Gustavo Abel Espino, MD
Nephrology Physician · Albuquerque, NM
Gustavo Abel Espino, MD is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1518985191, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico 98-49, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gustavo Abel Espino
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- 98-49 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4343 Pan American Fwy NE Ste 236, Albuquerque, NM 87107
- Phone
- (505) 600-2511
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 4, 2023
- Fax
- (505) 300-4977
- Medicaid ID
- Z1106 NM
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090422000366); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4343 Pan American Fwy NE Ste 236
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Gustavo Abel Espino in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license 98-49Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
1,249 Medicare Part D claims for 213 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Calcitriol142 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate107 claims
- Allopurinol59 claims
- Furosemide50 claims
- Carvedilol47 claims
- Farxiga46 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: $650.28
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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 Nephrology AssociatesAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gustavo Abel Espino among 79 nephrology physician records in New Mexico
Gustavo Abel Espino, MD is one of 79 nephrology physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2002 among the 60 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in New Mexico
There are 79 nephrology physician records in New Mexico.
All 79 in New Mexico → Every provider in Albuquerque → Nephrology Physician nationwide →
The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christos Argyropoulos, M.D., PHDAlbuquerque, NM 871061194968529
- Prajit Arora, M.DAlbuquerque, NM 871061841503844
- Josephine De Leoz, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061386137115
- Kavitha Ganta, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871081265745400
- Curtis Kapsner, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871081346341617
- Sireesha Koppula, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061356531388
- Alejandra Mena Gutierrez, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871081538324215
- Garfield Ramdeen, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061922191022
Common questions
What is Gustavo Abel Espino, MD's NPI number?
Gustavo Abel Espino, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518985191, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gustavo Abel Espino, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4343 Pan American Fwy NE Ste 236, Albuquerque, NM, 87107. Phone: (505) 600-2511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gustavo Abel Espino, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number 98-49, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gustavo Abel Espino, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gustavo Abel Espino, MD had 1,249 Medicare Part D claims for 213 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gustavo Abel Espino, 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.