PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1679587893

Luis CastroM.D.

PRACTICECAROL L. MERRYFIELD, MD, INC.See all providers at this practice →

Thoracic SurgeryRedwood City, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

379

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

385

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$178K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 222 Thoracic Surgery providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 226).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$134

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Tramadol Hcl13 claims

Torsemide12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

99.6

Quality

86.3

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

1.04%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Consulting Fee$2K

Food and Beverage$466

Long term medical supply or device loan$145

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Luis Castro'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). 16 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HARMON, ADAM	103	248
SHOOR, PERRY	46	140
BURKE, VINCENT	43	139
WHEAT, RICHARD	41	101
NPI 1114151586	32	64
Shanthala Keshavacharya Anesthesiology · Palo Alto, CA	29	59
Daetwan Williams Anesthesiology · Palo Alto, CA	26	70
Melissa Lim Pulmonary Disease · Redwood City, CA	20	96
James Zimmerman Vascular Surgery · Redwood City, CA	20	74
Nellis Smith Cardiology · E Palo Alto, CA	17	121
Bruce Benedick Interventional Cardiology · E Palo Alto, CA	15	106
Edward Anderson Internal Medicine · E Palo Alto, CA	14	60

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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