NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPI 1881622181 MD
Verify on CMS → Diego Escobar, MD
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician in Tampa, Florida.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 247 in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
193
Medicare Part D claims · 76 beneficiaries · Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician avg: 690
Generic prescribing
91%
generic claims · 9% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$1.5K
40 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Diego Escobar, MD filed 193 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as an Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician in Tampa, Florida, prescribing 91% generic.
- 193
- Part D claims, 2024
- 91%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥34th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Diego Escobar, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1881622181), first enumerated 06/28/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 193 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$1.5K in reported industry payments (40 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Florida statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Diego Escobar, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: FLDOH annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
Compare Escobar with other Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers
Same primary specialty, same federal CMS NPPES roster.
Also enrolled in Florida
- Dr. Arnold Bierman, M.D. Orlando, FL
- Dr. Charles Boothby, DO Palm Harbor, FL
- Dr. Lisa Chow, M.D. Fort Myers, FL
- Dr. Montana Cole, MD Palm Harbor, FL
- Dr. Donald Covington, MD Jacksonville, FL
- Dr. Ronald Day, D.O., M.P.H. Hurlburt Field, FL
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1881622181 · Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-TRACE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1881622181
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-TRACE 247
- RX-LIGHT 193
- BOOK-THIN 42 in Florida
- PHOTO-ENUM Blaine Blakestad, MD · 2006
Diego Escobar, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
193 ≥ 34th percentile 34% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Diego Escobar, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Diego Escobar, MD?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
Medicare Part D claims
193 72% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Florida
How Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician compares to other specialties among Florida providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1881622181 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 06/28/2006 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Diego Escobar, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Hyperbaric And Woundcare Inc
Wesley Chapel, FL
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Diego Escobar, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$1.5K
Largest payer
Smith+Nephew, Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Florida FLDOH 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~75K Florida medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Diego Escobar, MD. To verify Diego Escobar, MD's current license status, search the FLDOH public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
480
Total board actions, Florida 2023
Across 467 cases
6.40
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Florida statewide rate
monetary fine
Most common action type
138 cases
FLDOH publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Florida disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Generic-heavy
Diego Escobar, MD - brand share 9.0%
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician average
9% brand-name claims vs 91% generic, on 193 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
193
Total Claims
$13K
Total Drug Cost
76
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 194
- Total Day Supply
- 3,063
- Brand vs Generic
- 9% brand / 91% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $8K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $4K
- Opioid Claims
- 17 (8.8% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 97
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.6 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 3.22
- Gender Split
- 46% female / 54% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 17, 65-74: 23, 75-84: 19, 85+: 17
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Diego Escobar, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl
Ciprofloxacin Hcl
38 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate
Doxycycline Hyclate
28 claims
- Gentamicin Sulfate
Gentamicin Sulfate
17 claims
- Santyl
Santyl
16 claims
- Nystatin 13
Nystatin
13 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-T… 13
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
13 claims
- Acetaminophen-Code… 11
Acetaminophen-Codeine
11 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 38 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 28 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 17 |
| Santyl Collagenase Clostridium Hist. | 16 |
| Nystatin | 13 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine Acetaminophen With Codeine | 11 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician Overview
How Diego Escobar, MD fits within the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician landscape nationally.
247
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician Providers in US
41
States with Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
690
Avg Claims per Provider
Diego Escobar, MD's 193 claims are below the specialty average of 690.
Nationwide Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Escobar, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician Providers in Florida
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Florida, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Escobar.
One of 42 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers enrolled in Florida, 11 are shown on this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Diego Escobar, MD's specialty? ▼
Diego Escobar, MD specializes in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician and practices in Tampa, Florida. Credentials: MD.
How much does Diego Escobar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Diego Escobar, MD wrote 193 Medicare Part D claims totaling $13K in drug costs for 76 beneficiaries.
Where is Diego Escobar, MD located? ▼
Diego Escobar, MD is located at 3000 MEDICAL PARK DR STE 430, Tampa, FL, 33613. Phone: (813) 615-7160.
What is Diego Escobar, MD's NPI number? ▼
Diego Escobar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881622181, issued on 06/28/2006.
Does Diego Escobar, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Diego Escobar, MD's prescribing is 9% brand-name and 91% generic drugs by claim count, with $8K in brand drug costs.
Does Diego Escobar, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Diego Escobar, MD had 17 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 8.8%.
How many Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 247 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers across 41 states in the US. The average Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician provider writes 690 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Diego Escobar, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Diego Escobar, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Ciprofloxacin Hcl, Doxycycline Hyclate, Gentamicin Sulfate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Diego Escobar, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Diego Escobar, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 193 Part D claims and 76 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Diego Escobar, MD's credentials? ▼
Diego Escobar, MD's NPI is 1881622181 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology
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