Physician

Benjamin Jon Golas, MD

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Benjamin Golas, MD (NPI: 1619011657) practices thoracic surgery in the Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Middlesex, NJ. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP - SPECIALTY CARE PC (NPI: 1215989249; TIN: 223376459) and primary practice location at 08820-3947.

Golas' data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 53 traditional Medicare patients, billed 117 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $34,426 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99205 (New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more). Part D data shows 21 prescription claims across 15 beneficiaries totaling $111 in drug costs. Open Payments data shows 14 records totaling $478. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has moved up and down with repeated peaks and valleys, starting at $33,423 and ending at $34,426. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have moved up and down with repeated peaks and valleys, starting at $1,339 and ending at $111. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend. X-axis: year 2015-2024. Y-axis: Medicare payment, unit: USD. Field: Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt. Source: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners by Provider.0$29K$59K2015 Medicare payment: $33,423 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2016 Medicare payment: $23,265 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2017 Medicare payment: $24,150 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2018 Medicare payment: $51,887 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2019 Medicare payment: $45,320 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2020 Medicare payment: $43,263 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2021 Medicare payment: $58,643 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2022 Medicare payment: $58,606 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2023 Medicare payment: $9,711 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2024 Medicare payment: $34,426 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
YearPatientsClm LinesPayment
201573126$33,423
20165194$23,265
20173679$24,150
201886188$51,887
201977177$45,320
202076134$43,263
202195190$58,643
202288193$58,606
20232741$9,711
202453117$34,426

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Part D Events Trend. X-axis: year 2015-2024. Y-axis: Drug cost, unit: USD. Field: Tot_Drug_Cst. Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider.0$2.2K$4.4K2015 Drug cost: $1,339 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2016 Drug cost: $262 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2017 Drug cost: $1,406 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2018 Drug cost: $87 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2019 Drug cost: $140 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2021 Drug cost: $601 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2022 Drug cost: $4,362 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2024 Drug cost: $111 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
YearPatientsClaimsDrug Cost
20151624$1,339
20161116$262
20171317$1,406
2018N/R12$87
20191214$140
2020N/RN/RN/R
20211821$601
20221415$4,362
2023N/RN/RN/R
20241521$111

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

CodeDescriptionPatientsClm LinesTotal Payment
99205New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more3434$185
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more2432$146

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Part D summary data is connected for 2024, but public drug-level costs are not available, so a Top 5 by total drug costs cannot be shown.

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary in 2024

CategoryDefinitionRecordsTotal Reported AmountTop Related Entity
General PaymentsReported payment or transfer-of-value amount.14$478Ethicon US, LLC
Research PaymentsReported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.0$0N/R
Ownership / Investment InterestsReported value of ownership or investment interests.0$0N/R

FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Benjamin Jon Golas, MD?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Benjamin Jon Golas, MD (NPI 1619011657), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Benjamin Jon Golas, MD have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Benjamin Jon Golas, MD?

Benjamin Jon Golas, MD is linked to HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP - SPECIALTY CARE PC (billing NPI 1215989249) in the available physician profile data.

Does Benjamin Jon Golas, MD have Open Payments data?

Benjamin Jon Golas, MD has 14 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

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