Louis W. Varella, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Baltimore, MD
Louis W. Varella, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Baltimore, Maryland, and NPI 1306374020, issued on May 24, 2017. Check the license (Maryland D95183, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Louis W. Varella
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- D95183 MD
1255779435 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 827 Linden Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201
- Phone
- (410) 225-8790
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2017
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2023
- Fax
- (410) 225-8910
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230426003354); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Louis W. Varella in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D95183Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
110 Medicare Part D claims for 54 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 100 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: $278.45
4 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 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- University OF Maryland Physicians PABaltimore, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Louis W. Varella among 397 hospitalist physician records in Maryland
Louis W. Varella, M.D. is one of 397 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 71% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2010 among the 330 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 208M00000X and a Maryland 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 Louis W. Varella, M.D.'s NPI number?
Louis W. Varella, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306374020, issued on May 24, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Louis W. Varella, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 827 Linden Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21201. Phone: (410) 225-8790. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Louis W. Varella, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D95183, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Louis W. Varella, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Louis W. Varella, M.D. had 110 Medicare Part D claims for 54 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Louis W. Varella, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.