Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN
Family Nurse Practitioner · Laredo, TX
Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1639614662, issued on Dec 29, 2016. Check the license (Texas AP132173, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Blanca Alejandra Castro
- Credential
- MSN, APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- AP132173 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6999 Mcpherson RD Ste 220, Laredo, TX 78041
- Phone
- (956) 795-4776
- Enumerated
- Dec 29, 2016
- Record last updated
- Aug 16, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180517001021); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6999 Mcpherson RD Ste 220
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Verify Blanca Alejandra Castro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license AP132173Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,738 Medicare Part D claims for 663 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium255 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf169 claims
- Famotidine163 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl141 claims
- Omeprazole117 claims
- Linzess114 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 80 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $861.89
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Gastroenterology Consultants OF Laredo, PALaredo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Blanca Alejandra Castro among 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas
Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN is one of 21,242 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 31% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 31% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2018 among the 11,286 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 38% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
213 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Laredo
They are 213 of the 2,290 NPPES records with a practice address in Laredo, and 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN's NPI number?
Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639614662, issued on Dec 29, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6999 Mcpherson RD Ste 220, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 795-4776. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number AP132173, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN had 1,738 Medicare Part D claims for 663 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Blanca Alejandra Castro, MSN, APRN's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.