Dr. Samuel Cote Lien, MD

  • Edmonds, WA
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery physician
NPI1285876185PAC ID0648582114
Medicare services, 2024
57
Medicare patients, 2024
70
Part D claims, 2024
131
Publications
2
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
21601 76th Avenue West, Edmonds, WA 98026
Practice phone
Call (425) 640-4000
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Providence Swedish Edmonds Campus

Hospital · Edmonds, Washington

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Dr. Samuel Cote Lien is a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician in Edmonds, Washington

Dr. Lien practices at Providence Swedish Edmonds Campus in Edmonds, Washington, part of Providence Health & Services.

Dr. Lien's NPI, 1285876185, was assigned on March 24, 2009. Dr. Lien graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 2009. Dr. Lien holds Washington license MD60224936.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0648582114
NPI enumeration date
March 24, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(425) 640-4000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
43
Medical school graduation
2009

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

Dr. Samuel Cote Lien practices at Providence Swedish Edmonds Campus in Edmonds, Washington

Dr. Lien's primary practice is Providence Swedish Edmonds Campus, at 21601 76th Avenue West, Edmonds, WA 98026 in Snohomish County. The practice phone is (425) 640-4000.

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Dr. Samuel Cote Lien is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Lien's primary practice is Providence Swedish Edmonds Campus in Edmonds, Washington, part of Providence Health & Services. Dr. Lien is also affiliated with Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. The medical group on file is Providence Medical Group - North Puget Sound (Everett). Dmand AI also links Dr. Lien to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Samuel Cote Lien's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Providence Swedish Edmonds CampusAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Samuel Cote Lien is one of 57 plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in Washington

Plastic and reconstructive surgery is Dr. Lien's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0122X. Dr. Lien is licensed in Washington.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery, WashingtonPrimaryLicense MD60224936 · taxonomy 2086S0122X

Plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians near Dr. Lien

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Dr. Samuel Cote Lien billed Medicare for 57 services in 2024

CMS data shows 57 Medicare services from Dr. Lien across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 70 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,079 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202457
Medicare patients70
Paid by Medicare$4,079
Procedure codes2

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 702024: 5719%

Dr. Lien compared with the Washington median for plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Lien
  • Washington median
Medicare services
57vs 222.6 times
Medicare patients
70vs 332.1 times
Part D claims
101vs 313.3 times

Medians across 45 plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in Washington with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Lien'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. Samuel Cote Lien treated 70 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 70 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lien in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 34 patients. 56% of them have high blood pressure, and 56% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.17, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lien's median patient age at 53, with 70% women.

Medicare patients, 202470
Average age73
Average risk score1.17

Dr. Lien's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Lien's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4869%
  • Men2231%

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

  1. High blood pressure56%
  2. High cholesterol56%
  3. Arthritis44%
  4. Anxiety30%
  5. Chronic kidney disease29%
  6. Cancer24%
  7. Mood disorders24%
  8. Depression20%

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

Dr. Lien's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 53

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women70%
  • Men29%

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

Dr. Samuel Cote Lien wrote 131 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Lien wrote 131 Medicare Part D claims for 60 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 101 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $613 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 106 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024131
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$613
Part D patients60

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

  • Generic128 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims2%

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

  • Opioids55%72 of 131 claims
  • Antibiotics17%22 of 131 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: 1015%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 5 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. Samuel Cote Lien ranks in the 77th percentile for mastectomy in Medicare

Dr. Lien accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 19 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Lien, more than 77% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Lien ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Mastectomy
77th percentile19 procedures

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

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 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)

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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. Samuel Cote Lien has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Lien in 2015. 2015 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Lien's most frequent co-authors are Michael G. Franz, MD, William M. Kuzon, MD and Shaun Prakash Patel, MD.

Papers2

Dr. Lien's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Lien

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Dr. Samuel Cote Lien received $1,610 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 20 general payments to Dr. Lien from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 53% of the total. Becton, Dickinson and Company paid the most, $853.

General payments to Dr. Lien by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Lien by kind, 2016 to 2025

$1.6Kin total
  • Consulting fees$85353%
  • Food and beverage$75747%

Companies that paid Dr. Lien 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

Dr. Samuel Cote Lien graduated from University of Michigan Medical School

Dr. Lien graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 2009.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Michigan Medical School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Samuel Cote Lien'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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Samuel Cote Lien's NPI number?

Dr. Samuel Cote Lien's NPI number is 1285876185. It was assigned on March 24, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Samuel Cote Lien?

Dr. Samuel Cote Lien is a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician in Edmonds, Washington. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 2086S0122X).

Where does Dr. Samuel Cote Lien practice?

Dr. Lien practices at 21601 76th Avenue West, Edmonds, WA 98026. Dr. Lien's primary practice is Providence Swedish Edmonds Campus in Edmonds, Washington, part of Providence Health & Services. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lien to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Samuel Cote Lien's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Lien is (425) 640-4000.

What is Dr. Samuel Cote Lien's medical license number?

Dr. Lien holds Washington license MD60224936.

Which hospitals is Dr. Samuel Cote Lien affiliated with?

Dr. Lien practices at Providence Swedish Edmonds Campus in Edmonds, Washington. Dr. Lien is also affiliated with Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

What medical group is Dr. Samuel Cote Lien part of?

Dr. Lien is linked to Providence Medical Group - North Puget Sound (Everett).

Does Dr. Samuel Cote Lien accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lien billed Medicare for 57 services in 2024, and Dr. Lien accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Samuel Cote Lien see?

CMS counts 70 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lien in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Samuel Cote Lien bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Lien's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99203) and office visit, established patient (99213).

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Where did Dr. Samuel Cote Lien go to medical school?

Dr. Lien graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 2009.

What drugs does Dr. Samuel Cote Lien prescribe most?

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

Has Dr. Samuel Cote Lien received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,610 in general payments to Dr. Lien from 9 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Becton, Dickinson and Company.

How long has Dr. Samuel Cote Lien been practicing?

Dr. Lien graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.

Does Dr. Samuel Cote Lien do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Lien.

Who does Dr. Samuel Cote Lien publish with?

Dr. Lien's most frequent co-authors are Michael G. Franz, MD (1 shared paper), William M. Kuzon, MD (1 shared paper) and Shaun Prakash Patel, MD (1 shared paper).

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