Dr. Benjamin D. Jorgensen, MD
Vascular Surgery (Vascular Surgery Physician)
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St. Louis County includes primary care (17% of residents) and dental (35% of residents) shortage areas. About shortage areas
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Years since graduation
- 13
- In the NPI registry since
- 2013
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 297
The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 2013Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)
Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).
Specialties and state licenses
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Vascular Surgery Physician primary
MN license 68582 · SD license 11157
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center Duluth, MN
- Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN
- Essentia Health Virginia Virginia, MN
- Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center Brainerd, MN
- Essentia Health Deer River Deer River, MN
Medical groups
- The Duluth Clinic LTD (1,144 clinicians)
- St Josephs Medical Center (237 clinicians)
- St Marys Medical Center (93 clinicians)
Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.
Medicare patients and services
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 297
- Services billed
- 741
- Patients’ average age
- 73
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | 500 | 12 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | 404 | 260 |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | 225 | 118 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 171 | 134 |
| Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | 122 | 94 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 96 | 88 |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | 87 | 87 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 77 | 60 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 74 | 71 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure, each additional 15 minutes | 63 | 16 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.
Medicare prescriptions
| Drug | Prescriptions |
|---|---|
| Clopidogrel (clopidogrel bisulfate) Other prescribers in Duluth, MN | 55 |
| Nitroglycerin Patch (nitroglycerin) Other prescribers in Duluth, MN | 15 |
| Clonidine Hcl Other prescribers in Duluth, MN | 14 |
Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.