Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Evergreen, AL
Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Evergreen, Alabama, and NPI 1841223658, issued on Jul 8, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 22418, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Hector L. Salemi-Castro
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 22418 AL
A73975 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 420 W Front St, Evergreen, AL 36401
- Phone
- (251) 578-2000
- Enumerated
- Jul 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 13, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 144710 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060221000399); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Hector L. Salemi-Castro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 22418Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
16,213 Medicare Part D claims for 477 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 2,207 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,518 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate650 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium634 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl609 claims
- Gabapentin586 claims
- Celecoxib534 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $296.43
24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Hector L. Salemi-Castro among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D. is one of 1,705 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Evergreen
They are 2 of the 33 NPPES records with a practice address in Evergreen, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D.'s NPI number?
Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841223658, issued on Jul 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 420 W Front St, Evergreen, AL, 36401. Phone: (251) 578-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 22418, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Hector L. Salemi-Castro, M.D. had 16,213 Medicare Part D claims for 477 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.