Dr. Edward Orestes Obrien, MD

Dr. Obrien practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

Dr. Obrien's NPI, 1891716254, was assigned on July 21, 2006. Dr. Obrien graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1997. Dr. Obrien holds California license A68754.

Dr. Obrien's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 543-6222.

Dr. Obrien's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Obrien is also affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is UC San Diego Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Obrien to 1 more hospital and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Obrien practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Anesthesiology is Dr. Obrien's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207L00000X. Dr. Obrien is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dmand AI has Dr. Obrien's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Washington and Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 290 Medicare services from Dr. Obrien across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 255 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $37,279 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 255 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Obrien in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 130 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 36% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Obrien's median patient age at 61, with 50% women.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Obrien for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Obrien accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 282 general payments to Dr. Obrien from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 65% of the total. Chiesi USA, Inc. paid the most, $227,676.

Dr. Obrien graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1997.

Dr. Obrien is in network with 5 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. EPO plans come from the most carriers, 2. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.