John B. Costello, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Saint Louis, MO
John B. Costello, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Saint Louis, Missouri, and NPI 1417062563, issued on Aug 20, 2006. Check the license (Missouri R9162, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John B. Costello
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- R9162 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2821 N Ballas RD, Saint Louis, MO 63131
- Phone
- (314) 995-9988
- Enumerated
- Aug 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (866) 847-8598
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070119000201); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Saint Louis University School Of Medicine, 1977
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify John B. Costello in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Search for license R9162Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,454 Medicare Part D claims for 295 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 105 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium244 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate203 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium128 claims
- Lisinopril124 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium87 claims
- Tramadol Hcl86 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: $562.27
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Arnold Physical Therapy And Sports Medicine LLCSaint Louis, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
941 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Saint Louis
They are 941 of the 27,605 NPPES records with a practice address in Saint Louis, and 2,604 internal medicine physician records in Missouri.
All 941 in Saint Louis → All 2,604 in Missouri → Every provider in Saint Louis →
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Common questions
What is John B. Costello, M.D.'s NPI number?
John B. Costello, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417062563, issued on Aug 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John B. Costello, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2821 N Ballas RD, Saint Louis, MO, 63131. Phone: (314) 995-9988. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John B. Costello, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number R9162, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John B. Costello, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John B. Costello, M.D. had 3,454 Medicare Part D claims for 295 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.