Dr. Charles E. Argoff, MD

Dr. Argoff practices at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York.

Dr. Argoff's NPI, 1073673125, was assigned on December 11, 2006. Dr. Argoff graduated from McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in 1984. Dr. Argoff holds New York license 166979.

Dr. Argoff's primary practice is Albany Medical Center, at 47 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 in Albany County. The practice phone is (518) 262-9600.

Dr. Argoff's primary practice is Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. Dr. Argoff is also affiliated with Albany Medical Center. The medical group on file is Albany Med EmUrgentCare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Argoff 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. Argoff practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurology is Dr. Argoff's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Argoff is board certified in pain medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Argoff is licensed in New York.

CMS data shows 500 Medicare services from Dr. Argoff across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 252 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $21,830 for them.

CMS counts 252 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Argoff in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 97 patients. 69% of them have high cholesterol, and 66% have high blood pressure. 36% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.66, 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. Argoff's median patient age at 49, with 75% women.

In 2024, Dr. Argoff wrote 907 Medicare Part D claims for 114 patients. 44% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 780 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $536,094 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 863 claims across 25 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Argoff for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Argoff accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Argoff as offering telehealth. CMS counts 12 procedures of skin biopsy by Dr. Argoff, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 95 papers to Dr. Argoff, published from 2009 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 9. The most frequent topics are Chronic Pain, Analgesics, Opioid and Pain Management. Dr. Argoff has published most often in Pain Med. Dr. Argoff's most frequent co-authors are Julie Georgia Pilitsis, MBA, MD, PhD, David Lee Caraway, MD and Dawood Sayed, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Argoff to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Fibromyalgia and Muscular Diseases.

CMS Open Payments shows 2,022 general payments to Dr. Argoff from 67 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. paid the most, $231,186. It also lists 11 research payments totaling $7,121 from 2019 to 2022.

Dr. Argoff graduated from McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in 1984.