Dr. Peter Michael Santoro, MD

  • Newark, DE
  • General surgeon
NPI1447484415PAC ID7911140983
Medicare services, 2024
249
Medicare patients, 2024
226
Part D claims, 2024
55
Publications
2
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
200 Hygeia Dr, Newark, DE 19713
Practice phone
Call (302) 428-2522
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Primary practice

CCHS Chief's Surgical Services

Newark, Delaware

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Dr. Peter Michael Santoro is a general surgeon in Newark, Delaware

Dr. Santoro practices at CCHS Chief's Surgical Services in Newark, Delaware.

Dr. Santoro's NPI, 1447484415, was assigned on May 6, 2009. Dr. Santoro holds Delaware license C1-0010822.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7911140983
NPI enumeration date
May 6, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(302) 428-2522
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
43
Medical school graduation
2009

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

Dr. Peter Michael Santoro practices at CCHS Chief's Surgical Services in Newark, Delaware

Dr. Santoro's primary practice is CCHS Chief's Surgical Services, at 200 Hygeia Dr, Newark, DE 19713 in New Castle County. The practice phone is (302) 428-2522.

  • CCHS Chief's Surgical Services
    200 Hygeia Dr, Newark, DE 19713 · New Castle CountyPhone(302) 428-2522

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Peter Michael Santoro is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Santoro's primary practice is CCHS Chief's Surgical Services in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Santoro is also affiliated with Christiana Hospital. The medical group on file is ChristianaCare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Santoro to 4 more hospitals and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Peter Michael Santoro's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Santoro practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
CCHS Chief's Surgical ServicesAvailable with a free account
+6 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Peter Michael Santoro is one of 103 general surgeons in Delaware

Surgery is Dr. Santoro's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Santoro is licensed in Delaware.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, DelawarePrimaryLicense C1-0010822 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Santoro

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Dr. Peter Michael Santoro billed Medicare for 249 services in 2024

CMS data shows 249 Medicare services from Dr. Santoro across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 226 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $27,548 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024249
Medicare patients226
Paid by Medicare$27,548
Procedure codes6

Dr. Santoro's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2402024: 21710%
Surgery
2023: 222024: 3245%

Dr. Santoro compared with the Delaware median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Santoro
  • Delaware median
Medicare services
249vs 249Close to median
Medicare patients
226vs 16934% above
Part D claims
47vs 3631% above

Medians across 95 general surgeons in Delaware with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Santoro'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. Peter Michael Santoro treated 226 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 226 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Santoro in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 111 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.39, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Santoro's median patient age at 66, with 45% women.

Medicare patients, 2024226
Average age74
Average risk score1.39
Also on Medicaid13%

Dr. Santoro's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Santoro's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women9642%
  • Men13058%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Santoro's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis51%
  4. Mood disorders34%
  5. Anxiety33%
  6. Depression29%
  7. Ischemic heart disease29%
  8. Atrial fibrillation27%

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

Dr. Santoro's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women45%
  • Men54%

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

Dr. Peter Michael Santoro wrote 55 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Santoro wrote 55 Medicare Part D claims for 49 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 47 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $120 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 21 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202455
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$120
Part D patients49

Dr. Santoro'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. Santoro's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids91%50 of 55 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: 212024: 47124%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 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. Peter Michael Santoro ranks in the 99th percentile for hernia repair (minimally invasive) in Medicare

Dr. Santoro accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Santoro as offering telehealth. CMS counts 58 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Santoro, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Santoro ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
99th percentile58 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

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Dr. Peter Michael Santoro has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Santoro in 2014. Dr. Santoro's most frequent co-authors are Joseph Martin Belgrade, MD, Joseph J. Bennett, MD and Eric D. Kalish, MD.

Papers2

Dr. Santoro's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Santoro

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Peter Michael Santoro received $238,160 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 473 general payments to Dr. Santoro from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 84% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $227,576.

General payments to Dr. Santoro by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Santoro by kind, 2016 to 2025

$238.2Kin total
  • Education$199,05084%
  • Food and beverage$14,6866%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$9,9004%
  • Travel and lodging$7,8573%
  • Other$6,6673%

Companies that paid Dr. Santoro 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

Sources for Dr. Peter Michael Santoro'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Peter Michael Santoro's NPI number?

Dr. Peter Michael Santoro's NPI number is 1447484415. It was assigned on May 6, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Peter Michael Santoro?

Dr. Peter Michael Santoro is a general surgeon in Newark, Delaware. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Peter Michael Santoro practice?

Dr. Santoro practices at 200 Hygeia Dr, Newark, DE 19713. Dr. Santoro's primary practice is CCHS Chief's Surgical Services in Newark, Delaware. Dmand AI also links Dr. Santoro to 4 hospitals and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Peter Michael Santoro's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Santoro is (302) 428-2522.

What is Dr. Peter Michael Santoro's medical license number?

Dr. Santoro holds Delaware license C1-0010822.

Which hospitals is Dr. Peter Michael Santoro affiliated with?

Dr. Santoro is affiliated with Christiana Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Santoro to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Peter Michael Santoro part of?

Dr. Santoro is linked to ChristianaCare.

Does Dr. Peter Michael Santoro accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Santoro billed Medicare for 249 services in 2024, and Dr. Santoro accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Peter Michael Santoro offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Santoro as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Peter Michael Santoro see?

CMS counts 226 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Santoro in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Peter Michael Santoro bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Santoro's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, established patient (99213).

What drugs does Dr. Peter Michael Santoro prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Santoro's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. Peter Michael Santoro received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $238,160 in general payments to Dr. Santoro from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Peter Michael Santoro been practicing?

Dr. Santoro graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.

Does Dr. Peter Michael Santoro do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Santoro.

Who does Dr. Peter Michael Santoro publish with?

Dr. Santoro's most frequent co-authors are Joseph Martin Belgrade, MD (1 shared paper), Joseph J. Bennett, MD (1 shared paper) and Eric D. Kalish, MD (1 shared paper).

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