Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.

James Benjamin Chen, MD

Individual provider Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1104210152

James Benjamin Chen, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Mission Viejo, California. Graduated from University of California, Geffen School of Medicine in 2015, 11 years ago. Practices with Community Orthopedic Medical Group, a 16-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
11
Trained at
University of California, Geffen School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2015
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

26401 Crown Valley Pkwy Ste 101
Mission Viejo, CA 92691-6302
Phone: (949) 348-4000
Fax: (949) 348-7466
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Specialties & licences

Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0114X · Licence A147355 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1104210152
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 26, 2015
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 13, 2022
Certification dateSeptember 13, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2015 (11 years in practice)
Group practice Community Orthopedic Medical Group — 16 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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.

Hip replacement 102 times · 97th percentile
Knee replacement 101 times · 93rd percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 12 times · 83rd percentile
Removal of tissue 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 patients633
Services billed 7,650 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Education $95,224 41 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Consulting Fee $19,298 26 payments
Travel and Lodging $9,076 53 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,588 35 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Community Orthopedic Medical Group

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 16 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.