NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Lafayette, LA

Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lafayette, Louisiana, and NPI 1649488008, issued on May 18, 2007. Check the license (Louisiana 201660, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; 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
1649488008
Name
Wartelle Joseph Castille
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
201660 LA
G02044 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4811 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Ste 305, Lafayette, LA 70508
Phone
(337) 470-3100
Enumerated
May 18, 2007
Record last updated
Mar 31, 2026
Fax
(337) 470-1754
Medicaid ID
1075850 LA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070919000711); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 4811 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Ste 305

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

  1. Megan Dupre, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1851821326
  2. Andrea George, PA-CPhysician Assistant1679967368
  3. Kristen Leblanc, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1538753926
  4. Morgan Louviere, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1528481744

Verify Wartelle Joseph Castille in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
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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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2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

9,314 Medicare Part D claims for 533 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. 244 claims were for opioids.

  1. Wartelle Castille9,314
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate394 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium386 claims
  3. Pantoprazole Sodium324 claims
  4. Rosuvastatin Calcium292 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl288 claims
  6. Levothyroxine Sodium280 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: $344.58

18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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. Wartelle Castille$344.58
  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. Lourdes Physician Group LLCLafayette, LA

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

Wartelle Joseph Castille among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana

Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D. is one of 1,749 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 42% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 42% of these records are older, 50% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
  • Graduated2004 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 56% 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

107 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lafayette

They are 107 of the 5,181 NPPES records with a practice address in Lafayette, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mahmoud Agrama, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081376506816
  2. Patrick Booth, MDLafayette, LA 705081447286539
  3. Edward Coreil, MDLafayette, LA 705081407887441
  4. Bradley Dowden, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081164432415
  5. Mark Freeman, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081427246974
  6. David Grace, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081225030588
  7. Britni Hebert, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081215198452
  8. Farha Khan, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081225030570

Common questions

What is Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D.'s NPI number?

Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649488008, issued on May 18, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4811 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Ste 305, Lafayette, LA, 70508. Phone: (337) 470-3100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Louisiana license number 201660, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Wartelle Joseph Castille, M.D. had 9,314 Medicare Part D claims for 533 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.