Benjamin Best, M.D.

Primary specialty

Neurological Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207T00000X

License

79646 Issued in MN

Practice address

Children's Health Care
2525 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Phone

(612) 813-6000

NPI assigned

Apr 4, 2017

Last updated

Jul 22, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA, MN2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Pediatric Medicine

Education

Medical College of Wisconsin, 2017

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Childrens Health Care

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • NPI 1932208808
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group, Inc.

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • NPI 1265530653
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Childrens Health Care

  dba Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Saint Paul, MN
  • NPI 1225132566
  NPD
• Childrens Health Care

  • Children's Hospital
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • NPI 1881793750
  NPD
• Childrens Health Care

  dba Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

  • Children's Hospital
  • Saint Paul, MN
  • NPI 1629161781
  NPD (past)

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "number": "1083147300",
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE",
            "address_2": "2525 CHICAGO AVENUE SOUTH",
            "city": "MINNEAPOLIS",
            "state": "MN",
            "postal_code": "55404"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
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            "address_2": "2525 CHICAGO AVENUE SOUTH",
            "city": "MINNEAPOLIS",
            "state": "MN",
            "postal_code": "55404",
            "telephone_number": "612-813-6000"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "Children's Health Care",
            "address_2": "345 North Smith Avenue",
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            "state": "MN",
            "postal_code": "55102",
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            "telephone_number": "651-220-6000",
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        }
    ],
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        "last_name": "BEST",
        "first_name": "BENJAMIN",
        "credential": "M.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2017-04-04",
        "last_updated": "2025-07-22",
        "certification_date": "2025-07-11",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207T00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Neurological Surgery",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "A193538",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "207T00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Neurological Surgery",
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            "license": "79646",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Best Choice Home Care LLC
• Best Home Health Care Service LLC
• Best Medical Distributors LLC
• Best Option Healthcare Homecare
• Best Practices Quality Home Healthcare Services
• Marino Best, DC
• Jacob Beste, RN
• Vanessa Smith Bester, PA
• Bestfit DME, Inc.
• Risquat Betara-Aliyu, PMHNP

• Neurological Surgery Physician in Minneapolis, MN
• Providers in Minneapolis, MN by specialty
• Neurological Surgery Physician in Minnesota

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 22, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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