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Vin Shen Ban, MD

Neurosurgery · Newark

NPI 1508220542

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
4
1 carrier
Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · University Physician Associates of New Jersey Inc · Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

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Plans that list them

4 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A187161 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2023 · expires 2027-06-30 · University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

State licence records

1 licence

  • Florida ME166591Medical Doctor · since 2024 · expires 2026-01-31Matched by name, not licence number; check the name before relying on it.
    ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.

School, training and certification

2 placements

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Education

  • University of Cambridge2006–2012

Residency and fellowship

  • UT Southwestern Neurological Surgery, NEUROLOGICAL SURGERYDallas, TX · 2017–2023
  • UT Southwestern General Surgery, SURGERYDallas, TX · 2016–2017

What else the board holds

Hospitals they may admit to

Where the clinician told their state board they may admit and treat patients.

  • Out of State
  • Stanford University School of Medicine

Also licensed in

States the clinician told their board they are also licensed in. Only the states we check are verified.

Arizona · California · Idaho · Texas

Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Mayo ClinicJacksonville, FLAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Mayo Clinic Health System, which runs 26 hospitals in 5 statesHome of Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 89% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 117.75 (84.24 to 151.26) · 336 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 6.42 (3.82 to 9.02) · 3,723 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 3.53 (1.93 to 5.13) · 3,936 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.421, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.603, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.286, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.215, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Mayo Clinic

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 6 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 4 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Mayo Clinic
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths117.75 (84.24 to 151.26) · 336 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths6.42 (3.82 to 9.02) · 3,723 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths3.53 (1.93 to 5.13) · 3,936 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.421BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.603BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.286BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.215BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.64 (0.01 to 1.27) · 4,881 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.94 (0.78 to 1.1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2 · 128 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7 · 188 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.1 · 177 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.8 · 857 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths11.2 · 1,110 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 456 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.8 · 4,562 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.1 (0 to 0.27) · 15,533 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.25 (0.09 to 0.41) · 17,711 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.22 (2.98 to 5.46) · 6,068 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.44 (0.64 to 2.25) · 3,974 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths3 (2.03 to 3.96) · 4,959 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.9 (0.71 to 3.09) · 1,916 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.93 (0.55 to 1.3) · 13,615 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.8 · 60 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.19No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.2 · 151 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21.5 · 842 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits16.8 · 182 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-6.5 · 1,022 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits0.2 · 1,203 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.7 · 991 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.1 (3.3 to 7.7) · 133 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.6 (6.6 to 13.6) · 133 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6 · 56 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 101 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits18.5 · 189 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.7 (11.2 to 16.8) · 3,215 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.1) · 3,357 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,683 patients answered, 31% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Mayo Clinic
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines4
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating5
Quietness4
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Mayo Clinic
Room was "always" clean79%
Nurses "always" communicated well83%
Doctors "always" communicated well83%
Staff "always" explained64%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information90%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge91%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand79%
Doctors "always" listened carefully82%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect89%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)87%
Staff "always" explained new medications78%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand78%
Nurses "always" listened carefully81%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect89%
"Always" quiet at night65%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital89%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects51%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$14,362

Medicare paid this office $14,362 for 49 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)17More than 44% of doctors who do this
Spinal fusion54More than 57% of doctors who do this

Who their Medicare patients are

49 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 61% · Health risk score 1.34. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurosurgery clinician is at 1.46.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Stroke 35% · Depression 31% · Coronary heart disease 27% · Diabetes 22% · Chronic kidney disease 22%.

The office billed $141,366, Medicare allowed $18,026 and paid $14,362; for 66 services of 24 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
20244966721.34$141,366$14,362
20231630742.06$84,292$9,233

