NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Luca Cicalese, M.D.

Transplant Surgery Physician · Worcester, MA

Luca Cicalese, M.D. is a transplant surgery physician with a practice address in Worcester, Massachusetts, and NPI 1245221472, issued on Nov 5, 2005. Check the license (Massachusetts 216445, as entered in NPPES) with the Massachusetts board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1245221472
Name
Luca Cicalese
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Transplant Surgery Physician 204F00000X
License number
216445 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA 01655
Phone
(508) 334-7232
Enumerated
Nov 5, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 2, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
0189111 MA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20071205000585); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, 1998
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 55 Lake Ave N

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Nawal Aamir, MDInternal Medicine Physician1588248926
  2. Amarys Abadie, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1992936843
  3. Paula Abate, NPNurse Practitioner1336265909
  4. Aly AbayazeedDiagnostic Radiology Physician1821221946
  5. Zainab AbbasDermatology Physician1609028000
  6. Mary-Alice Abbott, MDClinical Genetics (M.D.) Physician1982799417

Verify Luca Cicalese in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Massachusetts board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average transplant surgery physician in 2024

31 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries, against an average of 260 among the 541 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Luca Cicalese31
  2. Specialty average260

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: $30.82

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 524 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,913.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Luca Cicalese$30.82
  2. Specialty average$3,913.05

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

  1. Utmb Faculty Group PracticeLeague City, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Luca Cicalese among 25 transplant surgery physician records in Massachusetts

Luca Cicalese, M.D. is one of 25 transplant surgery physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 92% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 1999 among the 20 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2012 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 204F00000X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Transplant Surgery Physician providers in Massachusetts

There are 25 transplant surgery physician records in Massachusetts.

The 8 transplant surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Laurence Belin, MD, MPHWorcester, MA 016551407093172
  2. Piyush Gupta, MDWorcester, MA 016551023508371
  3. Paulo Martins, M.D, PHD, FAST, FACSWorcester, MA 016551386877900
  4. Babak Movahedi, MD, PHDWorcester, MA 016551841502291
  5. Dheera ReddyWorcester, MA 016551285048785
  6. Randolph Schaffer, M.D.Worcester, MA 016551639141690
  7. William Lewis, MDBurlington, MA 018051245210517
  8. Despoina Daskalaki, M.DBoston, MA 021111700248689

Common questions

What is Luca Cicalese, M.D.'s NPI number?

Luca Cicalese, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245221472, issued on Nov 5, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Luca Cicalese, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA, 01655. Phone: (508) 334-7232. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Luca Cicalese, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 216445, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Luca Cicalese, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Luca Cicalese, M.D. had 31 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries; the average among transplant surgery physician prescribers was 260. 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.