What is Melanie Costa's specialty?

Melanie Costa (NPI 1801976733) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Dermatology in Pittsburgh, PA.

Where does Melanie Costa practice?

Melanie Costa practices in Pittsburgh, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1801976733.

How much does Medicare pay Melanie Costa?

Melanie Costa (NPI 1801976733) received approximately $64K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 650 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1801976733

Melanie CostaM.D.

DermatologyPittsburgh, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,139

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,554

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$58K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 531 Dermatology providers in PA — below median (cohort median 2,070).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,463

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$110K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Betamethasone/Propylene Glyc305 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide256 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate193 claims

Ketoconazole118 claims

Clobetasol Propionate113 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.5

Quality

24.6

Cost

77.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

97.0

Payment adjustment

0.94%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$271

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$271

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$271

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Melanie Costa'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). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Rabkin Dermatopathology Laboratory, P.C. Clinical Laboratory · Pittsburgh, PA	51	59
UPMC PASSAVANT	42	66
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	24	39
HOUSE, NANCY	21	22
WALLACE, MICHAEL	15	20
ALLEGHENY & CHESAPEAKE PHYSICAL THERAPISTS INC	13	16
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC.	11	15

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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