Denise Castro, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · East Stroudsburg, PA
Denise Castro, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1518284215, issued on Apr 21, 2010. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA056319, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Denise Castro
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- MA056319 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 447 Plaza Court, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
- Phone
- (570) 426-2301
- Enumerated
- Apr 21, 2010
- Record last updated
- Mar 16, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170324001225); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 447 Plaza Court
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Denise Castro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA056319Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
105 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide11 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): 95.6 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: $175.52
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. 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
- St Lukes Physician Group IncStroudsburg, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Denise Castro among 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Denise Castro, PA-C is one of 3,897 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 34% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 34% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2015 among the 2,467 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
26 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in East Stroudsburg
They are 26 of the 786 NPPES records with a practice address in East Stroudsburg, and 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Denise Castro, PA-C's NPI number?
Denise Castro, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518284215, issued on Apr 21, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Denise Castro, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 447 Plaza Court, East Stroudsburg, PA, 18301. Phone: (570) 426-2301. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Denise Castro, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA056319, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Denise Castro, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Denise Castro, PA-C had 105 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Denise Castro, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.6 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.