What is Maria Mercado's specialty?

Maria Mercado (NPI 1851335723) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Endocrinology in Chula Vista, CA.

Where does Maria Mercado practice?

Maria Mercado practices in Chula Vista, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1851335723.

How much does Medicare pay Maria Mercado?

Maria Mercado (NPI 1851335723) received approximately $221K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 469 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851335723

Maria MercadoM.D.

EndocrinologyChula Vista, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

825

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

6,321

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$174K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 633 Endocrinology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,164).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,314

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

52.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium466 claims

Alendronate Sodium366 claims

Semaglutide262 claims

Metformin Hcl189 claims

Empagliflozin144 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.7

Quality

73.5

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.49%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Maria Mercado'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). 3 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM	172	709
MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM	35	104
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Seattle, WA	11	22

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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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history