What is Preston Foster's specialty?

Preston Foster (NPI 1326005232) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in San Antonio, TX.

Where does Preston Foster practice?

Preston Foster practices in San Antonio, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1326005232.

How much does Medicare pay Preston Foster?

Preston Foster (NPI 1326005232) received approximately $35K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 35 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1326005232

Preston FosterM.D.

General SurgerySan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

210

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$17K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,477 General Surgery providers in TX — above median (cohort median 212).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

165

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

10.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole43 claims

Valganciclovir Hcl25 claims

Tacrolimus20 claims

Clotrimazole19 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim18 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.5

Quality

71.9

Cost

71.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

99.0

Payment adjustment

0.40%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$374

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$374

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$374

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 450388

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Preston Foster'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). 14 inbound referrers · 26 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	149	614
Omer Junaidi Gastroenterology · San Antonio, TX	45	241
Michael Middlebrook Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	39	204
Lokesh Bathla General Surgery · San Antonio, TX	30	180
Luke Shen General Surgery · San Antonio, TX	23	230
Joyce Schwartz Pathology · Shavano Park, TX	23	105
Katrina Peterson Nurse Practitioner · Bellevue, WA	21	34
Keith Crow Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	17	60
Bishal Sinha Internal Medicine · San Antonio, TX	16	48
MERCHANT, SHAKIL	13	22
Claudio Zeballos Emergency Medicine · San Antonio, TX	13	26
Alfredo Conde Pulmonary Disease · San Antonio, TX	12	108

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	84	289
Omer Junaidi Gastroenterology · San Antonio, TX	57	268
THAGGARD, ALVIN	47	239
Fernando Membreno Gastroenterology · Mcallen, TX	37	268
Madhavi Rudraraju Gastroenterology · San Antonio, TX	35	198
COPADO, VIOLET	32	98
Michael Middlebrook Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	29	125
Joyce Schwartz Pathology · Shavano Park, TX	25	66
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	24	87
Luke Shen General Surgery · San Antonio, TX	20	161
Lokesh Bathla General Surgery · San Antonio, TX	20	153
Matthias Kapturczak Nephrology · San Antonio, TX	20	108

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.

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