Brian L. Costello, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NM
Brian L. Costello, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1154306454, issued on Dec 8, 2005. Check the license with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brian L. Costello
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- Practice location
- 5310 Homestead RD NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
- Phone
- (505) 872-4700
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 26, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (505) 872-4709
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140319001182); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brian L. Costello in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
936 Medicare Part D claims for 453 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Fluocinonide208 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate110 claims
- Mupirocin97 claims
- Hydrocortisone62 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide48 claims
- Ketoconazole45 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 88.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $798.42
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Albuquerque Dermatology Associates, PAAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brian L. Costello among 274 medical physician assistant records in New Mexico
Brian L. Costello, PA-C is one of 274 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in New Mexico. 66% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2011 among the 148 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Medical Physician Assistant providers in New Mexico
There are 274 medical physician assistant records in New Mexico.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Timothy Diesel, DOM, PA-CAlbuquerque, NM 871101619056553
- Rebecca Duchon, PA-CAlbuquerque, NM 871101811012602
- Angela Lovell, P.A.Albuquerque, NM 871101952601841
- Carmen Lozoya, PAAlbuquerque, NM 871101659039170
- Elizabeth Rudolphi, PA AS OF 3/28/14Albuquerque, NM 871101922425735
Common questions
What is Brian L. Costello, PA-C's NPI number?
Brian L. Costello, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154306454, issued on Dec 8, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brian L. Costello, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5310 Homestead RD NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110. Phone: (505) 872-4700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brian L. Costello, PA-C's license?
Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Brian L. Costello, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brian L. Costello, PA-C had 936 Medicare Part D claims for 453 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brian L. Costello, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.5 of 100. 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.