Dr. Vanessa Jean Lucarella, MD

Dr. Lucarella practices at Cardiovascular ASC - Clearwater in Clearwater, Florida.

Dr. Lucarella's NPI, 1427048081, was assigned on October 25, 2005. Dr. Lucarella graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in 1983. Dr. Lucarella holds Florida license ME59261.

Dr. Lucarella's primary practice is Cardiovascular ASC - Clearwater, at 455 Pinellas Street, Suite 260, Clearwater, FL 33756. The practice phone is (727) 445-1992.

Dr. Lucarella's primary practice is Cardiovascular ASC - Clearwater in Clearwater, Florida. Dr. Lucarella is also affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital. The medical group on file is BayCare Outpatient Imaging (Bardmoor). Dmand AI also links Dr. Lucarella to 2 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Lucarella's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Lucarella is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Lucarella's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Pennsylvania.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease, chronic embolism thrombosis, chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) among the conditions Dr. Lucarella treats.

CMS data shows 8,790 Medicare services from Dr. Lucarella across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,944 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,076,575 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 1,944 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lucarella in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 862 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.54, 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. Lucarella's median patient age at 75, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Lucarella wrote 13,384 Medicare Part D claims for 1,503 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13,011 of them, across 82 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,129,323 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11,680 claims across 77 drugs.

Dr. Lucarella accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 143 general payments to Dr. Lucarella from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 68% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $1,445.

Dr. Lucarella graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in 1983.

Dr. Lucarella is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.