Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O.
Surgery Physician · South Pasadena, CA
Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O. is a surgery physician with a practice address in South Pasadena, California, and NPI 1154684538, issued on Jun 20, 2012. Check the license (California 20A13042, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katharine Schulz-Costello
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 20A13042 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 209 Fair Oaks Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030
- Phone
- (626) 396-2900
- Enumerated
- Jun 20, 2012
- Record last updated
- Dec 3, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170727000870); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Katharine Schulz-Costello in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A13042Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
61 Medicare Part D claims for 42 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen25 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $219.52
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Endomagnetics Ltd. 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
- City OF Hope Medical FoundationDuarte, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Katharine Schulz-Costello among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O. is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 73% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 59% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O.'s NPI number?
Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154684538, issued on Jun 20, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 209 Fair Oaks Ave, South Pasadena, CA, 91030. Phone: (626) 396-2900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A13042, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O. had 61 Medicare Part D claims for 42 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.