Dr. Dennis Trigueros, MD

Dr. Trigueros practices at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, part of Cottage Health.

Dr. Trigueros' NPI, 1518945229, was assigned on January 3, 2006. Dr. Trigueros graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2002. Dr. Trigueros' Delaware license number on file is CI0007214.

Dr. Trigueros' primary practice is Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, at 400 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 in Santa Barbara County. The practice phone is (805) 682-7111.

Dr. Trigueros' primary practice is Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, part of Cottage Health. Dr. Trigueros is also affiliated with Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. The medical group on file is South Coast Emergency Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Trigueros to 3 more hospitals, 3 medical groups and 1 urgent care center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Trigueros practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Trigueros' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Trigueros is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Trigueros' licenses on file in 2 states: Delaware and California.

CMS data shows 347 Medicare services from Dr. Trigueros across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 274 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $32,384 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 274 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Trigueros in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 98 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 38% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.16, 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. Trigueros' median patient age at 55, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Trigueros wrote 276 Medicare Part D claims for 173 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 89 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $422 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 49 claims across 3 drugs.

Dr. Trigueros accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 4 general payments to Dr. Trigueros from 4 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Penumbra, Inc. paid the most, $125.

Dr. Trigueros graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2002.

Dr. Trigueros is in network with 3 carriers, including CMS Medicare, DE State Medicaid and GA State Medicaid. Medicaid plans come from the most carriers, 2. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.