Vin Shen Ban, MD
Neurosurgery · Newark
- 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
Hospitals listed: Mayo Clinic. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
4 plans · 1 carrier
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| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 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 itOverall 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.
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 117.75 (84.24 to 151.26) · 336 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 6.42 (3.82 to 9.02) · 3,723 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 3.53 (1.93 to 5.13) · 3,936 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.421 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.603 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.286 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.215 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.64 (0.01 to 1.27) · 4,881 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.78 to 1.1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7 · 188 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.1 · 177 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.8 · 857 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 11.2 · 1,110 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 456 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 4,562 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.1 (0 to 0.27) · 15,533 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.09 to 0.41) · 17,711 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.22 (2.98 to 5.46) · 6,068 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.44 (0.64 to 2.25) · 3,974 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 3 (2.03 to 3.96) · 4,959 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.71 to 3.09) · 1,916 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.93 (0.55 to 1.3) · 13,615 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.8 · 60 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.19 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.2 · 151 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.5 · 842 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 16.8 · 182 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -6.5 · 1,022 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 0.2 · 1,203 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.7 · 991 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.1 (3.3 to 7.7) · 133 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.6 (6.6 to 13.6) · 133 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6 · 56 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 101 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.5 · 189 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.7 (11.2 to 16.8) · 3,215 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.8 to 1.1) · 3,357 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,683 patients answered, 31% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 4 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 5 |
| Quietness | 4 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 79% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 83% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained | 64% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 90% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 91% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 79% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 82% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 89% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 87% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 78% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 78% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 81% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 89% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 65% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 89% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 51% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
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
| Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) | 17 | More than 44% of doctors who do this |
| Spinal fusion | 54 | More 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
| 2024 | 49 | 66 | 72 | 1.34 | $141,366 | $14,362 |
| 2023 | 16 | 30 | 74 | 2.06 | $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
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 12 | $1,184 | $99 |
Money from drug and device companies
$2,968 in 2025
| 2025 | 5 | 17 | None | $2,968 |
| 2024 | 3 | 29 | None | $3,026 |
| 2023 | 7 | 11 | None | $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.
| Stryker | Neuroform Ez 3 | $1,300 | 4 payments
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| Cordis US | Precise Pro Rx | $1,032 | 5 payments
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| Penumbra | Benchmark | $319 | 2 payments
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| Medtronic | Axium Primetm | $202 | 5 payments
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Embotrap | $116 | 1 payment
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See all 17 published payments
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-10-16 | Axium Primetm | $148 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-10-14 | Cd Horizon Spinal System | $12 |
| Cordis US | Meals · 2025-09-19 | Angioguard | $168 |
| Cordis US | Travel · 2025-09-19 | Angioguard | $170 |
| Penumbra | Meals · 2025-09-18 | Benchmark | $161 |
| Cordis US | Travel · 2025-07-16 | Precise Pro Rx | $142 |
| Cordis US | Meals · 2025-07-15 | Precise Pro Rx | $155 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-07-03 | Broadway 8 | $14 |
| Cordis US | Travel · 2025-07-03 | Precise Pro Rx | $396 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-06-09 | Pipeline | $12 |
| Penumbra | Meals · 2025-05-05 | Red 72 | $157 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-04-03 | Axium Primetm | $25 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-28 | Pipeline | $5 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-03-25 | Embotrap | $116 |
| Stryker | Education · 2025-01-28 | None | $450 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-01-10 | Surpass Evolve | $167 |
| Stryker | Travel · 2025-01-10 | Neuroform Ez 3 | $669 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023)
2024: $3,026
| Medtronic | Pipeline | $1,978 | 21 payments
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| Stryker | Surpass Evolve | $703 | 7 payments
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| Medical Device Business Services | None | $345 | 1 payment
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2023: $1,042
| Medical Device Business Services | None | $336 | 1 payment
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| Integra LifeSciences | Biofix | $219 | 4 payments
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| Stryker | Sonopet Iq | $164 | 2 payments
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| Monteris Medical | Neuroblate | $105 | 1 payment
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| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA | None | $100 | 1 payment
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| Aesculap | Aesculap | $96 | 1 payment
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| LivaNova USA | Vns Therapy Sentiva Model 1000 Generator | $22 | 1 payment
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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