Dr. Walter J. Coyle, MD

Dr. Coyle practices at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California, part of Scripps Health.

Dr. Coyle's NPI, 1609847482, was assigned on January 30, 2006. Dr. Coyle graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in 1986. Dr. Coyle holds California license G87799.

Dr. Coyle's primary practice is Scripps Green Hospital, at 10666 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (858) 554-3600.

Dr. Coyle's primary practice is Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California, part of Scripps Health. Dr. Coyle is also affiliated with Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. The medical group on file is Scripps Clinic Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Coyle to 2 more hospitals, 1 breast imaging center 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. Coyle practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Coyle's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Coyle is board certified in gastroenterology by the ABIM. Dmand AI has Dr. Coyle's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, chronic indigestion, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colonoscopy, fatty liver, gastroenteritis, intestinal diverticulosis and intestinal or bowel obstruction among the conditions Dr. Coyle treats.

CMS data shows 1,619 Medicare services from Dr. Coyle across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 631 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $129,101 for them.

CMS counts 631 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Coyle in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 285 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Coyle's median patient age at 69, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Coyle wrote 1,087 Medicare Part D claims for 420 patients. 75% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 922 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $891,937 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,083 claims across 22 drugs.

Dr. Coyle accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Coyle as offering telehealth. CMS counts 365 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Coyle, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 49 papers to Dr. Coyle, published from 2010 to 2025. 2015 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Education, Medical, Graduate, Clinical Competence and Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal. Dr. Coyle has published most often in Gastrointest Endosc. Dr. Coyle's most frequent co-authors are Raquel Eunice Davila, MD, Douglas Graham Adler, MD and Mohammad A. Al-Haddad, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Coyle to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Tracheal Stenosis and Esophageal Stenosis.

CMS Open Payments shows 923 general payments to Dr. Coyle from 64 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 77% of the total. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $160,872.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Coyle, most recently Fellow in 1995. Dr. Coyle serves on American College of Gastroenterology and ACG Public Relations Committee.

Dr. Coyle graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in 1986. Dr. Coyle is a member of ACG, ACP and ASGE.

Dr. Coyle is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.