What is Thomas Caranasos's specialty?

Thomas Caranasos (NPI 1376715656) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Naples, FL.

Where does Thomas Caranasos practice?

Thomas Caranasos practices in Naples, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1376715656.

How much does Medicare pay Thomas Caranasos?

Thomas Caranasos (NPI 1376715656) received approximately $65K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 118 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1376715656

Thomas CaranasosM.D.

General SurgeryNaples, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$6K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,308 General Surgery providers in FL — below median (cohort median 298).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$135

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Metoprolol Succinate15 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$68K

Payment records

116

By payment type

Consulting Fee$42K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$15K

Food and Beverage$6K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Honoraria$2K

Top paying entities

Consulting Fee$42K

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$15K

Food and Beverage$6K

Travel and Lodging$3K

Honoraria$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Thomas Caranasos'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 · 31 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Blair Keagy Vascular Surgery · Chapel Hill, NC	32	84
SUETA, CARLA	27	78
PARKER, LEONARD	25	176
BIRCHARD, KATHERINE	25	73
Earl Weyers Anesthesiology · Sacramento, CA	23	158
Lisa Rose-Jones Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Wilmington, NC	20	67
Kevan Haas Physician Assistant · Chapel Hill, NC	20	49
WILCOX, CLAIRE	20	90
Lindsay Clarke Physician Assistant · Raleigh, NC	19	43
Jason Katz Cardiology · Chapel Hill, NC	14	60
Andrew Shirlen Physician Assistant · Naples, FL	13	31
Xuming Dai Cardiology · Flushing, NY	13	40

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS AT CHAPEL HILL	83	431
Lisa Rose-Jones Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Wilmington, NC	33	129
HEYNEMAN, LAURA	29	123
BIRCHARD, KATHERINE	29	145
Earl Weyers Anesthesiology · Sacramento, CA	26	207
SUETA, CARLA	25	109
PARKER, LEONARD	24	264
Charles Hicks Cardiology · Chapel Hill, NC	24	69
Ross Simpson Cardiology · Chapel Hill, NC	22	80
John Vavalle Interventional Cardiology · Chapel Hill, NC	21	145
Michael Yeung Interventional Cardiology · Chapel Hill, NC	21	78
Alzora Benjamin Nurse Practitioner · Burlington, NC	20	96

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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