Dr. Ariel Martinez, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 4,259
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 626
- Part D claims, 2024
- 14,039
- MIPS score, 2024
- 25
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 1185 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville, CA 95076
- Practice phone
- Call (831) 786-9250
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Clinica Familiar Costa Central - Ariel Martinez, MD
Watsonville, California
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Dr. Ariel Martinez is a family medicine physician in Watsonville, California
Dr. Martinez practices at Clinica Familiar Costa Central - Ariel Martinez, MD in Watsonville, California.
Dr. Martinez's NPI, 1831262880, was assigned on November 16, 2006. Dr. Martinez graduated from Michoacan University of San Nicolas of Hidalgo in 1983. Dr. Martinez holds California license A65977.
- NPI
- 1831262880NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1355492257
- NPI enumeration date
- November 16, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (831) 786-9250
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 68
- Medical school graduation
- 1983
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ariel Martinez practices at Clinica Familiar Costa Central - Ariel Martinez, MD in Watsonville, California
Dr. Martinez's primary practice is Clinica Familiar Costa Central - Ariel Martinez, MD, at 1185 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville, CA 95076 in Santa Cruz County. The practice phone is (831) 786-9250.
- Clinica Familiar Costa Central - Ariel Martinez, MD1185 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville, CA 95076 · Santa Cruz CountyPhone(831) 786-9250
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Ariel Martinez is affiliated with 9 sites of care
Dr. Martinez's primary practice is Clinica Familiar Costa Central - Ariel Martinez, MD in Watsonville, California. Dr. Martinez is also affiliated with Watsonville Community Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Martinez to 2 more hospitals and 5 home health agencies, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ariel Martinez's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Martinez practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Clinica Familiar Costa Central - Ariel Martinez, MD | Available with a free account |
| +8 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ariel Martinez is one of 15,680 family medicine physicians in California
Family medicine is Dr. Martinez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Martinez is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Family medicine, CaliforniaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute gastroduodenitis, acute sinusitis, acute skin infection, alzheimer's disease, aneurysm, arthritis and asthma among the conditions Dr. Martinez treats.
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ariel Martinez billed Medicare for 4,259 services in 2024
CMS data shows 4,259 Medicare services from Dr. Martinez across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 626 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $305,385 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Martinez's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2,9282024: 3,1648%
- Other services
- 2023: 4612024: 4493%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3892024: 42910%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 1502024: 21745%
Dr. Martinez compared with the California median for family medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Martinez
- California median
- Medicare services
- 4,259vs 24617.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 626vs 1185.3 times
- Part D claims
- 13,500vs 83316.2 times
Medians across 15,349 family medicine physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Martinez's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ariel Martinez treated 626 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 626 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Martinez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 307 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 66% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.13, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Martinez's median patient age at 61, with 44% women.
Dr. Martinez's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Martinez's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women29747%
- Men32953%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Martinez's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes52%
- Arthritis30%
- Ischemic heart disease13%
- Heart failure12%
- Anxiety11%
- Atrial fibrillation10%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Martinez's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 61
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women44%
- Men55%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ariel Martinez wrote 14,039 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Martinez wrote 14,039 Medicare Part D claims for 674 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13,500 of them, across 158 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,574,728 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12,607 claims across 156 drugs.
Dr. Martinez's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic11,724 claims84%
- Brand-name2,130 claims15%
- Other185 claims1%
Dr. Martinez's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Martinez's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids0%44 of 14,039 claims
- Antibiotics5%652 of 14,039 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%37 of 14,039 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 12,6072024: 13,5007%
Drugs named by CMS: 158 in 2024, 156 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ariel Martinez scored 25 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 25 out of 100 for Dr. Martinez for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Martinez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Martinez's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 25of 100Final score
- 0of 100Quality
- 0of 100Improvement Activities
- 85of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Ariel Martinez received $5,459 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 304 general payments to Dr. Martinez from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $1,283.
General payments to Dr. Martinez by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Martinez by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$5,441100%
- Education$190%
Companies that paid Dr. Martinez the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ariel Martinez graduated from Michoacan University of San Nicolas of Hidalgo
Dr. Martinez graduated from Michoacan University of San Nicolas of Hidalgo in 1983.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ariel Martinez accepts plans from 7 insurance carriers
Dr. Martinez is in network with 7 carriers, including Elevance, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. POS plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Aspirus Health Plan
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
- CMS Medicare
- HCSC
Plan types Dr. Martinez accepts, by number of carriers
- POS4
- PPO4
- HMO3
- Medicare3
- EPO2
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Ariel Martinez's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Ariel Martinez's NPI number?
Dr. Ariel Martinez's NPI number is 1831262880. It was assigned on November 16, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ariel Martinez?
Dr. Ariel Martinez is a family medicine physician in Watsonville, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).
Where does Dr. Ariel Martinez practice?
Dr. Martinez practices at 1185 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville, CA 95076. Dr. Martinez's primary practice is Clinica Familiar Costa Central - Ariel Martinez, MD in Watsonville, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Martinez to 2 hospitals and 5 home health agencies.
What is Dr. Ariel Martinez's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Martinez is (831) 786-9250.
What is Dr. Ariel Martinez's medical license number?
Dr. Martinez holds California license A65977.
Which hospitals is Dr. Ariel Martinez affiliated with?
Dr. Martinez is affiliated with Watsonville Community Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Martinez to 2 more hospitals.
Does Dr. Ariel Martinez accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Martinez billed Medicare for 4,259 services in 2024, and Dr. Martinez accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Ariel Martinez's MIPS score?
Dr. Martinez's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 25 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ariel Martinez see?
CMS counts 626 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Martinez in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Ariel Martinez bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Martinez's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G0008) and vaccine or vaccine administration (90656).
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Where did Dr. Ariel Martinez go to medical school?
Dr. Martinez graduated from Michoacan University of San Nicolas of Hidalgo in 1983.
What drugs does Dr. Ariel Martinez prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Martinez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Metformin HCl and Baclofen.
Has Dr. Ariel Martinez received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,459 in general payments to Dr. Martinez from 25 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.
How long has Dr. Ariel Martinez been practicing?
Dr. Martinez graduated from medical school in 1983, 43 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Ariel Martinez accept?
Dr. Martinez is in network with 7 carriers, including Elevance, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. POS plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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