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes12$1,184$99

Money from drug and device companies

$2,968 in 2025

Industry payments by year
2025517None$2,968
2024329None$3,026
2023711None$1,042

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
StrykerNeuroform Ez 3$1,300
4 payments
  • Meals for Broadway 8 · 2025-07-03 · $14
  • Education · 2025-01-28 · $450
  • Meals for Surpass Evolve · 2025-01-10 · $167
  • Travel for Neuroform Ez 3 · 2025-01-10 · $669
Cordis USPrecise Pro Rx$1,032
5 payments
  • Meals for Angioguard · 2025-09-19 · $168
  • Travel for Angioguard · 2025-09-19 · $170
  • Travel for Precise Pro Rx · 2025-07-16 · $142
  • Meals for Precise Pro Rx · 2025-07-15 · $155
  • Travel for Precise Pro Rx · 2025-07-03 · $396
PenumbraBenchmark$319
2 payments
  • Meals for Benchmark · 2025-09-18 · $161
  • Meals for Red 72 · 2025-05-05 · $157
MedtronicAxium Primetm$202
5 payments
  • Meals for Axium Primetm · 2025-10-16 · $148
  • Meals for Cd Horizon Spinal System · 2025-10-14 · $12
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2025-06-09 · $12
  • Meals for Axium Primetm · 2025-04-03 · $25
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2025-03-28 · $5
DePuy Synthes SalesEmbotrap$116
1 payment
  • Meals for Embotrap · 2025-03-25 · $116
See all 17 published payments
Every published payment
MedtronicMeals · 2025-10-16Axium Primetm$148
MedtronicMeals · 2025-10-14Cd Horizon Spinal System$12
Cordis USMeals · 2025-09-19Angioguard$168
Cordis USTravel · 2025-09-19Angioguard$170
PenumbraMeals · 2025-09-18Benchmark$161
Cordis USTravel · 2025-07-16Precise Pro Rx$142
Cordis USMeals · 2025-07-15Precise Pro Rx$155
StrykerMeals · 2025-07-03Broadway 8$14
Cordis USTravel · 2025-07-03Precise Pro Rx$396
MedtronicMeals · 2025-06-09Pipeline$12
PenumbraMeals · 2025-05-05Red 72$157
MedtronicMeals · 2025-04-03Axium Primetm$25
MedtronicMeals · 2025-03-28Pipeline$5
DePuy Synthes SalesMeals · 2025-03-25Embotrap$116
StrykerEducation · 2025-01-28None$450
StrykerMeals · 2025-01-10Surpass Evolve$167
StrykerTravel · 2025-01-10Neuroform Ez 3$669
See earlier years (2024, 2023)

2024: $3,026

Payments by company in 2024
MedtronicPipeline$1,978
21 payments
  • Travel for Pipeline · 2024-10-25 · $96
  • Travel for Pipeline · 2024-10-25 · $17
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2024-10-23 · $18
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2024-10-22 · $150
  • Travel for Pipeline · 2024-10-19 · $78
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2024-10-18 · $20
  • Travel for Pipeline · 2024-10-17 · $115
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2024-10-17 · $133
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2024-10-16 · $19
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2024-10-16 · $18
  • Travel for Pipeline · 2024-10-16 · $535
  • Travel for Pipeline · 2024-09-10 · $5
  • Travel for Pipeline · 2024-09-10 · $547
  • Meals for Pipeline · 2024-09-04 · $13
  • Meals for Midas Rex · 2024-03-30 · $27
  • Meals for Midas Rex · 2024-03-30 · $30
  • Meals for Midas Rex · 2024-03-29 · $3
  • Meals for Midas Rex · 2024-03-29 · $1
  • Meals for Midas Rex · 2024-03-29 · $2
  • Meals for Midas Rex · 2024-03-29 · $148
  • Meals for Midas Rex · 2024-03-29 · $5
StrykerSurpass Evolve$703
7 payments
  • Travel for Target · 2024-10-31 · $146
  • Travel for Target · 2024-10-28 · $166
  • Meals for Surpass Evolve · 2024-10-25 · $63
  • Meals for Surpass Evolve · 2024-10-25 · $172
  • Meals for Surpass Evolve · 2024-10-21 · $49
  • Meals for Surpass Evolve · 2024-10-21 · $63
  • Meals for Surpass Evolve · 2024-10-21 · $45
Medical Device Business ServicesNone$345
1 payment
  • Education · 2024-12-15 · $345

2023: $1,042

Payments by company in 2023
Medical Device Business ServicesNone$336
1 payment
  • Education · 2023-12-11 · $336
Integra LifeSciencesBiofix$219
4 payments
  • Meals for Biofix · 2023-05-10 · $129
  • Meals for Biofix · 2023-05-10 · $40
  • Meals for Biofix · 2023-04-20 · $23
  • Meals for Codman Certas · 2023-03-29 · $28
StrykerSonopet Iq$164
2 payments
  • Meals for Sonopet Iq · 2023-03-15 · $68
  • Meals for Sonopet Iq · 2023-02-24 · $96
Monteris MedicalNeuroblate$105
1 payment
  • Meals for Neuroblate · 2023-01-10 · $105
Carl Zeiss Meditec USANone$100
1 payment
  • Education · 2023-09-11 · $100
AesculapAesculap$96
1 payment
  • Meals for Aesculap · 2023-09-11 · $96
LivaNova USAVns Therapy Sentiva Model 1000 Generator$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Vns Therapy Sentiva Model 1000 Generator · 2023-01-27 · $22

Professional record

NPI
1508220542
Licence
CA A187161California A187161: Current · expires 2027-06-30Florida ME166591: Active
Group
University Physician Associates of New Jersey Inc · Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207T00000X (207T00000X)
Mailing address
90 Bergen St, Newark, NJ, 07103
NPI first listed
2016-04-06
NPI last updated
2026-09-18
NPI record certified
2026-09-18

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.

Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304