John Thomas Costa, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Brooklyn, NY
John Thomas Costa, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1700947454, issued on Dec 13, 2006. Check the license (New York 143646, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Thomas Costa
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 143646 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3858 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11235
- Phone
- (718) 332-4353
- Enumerated
- Dec 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2025
- Fax
- (718) 332-4353
- Medicaid ID
- 00764645 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110128000333); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3858 Nostrand Avenue
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Verify John Thomas Costa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 143646Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
2,596 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 101 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate124 claims
- Montelukast Sodium123 claims
- Losartan Potassium121 claims
- Simvastatin115 claims
- Alprazolam83 claims
- Ezetimibe73 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: $218.93
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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.
John Thomas Costa among 1,230 pulmonary disease physician records in New York
John Thomas Costa, MD is one of 1,230 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in New York. 87% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 1999 among the 943 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in New York
There are 1,230 pulmonary disease physician records in New York.
All 1,230 in New York → Every provider in Brooklyn → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Igor Chernyavskiy, M.D.Brooklyn, NY 112351477520245
- Rashmikant DoshiBrooklyn, NY 112351629089735
- Padmanabhan KrishnanBrooklyn, NY 112351154332211
- Frida Popilevsky, MDBrooklyn, NY 112351104086156
- Aron Rubin, MDBrooklyn, NY 112351396788956
- Maurice Alwaya, MDBrooklyn, NY 112341376576694
- Arthur Hammer, M.D.Brooklyn, NY 112341528060324
- Olga Knap, MDBrooklyn, NY 112341609337039
Common questions
What is John Thomas Costa, MD's NPI number?
John Thomas Costa, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700947454, issued on Dec 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Thomas Costa, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3858 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11235. Phone: (718) 332-4353. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Thomas Costa, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 143646, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John Thomas Costa, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Thomas Costa, MD had 2,596 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.