Margaret Pain, MD
Neurosurgery · Oceanside
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · 2,809 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Mount Sinai South Nassau. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A161360 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2019 · expires 2027-03-31 · University of Minnesota Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
State licence records
1 licence
- New Jersey 25MA10845300Medical Doctor · since 2020 · expires 2027-06-30ActiveNo 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.
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.
- Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside, NYAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Mount Sinai Health System, which runs 5 hospitalsPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 62% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.6 (11.4 to 18.4) · 186 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.157, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.177, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Mount Sinai South Nassau
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 7 the same, 2 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.6 (11.4 to 18.4) · 186 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.157 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.177 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.32 (0.48 to 2.16) · 2,214 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.85 (0.57 to 1.13) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 152.64 (98.17 to 207.1) · 80 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.5 · 218 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.1 · 259 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 678 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.9 · 1,398 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.6 · 381 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.1 · 4,641 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.16 (0 to 0.33) · 10,960 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.09 to 0.45) · 11,077 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.15 (1.32 to 4.97) · 2,016 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.43 (0 to 3.03) · 520 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.12 (0.74 to 3.51) · 2,062 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.54 (0.47 to 14.62) · 498 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.5 (1.93 to 9.08) · 487 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.8 (0.39 to 3.22) · 471 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.37 (0 to 0.79) · 9,892 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 41 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.451 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.582 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.959 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.7 · 265 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.6 · 852 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.4 · 220 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 13.8 · 706 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 31.3 · 1,377 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.9 · 1,498 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.1 (3.4 to 7.2) · 186 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 7.4 · 49 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.5 · 298 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.8 (9.9 to 16.4) · 1,068 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.8 to 1.2) · 756 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (861 patients answered, 20% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 1 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 2 |
| Room was "always" clean | 57% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 81% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 81% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 61% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 73% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 45% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 62% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 82% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$47,326
Medicare paid this office $47,326 for 68 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 21 | $3,200 | $152 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 26 | $2,717 | $82 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,213 | $101 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) | 1-10 | None |
| Spinal fusion | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
68 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 46% · Also on Medicaid 24% · Health risk score 1.83. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical neurosurgery clinician is at 1.46.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Stroke 47% · Diabetes 43% · Coronary heart disease 38% · Depression 34% · Chronic kidney disease 28% · Cancer 25% · Atrial fibrillation 25% · Heart failure 22% · COPD 19% · Dementia 18%.
The office billed $925,962, Medicare allowed $59,400 and paid $47,326; for 146 services of 39 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 | 68 | 146 | 76 | 1.83 | $925,962 | $47,326 |
| 2023 | 39 | 102 | 74 | 1.86 | $463,620 | $18,300 |
| 2022 | 96 | 197 | 74 | 2.00 | $1,142,674 | $40,739 |
| 2021 | 38 | 67 | 67 | 1.83 | $1,318,584 | $39,338 |
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: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 28 | $3,478 | $70 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 13 | $1,144 | $42 |
2022: 3 services
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 43 | $7,196 | $86 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 24 | $2,373 | $82 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 17 | $789 | $33 |
2021: 2 services
| Removal of skull bone for aspiration of blood accumulation in upper brain outside or below brain membrane | 11 | $21,675 | $1,806 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 16 | $1,404 | $83 |
Medicaid work
$4,013 in 2023
Medicaid paid $4,013 for 101 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 15 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS SF/LOW 40 | 101 | $4,013 |
| 2023 | 101 | 1 | 15 | $4,013 |
| 2022 | 125 | 2 | 23 | $18,031 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 12 | $1,480 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2022
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 59 | $10,126 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 66 | $7,905 |
2021
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $1,480 |
Money from drug and device companies
$272 in 2024
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | None | $272 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $36 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | None | $514 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | None | $88 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | None | $310 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Medical Device Business Services | Stratafix | $137 | 1 payment
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| Medtronic | Cd Horizon Spinal System | $135 | 4 payments
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See all 5 published payments
| Medtronic | Meals · 2024-03-07 | Cd Horizon Spinal System | $44 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2024-03-07 | Cd Horizon Spinal System | $40 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2024-03-06 | Cd Horizon Spinal System | $19 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2024-03-05 | Cd Horizon Spinal System | $32 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Education · 2024-02-16 | Stratafix | $137 |
See earlier years (2023, 2021, 2020, 2019)
2023: $36
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Trumatch | $36 | 1 payment
|
2021: $514
| Surgical Theater. | None | $514 | 1 payment
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2020: $88
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Rosa-Brain | $88 | 1 payment
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2019: $310
| Novocure | Oncology | $170 | 1 payment
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| Stryker | Cascadia | $140 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1942576400
- Licence
- CA A161360, NJ 25MA10845300California A161360: Current · expires 2027-03-31New Jersey 25MA10845300: Active
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207T00000X (207T00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 1 Ford Pl Ste 3a, Detroit, MI, 48202
- NPI first listed
- 2012-03-29
- NPI last updated
- 2026-03-16
- NPI record certified
- 2026-03-16
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 10 Plum St Fl 5, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901 · 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305