Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr., MD

  • Durham, NC
  • Pain medicine physician
NPI1457848301PAC ID0143570242
Medicare services, 2024
20,657
Medicare patients, 2024
391
Part D claims, 2024
704
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
89
Practice address
3916 Ben Franklin Boulevard, Durham, NC 27704
Practice phone
Call (919) 956-9300
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Primary practice

North Carolina Specialty Hospital

Hospital · Durham, North Carolina

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Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. is a pain medicine physician in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Baranello practices at North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of North Carolina Specialty Hospital.

Dr. Baranello's NPI, 1457848301, was assigned on April 17, 2018. Dr. Baranello graduated from School of Medicine Greenville in 2018. Dr. Baranello holds North Carolina license 2023-01094.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0143570242
NPI enumeration date
April 17, 2018
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(919) 956-9300
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
34
Medical school graduation
2018

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

Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. practices at North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Baranello's primary practice is North Carolina Specialty Hospital, at 3916 Ben Franklin Boulevard, Durham, NC 27704 in Durham County. The practice phone is (919) 956-9300.

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Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Baranello's primary practice is North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of North Carolina Specialty Hospital. The medical group on file is Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baranello to 1 more group practice or clinic, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr.'s practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
North Carolina Specialty HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. is one of 60 pain medicine physicians in North Carolina

Pain medicine is Dr. Baranello's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208VP0000X. The record also lists pain medicine. Dr. Baranello is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dmand AI has Dr. Baranello's licenses on file in 2 states: North Carolina and Tennessee.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pain medicine, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 2023-01094 · 2023 to 2026 · taxonomy 208VP0000X
  • Tennessee license2019 to 2027

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists back pain injection and lower back pain among the conditions Dr. Baranello treats.

Pain medicine physicians near Dr. Baranello

Counts of pain medicine physicians 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

Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. billed Medicare for 20,657 services in 2024

CMS data shows 20,657 Medicare services from Dr. Baranello across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 391 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $131,098 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202420,657
Medicare patients391
Paid by Medicare$131,098
Procedure codes22

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Other services
2023: 3,9882024: 16,708319%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 8362024: 2,879244%
Surgery
2023: 1482024: 647337%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 682024: 279310%
Imaging
2023: 152024: 90500%
Lab and pathology
2023: 282024: 5493%

Dr. Baranello compared with the North Carolina median for pain medicine physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Baranello
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
20,657vs 1,41214.6 times
Medicare patients
391vs 1163.4 times
Part D claims
656vs 2,00767% below

Medians across 56 pain medicine physicians in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Baranello'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. Robert J. Baranello Jr. treated 391 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 391 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baranello in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 161 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Baranello's median patient age at 70, with 65% women.

Medicare patients, 2024391
Average age75
Average risk score1.10
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Baranello's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Baranello's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women26869%
  • Men12331%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes32%
  5. Anxiety29%
  6. Chronic kidney disease29%
  7. Mood disorders28%
  8. Depression26%

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

Dr. Baranello'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

  • Women65%
  • Men33%

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

Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. wrote 704 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Baranello wrote 704 Medicare Part D claims for 194 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 656 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $21,496 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 106 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024704
Drugs named by CMS18
Total drug cost$21,496
Part D patients194

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

  • Generic686 claims97%
  • Brand-name18 claims3%

Dr. Baranello'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 Dr. Baranello's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids37%258 of 704 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: 1062024: 656519%

Drugs named by CMS: 18 in 2024, 6 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

Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Baranello's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 85.9of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

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

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

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Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Baranello. Dr. Baranello's most frequent co-authors are Mason Scott Holtel, MD and Miguel Angel Pappolla, MD, PhD.

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Dr. Baranello's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Baranello

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Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. received $4,993 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 53 general payments to Dr. Baranello from 11 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 65% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $2,583.

General payments to Dr. Baranello by program year, 2023 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Baranello by kind, 2023 to 2025

$5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,26165%
  • Travel and lodging$1,73235%

Companies that paid Dr. Baranello the most, 2023 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. Robert J. Baranello Jr. graduated from School of Medicine Greenville

Dr. Baranello graduated from School of Medicine Greenville in 2018. Dr. Baranello is a member of ASA.

  1. Medical schoolSchool of Medicine Greenville
  2. Board certified in anesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
  3. Board certified in pain medicineAmerican Board of Anesthesiology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. accepts plans from 10 insurance carriers

Dr. Baranello is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • Cigna
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • Regence Health Plans
  • +2 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Baranello accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare9
  2. PPO8
  3. HMO6
  4. POS3
  5. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr.'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)
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 Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr.'s NPI number?

Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr.'s NPI number is 1457848301. It was assigned on April 17, 2018, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr.?

Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. is a pain medicine physician in Durham, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pain Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 208VP0000X).

Where does Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. practice?

Dr. Baranello practices at 3916 Ben Franklin Boulevard, Durham, NC 27704. Dr. Baranello's primary practice is North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of North Carolina Specialty Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baranello to 1 group practice or clinic, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr.'s office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Baranello is (919) 956-9300.

What is Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr.'s medical license number?

Dr. Baranello holds North Carolina license 2023-01094, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Baranello in North Carolina (2023 to 2026) and Tennessee (2019 to 2027).

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. affiliated with?

Dr. Baranello practices at North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

What medical group is Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. part of?

Dr. Baranello is linked to Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI links Dr. Baranello to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Baranello billed Medicare for 20,657 services in 2024, and Dr. Baranello accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr.'s MIPS score?

Dr. Baranello's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. see?

CMS counts 391 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baranello in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. board certified?

Yes. Dr. Baranello is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

What services does Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Baranello's most billed Medicare services were medicare temporary code (Q9966), injected or infused drug (J3301) and injected or infused drug (J1100).

Where did Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. go to medical school?

Dr. Baranello graduated from School of Medicine Greenville in 2018.

What drugs does Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Baranello's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gabapentin, Tramadol HCl and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,993 in general payments to Dr. Baranello from 11 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic, Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. been practicing?

Dr. Baranello graduated from medical school in 2018, 8 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Baranello.

Who does Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. publish with?

Dr. Baranello's most frequent co-authors are Mason Scott Holtel, MD (1 shared paper) and Miguel Angel Pappolla, MD, PhD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Robert J. Baranello Jr. accept?

Dr. Baranello is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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