What is Shawn Gao's specialty?

Shawn Gao (NPI 1740424704) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Saint Louis, MO.

Where does Shawn Gao practice?

Shawn Gao practices in Saint Louis, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740424704.

How much does Medicare pay Shawn Gao?

Shawn Gao (NPI 1740424704) received approximately $158K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 601 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740424704

Shawn GaoM.D.

Internal MedicineSaint Louis, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

919

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,839

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$157K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,563 Internal Medicine providers in MO — top quintile (cohort median 658).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

54,340

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.1M

Distinct drugs

291

Brand share

17.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium3,531 claims

Amlodipine Besylate2,434 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium1,623 claims

Gabapentin1,617 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium1,584 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.4

Quality

51.3

Cost

59.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.14%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$227

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$227

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$227

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Shawn Gao'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). 26 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Carol Blacksher Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist · Saint Louis, MO	105	5,661
SA HOSPITAL ACQUISITION GROUP, LLC	75	777
GATEWAY AMBULANCE SERVICE LLC	61	472
Tshiswaka Kayembe Internal Medicine · Saint Louis, MO	49	447
Charles Scheer Nurse Practitioner · East Saint Louis, IL	44	557
Enquan Gao Psychiatry · Saint Louis, MO	43	288
LUCHTEFELD, GERALD	35	858
NPI 1033105697	29	297
Shearita Sandoval Nurse Practitioner · Saint Louis, MO	26	418
BUSSMANN, CARL	25	175
NPI 1114941044	24	164
HANDOYO, FRANS	23	174

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.

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