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Physician

JAMES SCHARFF, MD

Thoracic Surgery

SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63131
NPI: 1407078827

Contact

Thoracic Surgery

SAINT LOUIS, MO

MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER

314-996-5000

missouribaptist.org

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Common Procedures for Thoracic Surgery

Coronary Artery Bypass (CABG)Lung ResectionHeart Valve SurgeryMediastinoscopyThoracotomyEsophageal SurgeryChest Wall ReconstructionVATS (Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery)

Based on specialty. Actual services may vary — contact the provider's office to confirm.

MIPS Quality Score

PY 2023
82.1/100High
Quality
82.1
Promoting Interoperability
100.0
Improvement Activities
20.0
Cost
74.2

MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) scores measure quality, cost, and improvement activities. Higher is better. Learn more at qpp.cms.gov

Procedure Pricing (Medicare Data)

No Medicare pricing data is available for this physician. CMS only publishes utilization data for providers who treated 11 or more unique Medicare beneficiaries in a reporting year.

This does not mean the physician is inactive — it means their Medicare claims volume did not meet the CMS reporting threshold, or they may primarily serve non-Medicare patients.

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Physician identity data from the NPPES NPI Registry. Last synced 3/28/2026.