Sam Pakraftar, BAO, BCH, MB

  • Augusta, ME
  • General surgeon
NPI1619108255PAC ID8325332083
Medicare services, 2024
176
Medicare patients, 2024
127
Part D claims, 2024
91
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
86
Practice address
35 Medical Center Pkwy, Augusta, ME 04330
Practice phone
Call (207) 873-9841
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Primary practice

Alfond Center for Health

Augusta, Maine

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Sam Pakraftar is a general surgeon in Augusta, Maine

Sam Pakraftar practices at Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine.

Sam Pakraftar's NPI, 1619108255, was assigned on July 30, 2009. Sam Pakraftar holds Pennsylvania license MT195811.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8325332083
NPI enumeration date
July 30, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(207) 873-9841
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
44
Medical school graduation
2008

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

Sam Pakraftar practices at Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine

Sam Pakraftar's primary practice is Alfond Center for Health, at 35 Medical Center Pkwy, Augusta, ME 04330 in Kennebec County. The practice phone is (207) 873-9841.

  • Alfond Center for Health
    35 Medical Center Pkwy, Augusta, ME 04330 · Kennebec CountyPhone(207) 873-9841

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Sam Pakraftar is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Sam Pakraftar's primary practice is Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine. Sam Pakraftar is also affiliated with MaineGeneral Medical Center. The medical group on file is MaineGeneral Health. Dmand AI also links Sam Pakraftar to 1 more home health agency, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Sam Pakraftar's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Alfond Center for HealthAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Sam Pakraftar is one of 191 general surgeons in Maine

Surgery is Sam Pakraftar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Sam Pakraftar is licensed in Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense MT195811 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Sam Pakraftar

Counts of general surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

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

Sam Pakraftar billed Medicare for 176 services in 2024

CMS data shows 176 Medicare services from Sam Pakraftar across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 127 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,491 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024176
Medicare patients127
Paid by Medicare$12,491
Procedure codes5

Sam Pakraftar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1152024: 15535%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 21

Sam Pakraftar compared with the Maine median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Sam Pakraftar
  • Maine median
Medicare services
176vs 782.3 times
Medicare patients
127vs 8943% above
Part D claims
56vs 272.1 times

Medians across 191 general surgeons in Maine with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Sam Pakraftar's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Sam Pakraftar treated 127 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 127 Medicare patients who saw Sam Pakraftar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 55 patients. 70% of them have high blood pressure, and 62% have high cholesterol. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.49, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Sam Pakraftar's median patient age at 70, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024127
Average age72
Average risk score1.49
Also on Medicaid29%

Sam Pakraftar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Sam Pakraftar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women6652%
  • Men6148%

Chronic conditions among Sam Pakraftar's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure70%
  2. High cholesterol62%
  3. Arthritis38%
  4. Cancer34%
  5. Anxiety31%
  6. Ischemic heart disease29%
  7. COPD27%
  8. Mood disorders27%

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

Sam Pakraftar's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men48%

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

Sam Pakraftar wrote 91 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Sam Pakraftar wrote 91 Medicare Part D claims for 62 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 56 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $132 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 32 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202491
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$132
Part D patients62

Sam Pakraftar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic90 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims1%

Sam Pakraftar'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 Sam Pakraftar's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids12%11 of 91 claims
  • Antibiotics78%71 of 91 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: 322024: 5675%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 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

Sam Pakraftar scored 86 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Sam Pakraftar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Sam Pakraftar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Sam Pakraftar's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 86of 100Final score
  • 75.4of 100Quality
  • 84of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 100Cost

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

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

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 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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Sam Pakraftar has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Sam Pakraftar in 2017. Sam Pakraftar's most frequent co-authors are David Lawrence Bartlett, MD, John T. English, MD and Matthew Peter Holtzman, MD.

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Sam Pakraftar's most frequent co-authors

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

Sam Pakraftar received $2,454 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 54 general payments to Sam Pakraftar from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 59% of the total. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. paid the most, $899.

General payments to Sam Pakraftar by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Sam Pakraftar by kind, 2016 to 2025

$2.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,45059%
  • Travel and lodging$98140%
  • Entertainment$231%

Companies that paid Sam Pakraftar 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

Sources for Sam Pakraftar'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Sam Pakraftar's NPI number?

Sam Pakraftar's NPI number is 1619108255. It was assigned on July 30, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Sam Pakraftar specialize in?

Sam Pakraftar is a general surgeon in Augusta, Maine. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Sam Pakraftar practice?

Sam Pakraftar practices at 35 Medical Center Pkwy, Augusta, ME 04330. Sam Pakraftar's primary practice is Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine. Dmand AI also links Sam Pakraftar to 1 home health agency.

What is Sam Pakraftar's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Sam Pakraftar is (207) 873-9841.

What is Sam Pakraftar's medical license number?

Sam Pakraftar holds Pennsylvania license MT195811.

Which hospitals is Sam Pakraftar affiliated with?

Sam Pakraftar is affiliated with MaineGeneral Medical Center.

What medical group is Sam Pakraftar part of?

Sam Pakraftar is linked to MaineGeneral Health.

Does Sam Pakraftar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Sam Pakraftar billed Medicare for 176 services in 2024, and Sam Pakraftar accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Sam Pakraftar's MIPS score?

Sam Pakraftar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Sam Pakraftar see?

CMS counts 127 Medicare patients who saw Sam Pakraftar in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Sam Pakraftar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Sam Pakraftar's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and hospital inpatient care (99222).

What drugs does Sam Pakraftar prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Sam Pakraftar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Metronidazole.

Has Sam Pakraftar received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,454 in general payments to Sam Pakraftar from 13 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medical Device Business Services, Inc.

How long has Sam Pakraftar been practicing?

Sam Pakraftar graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.

Does Sam Pakraftar do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Sam Pakraftar.

Who does Sam Pakraftar publish with?

Sam Pakraftar's most frequent co-authors are David Lawrence Bartlett, MD (1 shared paper), John T. English, MD (1 shared paper) and Matthew Peter Holtzman, MD (1 shared paper).

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