medicaid5%

Dr. Friedman's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Chronic conditions among Dr. Friedman's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Cancer75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure64%
  4. Arthritis46%
  5. Osteoporosis31%
  6. Anxiety26%
  7. Diabetes21%
  8. Mood disorders16%

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

Dr. Friedman's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women99%
  • Men1%

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

Dr. Neil B. Friedman wrote 55 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Friedman wrote 55 Medicare Part D claims for 24 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 32 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,393 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 14 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202455
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$1,393
Part D patients24

Dr. Friedman's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic51 claims93%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims7%

Dr. Friedman'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2022 to 2024

  • 2022
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2022: 142024: 32129%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 1 in 2022.

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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

Dr. Neil B. Friedman scored 79 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Friedman for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Friedman accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 86 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Friedman, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Friedman's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 79of 100Final score
  • 56.5of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Friedman ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Mastectomy
98th percentile86 procedures

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Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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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Dr. Neil B. Friedman has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Friedman, published from 2016 to 2024. 2017 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Breast Neoplasms, Black or African American and Intraoperative Care. Dr. Friedman's most frequent co-authors are Emily Jane Gallagher, BAO, BCH, MB, Tari A. King, MD and Shawna C. Willey, MD.

Papers6
Years published2016 to 2024

Dr. Friedman's papers by year, 2016 to 2024

Topics Dr. Friedman writes about most

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Black or African American
  • Intraoperative Care
  • Mastectomy, Segmental
  • White People

Dr. Friedman's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Friedman

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

Dr. Neil B. Friedman has worked on 2 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Friedman to 2 clinical trials. 2 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Breast Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating and Breast Carcinoma In Situ.

Conditions in Dr. Friedman's trials

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
  • Breast Carcinoma In Situ
  • Breast Diseases

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Friedman

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Friedman

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Neil B. Friedman received $2,771 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 23 general payments to Dr. Friedman from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 74% of the total. AxoGen paid the most, $1,248.

General payments to Dr. Friedman by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Friedman by kind, 2016 to 2025

$2.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,04974%
  • Travel and lodging$72226%

Companies that paid Dr. Friedman the most, 2016 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

Dr. Neil B. Friedman graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine

Dr. Friedman graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1983.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Neil B. Friedman'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
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Neil B. Friedman's NPI number?

Dr. Neil B. Friedman's NPI number is 1538103676. It was assigned on June 16, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Neil B. Friedman?

Dr. Neil B. Friedman is a general surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Neil B. Friedman practice?

Dr. Friedman practices at 301 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202. Dr. Friedman's primary practice is Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, part of Mercy Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Friedman to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Neil B. Friedman's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Friedman is (410) 332-9237.

What is Dr. Neil B. Friedman's medical license number?

Dr. Friedman holds Maryland license D38034.

Which hospitals is Dr. Neil B. Friedman affiliated with?

Dr. Friedman practices at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

What medical group is Dr. Neil B. Friedman part of?

Dr. Friedman is linked to Mercy Personal Physicians Downtown.

Does Dr. Neil B. Friedman accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Friedman billed Medicare for 770 services in 2024, and Dr. Friedman accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Neil B. Friedman's MIPS score?

Dr. Friedman's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 79 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Neil B. Friedman see?

CMS counts 515 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Friedman in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Neil B. Friedman bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Friedman's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (19301).

Where did Dr. Neil B. Friedman go to medical school?

Dr. Friedman graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1983.

What drugs does Dr. Neil B. Friedman prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Friedman's most prescribed drugs by claims were Raloxifene HCl and Letrozole.

Has Dr. Neil B. Friedman received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,771 in general payments to Dr. Friedman from 10 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AxoGen.

How long has Dr. Neil B. Friedman been practicing?

Dr. Friedman graduated from medical school in 1983, 43 years ago.

Does Dr. Neil B. Friedman do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Friedman, published from 2016 to 2024. Dr. Friedman has worked on 2 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Neil B. Friedman publish with?

Dr. Friedman's most frequent co-authors are Emily Jane Gallagher, BAO, BCH, MB (3 shared papers), Tari A. King, MD (3 shared papers) and Shawna C. Willey, MD (3 shared papers).

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