Dr. Daniel Cardenal Castro, MD

Dr. Cardenal Castro practices at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center in Chula Vista, California, part of Sharp HealthCare.

Dr. Cardenal Castro's NPI, 1619310075, was assigned on April 16, 2013. Dr. Cardenal Castro graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 2007. Dr. Cardenal Castro holds California license A146588.

Dr. Cardenal Castro's primary practice is Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, at 751 Medical Center Court, Chula Vista, CA 91911 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 502-5800.

Dr. Cardenal Castro's primary practice is Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center in Chula Vista, California, part of Sharp HealthCare. The medical group on file is Emergency and Acute Care Medical Corporation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cardenal Castro to 1 more group practice or clinic, 1 skilled nursing facility and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cardenal Castro practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Cardenal Castro's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Cardenal Castro is board certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Cardenal Castro's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Florida and Wisconsin.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, aneurysm, arthritis, asthma, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cerebrovascular disease, chronic anemia and chronic diabetes among the conditions Dr. Cardenal Castro treats.

CMS data shows 1,604 Medicare services from Dr. Cardenal Castro across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 222 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $159,927 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 222 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cardenal Castro in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 87 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 47% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.64, 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. Cardenal Castro's median patient age at 76, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cardenal Castro wrote 4,349 Medicare Part D claims for 259 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,848 of them, across 92 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $336,652 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,056 claims across 88 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Cardenal Castro for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Cardenal Castro accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Cardenal Castro from 6 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $148.

Dr. Cardenal Castro graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 2007.

Dr. Cardenal Castro is in network with 7 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.