Luis Acosta Nunez, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Des Moines, IA
Luis Acosta Nunez, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1154018349, issued on Apr 19, 2023. Check the license (Iowa 55930, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Luis Acosta Nunez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 55930 IA
R-12925 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1111 6TH Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314
- Phone
- (515) 643-2261
- Enumerated
- Apr 19, 2023
- Record last updated
- Feb 25, 2026
- Fax
- (515) 643-5802
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251209003346); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1111 6TH Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Luis Acosta Nunez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license 55930Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
61 Medicare Part D claims for 35 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $169.00
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. 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
- Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical FoundationDes Moines, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Luis Acosta Nunez among 302 hospitalist physician records in Iowa
Luis Acosta Nunez, MD is one of 302 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 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 2023, is newer than 95% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 95% of these records are older, 1% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2014 among the 243 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 26% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
84 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Des Moines
They are 84 of the 5,538 NPPES records with a practice address in Des Moines, and 302 hospitalist physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Luis Acosta Nunez, MD's NPI number?
Luis Acosta Nunez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154018349, issued on Apr 19, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Luis Acosta Nunez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1111 6TH Ave, Des Moines, IA, 50314. Phone: (515) 643-2261. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Luis Acosta Nunez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 55930, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Luis Acosta Nunez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Luis Acosta Nunez, MD had 61 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.