Dr. Cara Elise Capitena Young, MD

Dr. Capitena Young practices at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado, part of UCHealth.

Dr. Capitena Young's NPI, 1831432053, was assigned on April 6, 2013. Dr. Capitena Young graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine in 2013. Dr. Capitena Young holds Colorado license DR.0058440.

Dr. Capitena Young's primary practice is UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, at 12605 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045 in Adams County. The practice phone is (720) 848-0000.

Dr. Capitena Young's primary practice is UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado, part of UCHealth. Dr. Capitena Young is also affiliated with Denver Health Medical Center. The medical group on file is University of Colorado Medicine (CU Medicine). Dmand AI also links Dr. Capitena Young to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Capitena Young practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Glaucoma specialist is Dr. Capitena Young's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207WX0009X. Dr. Capitena Young is licensed in Colorado.

CMS data shows 3,287 Medicare services from Dr. Capitena Young across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 881 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $261,389 for them.

CMS counts 881 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Capitena Young in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 406 patients. 74% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Capitena Young's median patient age at 76, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Capitena Young wrote 3,103 Medicare Part D claims for 749 patients. 61% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,947 of them, across 29 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $337,290 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,010 claims across 22 drugs.

Dr. Capitena Young accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 421 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Capitena Young, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 16 papers to Dr. Capitena Young, published from 2019 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma and Postoperative Period. Dr. Capitena Young has published most often in Ophthalmol Ther. Dr. Capitena Young's most frequent co-authors are Leonard K. Seibold, MD, Malik Y. Kahook, MD and Mina Blagoeva Pantcheva, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 22 general payments to Dr. Capitena Young from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $645.

Dr. Capitena Young graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine in 2013.