Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu, MD

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Urologist
NPI1609285873PAC ID1951692433
Medicare services, 2024
1,219
Medicare patients, 2024
404
Part D claims, 2024
81
Publications
21
Clinical trials
2
Practice address
1516 San Pablo St, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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Primary practice

Urology - Nch Urology - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Los Angeles, California

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Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu is a urologist in Los Angeles, California

Dr. De Castro Abreu practices at Urology - Nch Urology - HOPD in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. De Castro Abreu's NPI, 1609285873, was assigned on August 12, 2014. Dr. De Castro Abreu graduated from Federal University of Ceara Faculty of Medicine in 2003. Dr. De Castro Abreu holds California license A149870.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1951692433
NPI enumeration date
August 12, 2014
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu practices at Urology - Nch Urology - HOPD in Los Angeles, California

Dr. De Castro Abreu's primary practice is Urology - Nch Urology - HOPD, at 1516 San Pablo St, Los Angeles, CA 90033.

  • Urology - Nch Urology - HOPD
    1516 San Pablo St, Los Angeles, CA 90033

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Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. De Castro Abreu's primary practice is Urology - Nch Urology - HOPD in Los Angeles, California. Dr. De Castro Abreu is also affiliated with Keck Hospital of USC. The medical group on file is USC Care Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. De Castro Abreu to 1 more hospital, 2 hospital outpatient departments, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 other site, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. De Castro Abreu practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Urology - Nch Urology - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+6 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu is one of 1,395 urologists in California

Urology is Dr. De Castro Abreu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dr. De Castro Abreu is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Urology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A149870 · 2017 to 2027 · taxonomy 208800000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists enlarged prostate, erectile dysfunction, kidney cysts, prostate inflammation or infection, prostate surgery, urinary endoscopy and UTI among the conditions Dr. De Castro Abreu treats.

Urologists near Dr. De Castro Abreu

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu billed Medicare for 1,219 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,219 Medicare services from Dr. De Castro Abreu across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 404 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $96,317 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,219
Medicare patients404
Paid by Medicare$96,317
Procedure codes13

Dr. De Castro Abreu's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5602024: 5109%
Imaging
2023: 4612024: 4395%
Surgery
2023: 2542024: 2706%
Other services
2023: 342024: 0100%

Where Dr. De Castro Abreu's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office16814%
  • In a facility1,05186%

Dr. De Castro Abreu compared with the California median for urologists, 2024

  • Dr. De Castro Abreu
  • California median
Medicare services
1,219vs 1,05016% above
Medicare patients
404vs 34617% above
Part D claims
63vs 64290% below

Medians across 1,310 urologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. De Castro Abreu'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. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu treated 404 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 404 Medicare patients who saw Dr. De Castro Abreu in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 254 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. De Castro Abreu's median patient age at 71, with 1% women.

Medicare patients, 2024404
Average age73
Average risk score1.01
Also on Medicaid21%

Dr. De Castro Abreu's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Chronic conditions among Dr. De Castro Abreu's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Cancer71%
  4. Arthritis36%
  5. Ischemic heart disease36%
  6. Diabetes33%
  7. Chronic kidney disease19%
  8. Atrial fibrillation15%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. De Castro Abreu's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women1%
  • Men98%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu wrote 81 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. De Castro Abreu wrote 81 Medicare Part D claims for 41 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 63 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $574 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 119 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 202481
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$574
Part D patients41

Dr. De Castro Abreu's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic80 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims1%

Dr. De Castro Abreu'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. De Castro Abreu's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics31%25 of 81 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: 1192024: 6347%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 4 in 2023.

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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. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu ranks in the 69th percentile for prostate resection in Medicare

Dr. De Castro Abreu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. De Castro Abreu as offering telehealth. CMS counts 14 procedures of prostate resection by Dr. De Castro Abreu, more than 69% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. De Castro Abreu ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Prostate resection
69th percentile14 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu has 21 publications on record

Dmand AI links 21 papers to Dr. De Castro Abreu, published from 2011 to 2021. 2015 was the busiest year, with 5. Dr. De Castro Abreu's most frequent co-authors are Osamu Ukimura, MD, PhD, Inderbir Singh Gill, MD and Mihir M. Desai, MD.

Papers21
Years published2011 to 2021

Dr. De Castro Abreu's papers by year, 2011 to 2021

Dr. De Castro Abreu's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. De Castro Abreu

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Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu has worked on 2 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. De Castro Abreu to 2 clinical trials. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Prostatic Neoplasms and Prostatic Diseases.

Conditions in Dr. De Castro Abreu's trials

  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Prostatic Diseases

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. De Castro Abreu

Recent clinical trials with Dr. De Castro Abreu

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu received $39,890 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 48 general payments to Dr. De Castro Abreu from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 72% of the total. Edap Technomed Inc paid the most, $23,640.

General payments to Dr. De Castro Abreu by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. De Castro Abreu by kind, 2016 to 2025

$39.9Kin total
  • Consulting fees$28,87572%
  • Travel and lodging$6,54716%
  • Food and beverage$4,36511%
  • Entertainment$1040%

Companies that paid Dr. De Castro Abreu the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu graduated from Federal University of Ceara Faculty of Medicine

Dr. De Castro Abreu graduated from Federal University of Ceara Faculty of Medicine in 2003.

  1. Medical schoolFederal University of Ceara Faculty of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu accepts plans from 7 insurance carriers

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

  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • CMS Medicare
  • Molina

Plan types Dr. De Castro Abreu accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO5
  3. HMO2
  4. POS2
  5. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu's NPI number?

Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu's NPI number is 1609285873. It was assigned on August 12, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu?

Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu is a urologist in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Urology Physician (taxonomy code 208800000X).

Where does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu practice?

Dr. De Castro Abreu practices at 1516 San Pablo St, Los Angeles, CA 90033. Dr. De Castro Abreu's primary practice is Urology - Nch Urology - HOPD in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. De Castro Abreu to 1 hospital, 2 hospital outpatient departments, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 other site.

What is Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu's medical license number?

Dr. De Castro Abreu holds California license A149870.

Which hospitals is Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu affiliated with?

Dr. De Castro Abreu is affiliated with Keck Hospital of USC. Dmand AI links Dr. De Castro Abreu to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu part of?

Dr. De Castro Abreu is linked to USC Care Medical Group.

Does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. De Castro Abreu billed Medicare for 1,219 services in 2024, and Dr. De Castro Abreu accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. De Castro Abreu as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu see?

CMS counts 404 Medicare patients who saw Dr. De Castro Abreu in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. De Castro Abreu's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), ultrasound (76872) and surgery: male reproductive system (55700).

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Where did Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu go to medical school?

Dr. De Castro Abreu graduated from Federal University of Ceara Faculty of Medicine in 2003.

What drugs does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. De Castro Abreu's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tamsulosin HCl, Cefuroxime and Finasteride.

Has Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $39,890 in general payments to Dr. De Castro Abreu from 12 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Edap Technomed Inc.

How long has Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu been practicing?

Dr. De Castro Abreu graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu do research?

Dmand AI links 21 publications to Dr. De Castro Abreu, published from 2011 to 2021. Dr. De Castro Abreu has worked on 2 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu publish with?

Dr. De Castro Abreu's most frequent co-authors are Osamu Ukimura, MD, PhD (9 shared papers), Inderbir Singh Gill, MD (7 shared papers) and Mihir M. Desai, MD (6 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Andre Luis De Castro Abreu accept?

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

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