NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Bakersfield, CA

Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1942797824, issued on Apr 17, 2018. Check the license (California A174375, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; 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
1942797824
Name
Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A174375 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
625 34TH St Ste 100&200, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone
(833) 678-2781
Enumerated
Apr 17, 2018
Record last updated
Jan 31, 2022
Fax
(661) 368-0618
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250701000803); accepts Medicare assignment
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 625 34TH St Ste 100&200

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

  1. Amy Arreaza, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1265684914
  2. Irving Ayala-Rodriguez, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1558724963
  3. Arlenis Barroso Perez, MDFamily Medicine Physician1902291925
  4. Marsha Cheng, MDInternal Medicine Physician1003336306
  5. Yuliana Cisneros Munoz, RDH, EFDADental Hygienist1699648485
  6. Ines Del AltoClinical Social Worker1144401159

Verify Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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17% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

3,729 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 41 claims were for opioids.

  1. Mayra Tovar Castro3,729
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium383 claims
  2. Metformin Hcl243 claims
  3. Lisinopril229 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate179 claims
  5. Levothyroxine Sodium135 claims
  6. Losartan Potassium126 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $73.50

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Mayra Tovar Castro$73.50
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Clinica Sierra VistaBakersfield, CA

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

Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 84% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 84% of these records are older, 14% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

214 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bakersfield

They are 214 of the 11,539 NPPES records with a practice address in Bakersfield, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jennifer Abraham, MDBakersfield, CA 933011285650259
  2. Pritam Badesha, MDBakersfield, CA 933011972532679
  3. Rosie Boparai, MDBakersfield, CA 933011740226398
  4. Kevork Bouldoukian, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933011720020464
  5. Chung- Kwang Chen, MDBakersfield, CA 933011083610273
  6. David Dougherty, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933011205858917
  7. Jeffery Freesemann, MDBakersfield, CA 933011336156488
  8. Fakhruddin Hasta, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933011316974694

Common questions

What is Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D.'s NPI number?

Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942797824, issued on Apr 17, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 625 34TH St Ste 100&200, Bakersfield, CA, 93301. Phone: (833) 678-2781. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A174375, 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 Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Mayra Alejandra Tovar Castro, M.D. had 3,729 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.