PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1164414215

Kosta ArgerM.D.

CardiologySparks, NVI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,307

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,050

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$120K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 153 Cardiology providers in NV — below median (cohort median 2,999).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

6,010

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$913K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

21.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate539 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium382 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium285 claims

Apixaban255 claims

Furosemide246 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Travel and Lodging$816

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kosta Arger's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 20 inbound referrers · 38 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
RENOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	112	330
Sridevi Challapalli Cardiology · Reno, NV	54	154
Joseph Stevenson Cardiology · Reno, NV	50	88
Devang Desai Cardiology · Reno, NV	43	109
Mark Mcallister Diagnostic Radiology · Reno, NV	36	78
Richard Bryan Cardiology · Reno, NV	30	85
Frank Carrea Interventional Cardiology · Reno, NV	26	65
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Clinical Laboratory · Las Vegas, NV	26	88
DAAKE, CAROL	24	46
Ram Challapalli Cardiology · Reno, NV	24	50
Richard Welcome Diagnostic Radiology · Reno, NV	20	46
MEDI-LYNX CARDIAC MONITORING, LLC	19	41

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES RENO LLC	260	770
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Phoenix, AZ	118	376
RENOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	79	227
Anita Kedia Cardiology · Reno, NV	55	145
Joseph Stevenson Cardiology · Reno, NV	54	130
Sridevi Challapalli Cardiology · Reno, NV	43	100
Mark Mcallister Diagnostic Radiology · Reno, NV	40	126
LAUGHLIN, COLBY	39	113
Eric Drummer Interventional Cardiology · Sparks, NV	34	79
RENOWN SOUTH MEADOWS MEDICAL CENTER	32	65
Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority Ambulance Service Provider · Reno, NV	32	54
Devang Desai Cardiology · Reno, NV	31	78

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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