Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz, MD

  • Somerville, NJ
  • Orthopaedic hand surgery physician
NPI1992709760PAC ID1557315348
Medicare services, 2024
8,255
Medicare patients, 2024
608
Part D claims, 2024
138
Publications
2
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
1 Highway 206 North, Somerville, NJ 08876
Practice phone
Call (908) 393-8360
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Primary practice

Somerset Ambulatory Surgical Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Somerville, New Jersey

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Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in Somerville, New Jersey

Dr. Boretz practices at Somerset Ambulatory Surgical Center in Somerville, New Jersey.

Dr. Boretz's NPI, 1992709760, was assigned on June 9, 2005. Dr. Boretz graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in 1993. Dr. Boretz holds New Jersey license 25MA07211900.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1557315348
NPI enumeration date
June 9, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(908) 393-8360
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
59
Medical school graduation
1993

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

Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz practices at Somerset Ambulatory Surgical Center in Somerville, New Jersey

Dr. Boretz's primary practice is Somerset Ambulatory Surgical Center, at 1 Highway 206 North, Somerville, NJ 08876. The practice phone is (908) 393-8360.

  • Somerset Ambulatory Surgical Center
    1 Highway 206 North, Somerville, NJ 08876Phone(908) 393-8360

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Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Boretz's primary practice is Somerset Ambulatory Surgical Center in Somerville, New Jersey. Dr. Boretz is also affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. The medical group on file is Summit Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Boretz to 2 more hospitals, 1 physician office, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Boretz practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Somerset Ambulatory Surgical CenterAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz is one of 77 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in New Jersey

Hand surgery is Dr. Boretz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0106X. Dr. Boretz is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Boretz's licenses on file in 4 states: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic hand surgery, New JerseyPrimaryLicense 25MA07211900 · 2001 to 2027 · taxonomy 207XS0106X
  • Pennsylvania license2004
  • Massachusetts license2000 to 2002
  • New York license1996 to 2001

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, hand joint or tendon inflammation, hip replacement and joint arthropathy among the conditions Dr. Boretz treats.

Orthopaedic hand surgery physicians near Dr. Boretz

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

Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz billed Medicare for 8,255 services in 2024

CMS data shows 8,255 Medicare services from Dr. Boretz across 25 procedure codes in 2024, for 608 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $160,212 for them.

Medicare services, 20248,255
Medicare patients608
Paid by Medicare$160,212
Procedure codes25

Dr. Boretz's Medicare services by type, 2024

  1. Drugs given in the office6,300
  2. Office and hospital visits859
  3. Surgery602
  4. Imaging494

Where Dr. Boretz's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office8,13098%
  • In a facility1252%

Dr. Boretz compared with the New Jersey median for orthopaedic hand surgery physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Boretz
  • New Jersey median
Medicare services
8,255vs 1,7724.7 times
Medicare patients
608vs 39952% above
Part D claims
82vs 785% above

Medians across 76 orthopaedic hand surgery physicians in New Jersey with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Boretz'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 Stephen Boretz treated 608 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 608 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Boretz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 319 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Boretz's median patient age at 64, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024608
Average age75
Average risk score0.97
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Boretz's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Boretz's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women36260%
  • Men24640%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure73%
  3. Arthritis64%
  4. Diabetes34%
  5. Ischemic heart disease30%
  6. Anxiety23%
  7. Mood disorders20%
  8. Osteoporosis20%

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

Dr. Boretz's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men42%

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

Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz wrote 138 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Boretz wrote 138 Medicare Part D claims for 113 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 82 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $176 in total drug cost.

Part D claims, 2024138
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$176
Part D patients113

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

  • Generic134 claims97%
  • Brand-name and other4 claims3%

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

  • Opioids26%36 of 138 claims
  • Antibiotics9%13 of 138 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

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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 Stephen Boretz ranks in the 93rd percentile for upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) in Medicare

Dr. Boretz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 75 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Boretz, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Boretz ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
93rd percentile75 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Boretz. The most frequent topics are Osteoma, Osteoid. Dr. Boretz has published most often in Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). Dr. Boretz's most frequent co-author is Baron S. Lonner, MD.

Papers2

Topics Dr. Boretz writes about most

  • Osteoma, Osteoid

Dr. Boretz's most frequent co-authors

  • Baron S. Lonner, MD1 shared paper

Recent publications by Dr. Boretz

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Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz received $2,886 in industry payments from 2024 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 20 general payments to Dr. Boretz from 7 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 62% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $1,226.

General payments to Dr. Boretz by program year, 2024 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Boretz by kind, 2024 to 2025

$2.9Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$1,78262%
  • Food and beverage$1,10538%

Companies that paid Dr. Boretz the most, 2024 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 Stephen Boretz has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Boretz, most recently Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors in 2014.

Awards and honors for Dr. Boretz

  1. 2014
    • Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Dr. Boretz graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in 1993.

  1. Medical schoolSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgery of the handAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Boretz is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Cigna
  • HCSC
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • +9 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Boretz accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO12
  2. Medicare11
  3. HMO9
  4. EPO5
  5. POS5

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz'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)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)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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 Stephen Boretz's NPI number?

Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz's NPI number is 1992709760. It was assigned on June 9, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz?

Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician in Somerville, New Jersey. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207XS0106X).

Where does Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz practice?

Dr. Boretz practices at 1 Highway 206 North, Somerville, NJ 08876. Dr. Boretz's primary practice is Somerset Ambulatory Surgical Center in Somerville, New Jersey. Dmand AI also links Dr. Boretz to 2 hospitals, 1 physician office, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Boretz is (908) 393-8360.

What is Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz's medical license number?

Dr. Boretz holds New Jersey license 25MA07211900, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Boretz in New Jersey (2001 to 2027), Pennsylvania (2004), Massachusetts (2000 to 2002) and New York (1996 to 2001).

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz affiliated with?

Dr. Boretz is affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. Dmand AI links Dr. Boretz to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz part of?

Dr. Boretz is linked to Summit Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Boretz to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Boretz billed Medicare for 8,255 services in 2024, and Dr. Boretz accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz see?

CMS counts 608 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Boretz in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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Is Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz board certified?

Yes. Dr. Boretz is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Boretz's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), injected or infused drug (J0702) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz go to medical school?

Dr. Boretz graduated from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in 1993.

What drugs does Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Boretz's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Oxycodone HCl and Prednisone.

Has Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,886 in general payments to Dr. Boretz from 7 companies from 2024 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz been practicing?

Dr. Boretz graduated from medical school in 1993, 33 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Boretz.

Who does Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz publish with?

Dr. Boretz's most frequent co-authors are Baron S. Lonner, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Robert Stephen Boretz accept?

Dr. Boretz is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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