Ruben Antonio Castro, MD
Plastic Surgery Physician · Newport Beach, CA
Ruben Antonio Castro, MD is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Newport Beach, California, and NPI 1962965293, issued on Apr 12, 2019. Check the license (California A180838, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruben Antonio Castro
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
- License number
- A180838 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 180 Newport Center Dr Ste 170, Newport Beach, CA 92660
- Phone
- (949) 237-2727
- Enumerated
- Apr 12, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250514002261); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Geffen School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 180 Newport Center Dr Ste 170
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Verify Ruben Antonio Castro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A180838Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $966.62
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medical Device Business Services, Inc. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 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
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaOrange, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruben Antonio Castro among 894 plastic surgery physician records in California
Ruben Antonio Castro, MD is one of 894 plastic surgery 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 2019, is newer than 93% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 93% of these records are older, 5% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2002 among the 346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
48 plastic surgery physician records list a practice address in Newport Beach
They are 48 of the 4,414 NPPES records with a practice address in Newport Beach, and 894 plastic surgery physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Ruben Antonio Castro, MD's NPI number?
Ruben Antonio Castro, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962965293, issued on Apr 12, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruben Antonio Castro, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 180 Newport Center Dr Ste 170, Newport Beach, CA, 92660. Phone: (949) 237-2727. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruben Antonio Castro, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A180838, 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.
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.