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Dr. Paul F Defrino, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1326046319

Dr. Paul F Defrino, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Chicago, Illinois. Qualified in 1993, 33 years ago. Practices with Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, a 3,079-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
33
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2005
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1435 W Webster Ave
Chicago, IL 60614-3049
Phone: (773) 356-7700
Fax: (872) 843-9070
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 7600 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL 60463-1001 — (708) 361-0600

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 036095475 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1326046319
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 13, 2005
Last updated in NPPESMarch 12, 2026
Certification dateMarch 12, 2026

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1993 (33 years in practice)
Group practice Advocate Health And Hospitals Corporation — 3079 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of nail tissue 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients337
Services billed 1,482 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $3,000 1 payment
Food and Beverage $674 13 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3079 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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