What is Michael Degaetano's specialty?

Michael Degaetano (NPI 1881660454) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in San Antonio, TX.

Where does Michael Degaetano practice?

Michael Degaetano practices in San Antonio, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1881660454.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Degaetano?

Michael Degaetano (NPI 1881660454) received approximately $286K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 514 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1881660454

Michael DegaetanoDO

NephrologySan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,101

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,784

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$272K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,895

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Losartan Potassium502 claims

Dapagliflozin Propanediol323 claims

Furosemide239 claims

Ciprofloxacin Hcl200 claims

Nifedipine189 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$2K

Payment records

125

By payment type

Food and Beverage$2K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$2K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Degaetano'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). 78 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA HEALTH CARE CORPORATION	234	1,527
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	158	484
METHODIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF SAN ANTONIO, LTD., L.L.P.	138	431
Jeffrey Walker Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	93	535
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SAN ANTONIO, LLC	78	1,411
Jared Reading Diagnostic Radiology · Uvalde, TX	65	493
Rashid Sharaf Nephrology · San Antonio, TX	63	239
NPI 1164498226	61	334
Thomas Seale Interventional Radiology · Deland, FL	53	279
City Of San Antonio Texas Ambulance Service Provider · San Antonio, TX	52	147
Timoteo Cabrera Nephrology · San Antonio, TX	52	174
Jason Cheng Diagnostic Radiology · San Antonio, TX	50	327

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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