Claudio Lima
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Pittsburgh, PA
Claudio Lima is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1285737858, issued on Sep 7, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD036394L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Claudio Lima
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- MD036394L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5200 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
- Phone
- (412) 623-3140
- Enumerated
- Sep 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060428000304); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Claudio Lima in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD036394LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $292.24
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Washington Physician ServicesWashington, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Claudio Lima among 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Pennsylvania
Claudio Lima is one of 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 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 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1976 · median 1998 among the 223 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Pennsylvania
There are 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Pennsylvania.
All 377 in Pennsylvania → Every provider in Pittsburgh → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Raul Caso, MD, MSCIPittsburgh, PA 152321821451352
- Caroline Larkin, PA-CPittsburgh, PA 152321942195128
- Renee Levesque, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152321407233620
- V Machiraju, MDPittsburgh, PA 152321730282302
- Juan Munoz Largacha, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152321972034668
- Christian Otero, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152321316178502
- Isabella Sadowski, PA-CPittsburgh, PA 152321316725773
- Inderpal SarkariaPittsburgh, PA 152321689827883
Common questions
What is Claudio Lima's NPI number?
Claudio Lima's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285737858, issued on Sep 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Claudio Lima located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5200 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232. Phone: (412) 623-3140. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Claudio Lima's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD036394L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.