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Dr. Brooke V. Towne, MD
NPI1225532039PAC ID6002278660
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,466
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 246
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,459
- Publications
- 2
- Industry payments
- $11,158
- Practice address
- 477 N El Camino Real Suite C-100, Encinitas, CA 92024
- Practice phone
- Call (760) 942-8800
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Encinitas, California
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Dr. Brooke V. Towne is an interventional pain medicine physician in Encinitas, California
Dr. Towne practices at UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas in Encinitas, California.
Dr. Towne's NPI, 1225532039, was assigned on March 19, 2018. Dr. Towne graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 2018. Dr. Towne's California license number on file is A165577.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1225532039NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6002278660
- NPI enumeration date
- March 19, 2018
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (760) 942-8800
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 34
- Medical school graduation
- 2018
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Brooke V. Towne practices at UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas in Encinitas, California
Dr. Towne's primary practice is UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas, at 477 N El Camino Real Suite C-100, Encinitas, CA 92024. The practice phone is (760) 942-8800.
- UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas477 N El Camino Real Suite C-100, Encinitas, CA 92024Phone(760) 942-8800
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Brooke V. Towne is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Towne's primary practice is UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas in Encinitas, California. The medical group on file is Pacific Pain Medicine Consultants. Dmand AI also links Dr. Towne to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.
UCSD Center for Surgery of EncinitasPrimary
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Brooke V. Towne's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Towne practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Brooke V. Towne is one of 215 interventional pain medicine physicians in California
Interventional pain medicine is Dr. Towne's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208VP0014X. Dr. Towne is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Towne has a license on file in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Interventional pain medicine, CaliforniaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists lower back pain among the conditions Dr. Towne treats.
Interventional pain medicine physicians near Dr. Towne
Counts of interventional pain medicine physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
215interventional pain medicine physicians in California
3interventional pain medicine physicians in Encinitas
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Brooke V. Towne billed Medicare for 1,466 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,466 Medicare services from Dr. Towne across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 246 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $101,892 for them.
Medicare services, 20241,466
Medicare patients246
Paid by Medicare$101,892
Procedure codes19
Dr. Towne's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1382024: 741437%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 722024: 359399%
- Surgery
- 2023: 162024: 3161875%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 122024: 32167%
- Imaging
- 2023: 02024: 18
Where Dr. Towne's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,20582%
- In a facility26118%
Dr. Towne compared with the California median for interventional pain medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Towne
- California median
- Medicare services
- 1,466vs 1,23219% above
- Medicare patients
- 246vs 20818% above
- Part D claims
- 1,359vs 3483.9 times
Medians across 209 interventional pain medicine physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Towne'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. Brooke V. Towne treated 246 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 246 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Towne in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 99 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 68% have high cholesterol. 9% 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. Towne's median patient age at 70, with 60% women.
Medicare patients, 2024246
Average age74
Average risk score1.38
Also on Medicaid9%
Dr. Towne's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Towne's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women15563%
- Men9137%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Towne's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High cholesterol68%
- High blood pressure67%
- Mood disorders43%
- Depression39%
- Anxiety31%
- Osteoporosis28%
- Diabetes25%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Towne's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 70
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women60%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Brooke V. Towne wrote 1,459 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Towne wrote 1,459 Medicare Part D claims for 256 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,359 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $115,178 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 120 claims across 7 drugs.
Part D claims, 20241,459
Drugs named by CMS26
Total drug cost$115,178
Part D patients256
Dr. Towne's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,292 claims89%
- Brand-name167 claims11%
Dr. Towne'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. Towne's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids51%743 of 1,459 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: 1202024: 1,3591033%
Drugs named by CMS: 26 in 2024, 7 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. Brooke V. Towne offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Towne accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Towne as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Brooke V. Towne has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Towne. Dr. Towne's most frequent co-authors are Edmund Soriano Posadas, MD, Rajiv D. Reddy, MD and Nathaniel Marc Schuster, MD.
Papers2
Dr. Towne's most frequent co-authors
- Edmund Soriano Posadas, MD1 shared paper
- Rajiv D. Reddy, MD1 shared paper
- Nathaniel Marc Schuster, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Towne
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Low Back PainLumbar VertebraeMagnetic Resonance Imaging
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Dr. Brooke V. Towne received $11,158 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 273 general payments to Dr. Towne from 32 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $3,747.
General payments to Dr. Towne by program year, 2022 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Towne by kind, 2022 to 2025
$11.2Kin total
- Food and beverage$8,50176%
- Travel and lodging$2,65624%
Companies that paid Dr. Towne the most, 2022 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Brooke V. Towne graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine
Dr. Towne graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 2018.
- Medical school
- Board certified in anesthesiology
- Board certified in pain medicine
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Brooke V. Towne accepts plans from 8 insurance carriers
Dr. Towne is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Regence Health Plans
- CMS Medicare
- Humana
Plan types Dr. Towne accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare7
- PPO6
- HMO3
- POS3
- EPO1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Brooke V. Towne'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand 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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| 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. Brooke V. Towne's NPI number?
Dr. Brooke V. Towne's NPI number is 1225532039. It was assigned on March 19, 2018, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Brooke V. Towne?
Dr. Brooke V. Towne is an interventional pain medicine physician in Encinitas, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Interventional Pain Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 208VP0014X).
Where does Dr. Brooke V. Towne practice?
Dr. Towne practices at 477 N El Camino Real Suite C-100, Encinitas, CA 92024. Dr. Towne's primary practice is UCSD Center for Surgery of Encinitas in Encinitas, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Towne to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 ambulatory surgery center.
What is Dr. Brooke V. Towne's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Towne is (760) 942-8800.
What is Dr. Brooke V. Towne's medical license number?
Dr. Towne's California license number on file is A165577.
What medical group is Dr. Brooke V. Towne part of?
Dr. Towne is linked to Pacific Pain Medicine Consultants.
Does Dr. Brooke V. Towne accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Towne billed Medicare for 1,466 services in 2024, and Dr. Towne accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Brooke V. Towne offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Towne as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Brooke V. Towne see?
CMS counts 246 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Towne in 2024, with an average age of 74.
Is Dr. Brooke V. Towne board certified?
Yes. Dr. Towne is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology.
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What services does Dr. Brooke V. Towne bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Towne's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), injected or infused drug (J3301) and office visit, established patient (99213).
Where did Dr. Brooke V. Towne go to medical school?
Dr. Towne graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 2018.
What drugs does Dr. Brooke V. Towne prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Towne's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Pregabalin and Gabapentin.
Has Dr. Brooke V. Towne received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $11,158 in general payments to Dr. Towne from 32 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbott Laboratories.
How long has Dr. Brooke V. Towne been practicing?
Dr. Towne graduated from medical school in 2018, 8 years ago.
Does Dr. Brooke V. Towne do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Towne.
Who does Dr. Brooke V. Towne publish with?
Dr. Towne's most frequent co-authors are Edmund Soriano Posadas, MD (1 shared paper), Rajiv D. Reddy, MD (1 shared paper) and Nathaniel Marc Schuster, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Brooke V. Towne accept?
Dr. Towne is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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