Gary C. Vitale, MD
Surgery Physician · Louisville, KY
Gary C. Vitale, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1336128867, issued on Jan 12, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 20934, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gary C. Vitale
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 20934 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 401 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Phone
- (502) 583-8303
- Enumerated
- Jan 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 20, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (502) 584-0302
- Medicaid IDs
- 100344390A IN
64209349 KY - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100701000493); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Yale University School Of Medicine, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 401 E Chestnut St
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Verify Gary C. Vitale in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 20934Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
837 Medicare Part D claims for 194 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Creon216 claims
- Sucralfate123 claims
- Esomeprazole Magnesium116 claims
- Ursodiol74 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium63 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf34 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $390.89
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- University OF Louisville Physicians IncLouisville, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gary C. Vitale among 459 surgery physician records in Kentucky
Gary C. Vitale, MD is one of 459 surgery physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 77% 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 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2005 among the 292 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Kentucky
There are 459 surgery physician records in Kentucky.
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- Richard Goldstein, MDLouisville, KY 402021811967698
- Brian Harbrecht, MDLouisville, KY 402021881668481
- Farid Kehdy, MDLouisville, KY 402021407966138
- Gerald Larson, MDLouisville, KY 402021215917232
- Michael McCafferty, MDLouisville, KY 402021558331553
Common questions
What is Gary C. Vitale, MD's NPI number?
Gary C. Vitale, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336128867, issued on Jan 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gary C. Vitale, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 401 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY, 40202. Phone: (502) 583-8303. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gary C. Vitale, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 20934, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gary C. Vitale, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gary C. Vitale, MD had 837 Medicare Part D claims for 194 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gary C. Vitale, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.