Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician · Oakland, CA
Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD is an orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in Oakland, California, and NPI 1023428901, issued on May 1, 2014. Check the license (California A139721, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Austin Arlo Pitcher
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician 207XS0106X
- License number
- A139721 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3315 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611
- Phone
- (925) 939-8585
- Enumerated
- May 1, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jan 4, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200812001390); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3315 Broadway
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Austin Arlo Pitcher in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A139721Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic hand surgery physician in 2024
147 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries, against an average of 186 among the 2,203 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 73 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen69 claims
- Meloxicam37 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $45.29
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 1,819 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,529.86 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Golden State Orthopedics And SpineOakland, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Austin Arlo Pitcher among 288 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records in California
Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD is one of 288 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 83% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2004 among the 214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XS0106X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 288 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records in California.
All 288 in California → Every provider in Oakland → Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic hand surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kendrick Lee, MDOakland, CA 946111508833377
- Eric Stuffmann, M.D.Oakland, CA 946111922294719
- Christopher Cox, M.D.Oakland, CA 946121013104215
- Mathias Masem, M.D.Oakland, CA 946121508810938
- Suresh Nayar, MDOakland, CA 946091760805055
- Wayne Pan, MD, PHD, MBAOakland, CA 946081114265949
- Divya Singh, M.D.Oakland, CA 946021235264540
- Tyler Clark, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945981831453778
Common questions
What is Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023428901, issued on May 1, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3315 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94611. Phone: (925) 939-8585. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A139721, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD had 147 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic hand surgery physician prescribers was 186. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Austin Arlo Pitcher, MD, PHD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.