Dr. Ethan Benardete, MD, PhD

Dr. Benardete practices at Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital - Temple in Temple, Texas.

Dr. Benardete's NPI, 1659366987, was assigned on September 13, 2005. Dr. Benardete graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine in 1995. Dr. Benardete holds Texas license Q6810.

Dr. Benardete's primary practice is Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital - Temple, at 2401 South 31st St, Temple, TX 76504 in Bell County. The practice phone is (254) 771-8200.

Dr. Benardete's primary practice is Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital - Temple in Temple, Texas. Dr. Benardete is also affiliated with Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple. The medical group on file is Baylor Scott & White Temple Roney Bone and Joint Institute, Temple. Dmand AI also links Dr. Benardete to 3 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Benardete practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Benardete's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Benardete is board certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Benardete's licenses on file in 7 states: Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Jersey, Delaware and Massachusetts.

Dmand AI lists craniotomy, lower back pain and spinal fusion among the conditions Dr. Benardete treats.

CMS data shows 110 Medicare services from Dr. Benardete across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 111 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,120 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 111 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Benardete in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 50 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 71% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.24, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Benardete's median patient age at 69, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Benardete wrote 30 Medicare Part D claims for 18 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $100 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 21 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Benardete accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Benardete as offering telehealth. CMS counts 17 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Benardete, more than 34% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 28 papers to Dr. Benardete, published from 2009 to 2024. 2020 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Retinal Ganglion Cells, Electrophysiology and Macaca fascicularis. Dr. Benardete has published most often in Vis Neurosci. Dr. Benardete's most frequent co-authors are Jose Miguel Soto, MD, Jason H. Huang, MD and Buqing Liang, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 158 general payments to Dr. Benardete from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 68% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $2,128.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Benardete, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2012.

Dr. Benardete graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine in 1995. Dr. Benardete is a member of AANS and CNS.

Dr. Benardete is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Elevance. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.