Mario Castro, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Kansas City, KS
Mario Castro, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1881610004, issued on Jul 14, 2006. Check the license (Kansas 04-42481, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mario Castro
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- 04-42481 KS
106692 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4000 Cambridge St, Kansas City, KS 66160
- Phone
- (913) 588-7529
- Enumerated
- Jul 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 8, 2022
- Medicaid IDs
- ENROLLED IL
207670506 MO - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191010000759); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri, Columbia School Of Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4000 Cambridge St
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Verify Mario Castro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 04-42481Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
429 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 70% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa55 claims
- Breo Ellipta43 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta32 claims
- Spiriva Respimat26 claims
- Prednisone24 claims
- Azithromycin20 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $266,353.71
152 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Kansas University Physicians IncKansas City, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mario Castro among 105 pulmonary disease physician records in Kansas
Mario Castro, MD is one of 105 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2003 among the 72 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Kansas
There are 105 pulmonary disease physician records in Kansas.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Harold Barkman, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601801980438
- Kyle Brownback, MDKansas City, KS 661601619192291
- Sowjanya Duthuluru, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601427074889
- Mark Hamblin, MDKansas City, KS 661601588758502
- Michelle Homan, D.O.Kansas City, KS 661601780995720
- Heath Latham, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601639210123
- Joel Mermis, MDKansas City, KS 661601396814430
- Susan Pingleton, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601760575328
Common questions
What is Mario Castro, MD's NPI number?
Mario Castro, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881610004, issued on Jul 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mario Castro, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4000 Cambridge St, Kansas City, KS, 66160. Phone: (913) 588-7529. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mario Castro, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 04-42481, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Mario Castro, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mario Castro, MD had 429 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Mario Castro, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 of 100. 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.