Dr. Luis E. Alvarez, MD

  • New Iberia, LA
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1174599559PAC ID1456243740
Medicare services, 2024
2,858
Medicare patients, 2024
517
Part D claims, 2024
4,073
MIPS score, 2024
100
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
1100 Andre Street Suite 300, New Iberia, LA 70563
Practice phone
Call (337) 365-6591
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Primary practice

GI Diagnostic Center - New Iberia

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · New Iberia, Louisiana

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Dr. Luis E. Alvarez is a gastroenterologist in New Iberia, Louisiana

Dr. Alvarez practices at GI Diagnostic Center - New Iberia in New Iberia, Louisiana.

Dr. Alvarez's NPI, 1174599559, was assigned on February 27, 2006. Dr. Alvarez graduated from Ponce School of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Alvarez holds Louisiana license 08364R.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1456243740
NPI enumeration date
February 27, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(337) 365-6591
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

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

Dr. Luis E. Alvarez practices at GI Diagnostic Center - New Iberia in New Iberia, Louisiana

Dr. Alvarez's primary practice is GI Diagnostic Center - New Iberia, at 1100 Andre Street Suite 300, New Iberia, LA 70563. The practice phone is (337) 365-6591.

  • GI Diagnostic Center - New Iberia
    1100 Andre Street Suite 300, New Iberia, LA 70563Phone(337) 365-6591

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Dr. Luis E. Alvarez is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Alvarez's primary practice is GI Diagnostic Center - New Iberia in New Iberia, Louisiana. Dr. Alvarez is also affiliated with Iberia Medical Center. The medical group on file is GI Diagnostic Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alvarez to 4 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Luis E. Alvarez's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
GI Diagnostic Center - New IberiaAvailable with a free account
+6 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Luis E. Alvarez is one of 226 gastroenterologists in Louisiana

Gastroenterology is Dr. Alvarez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Alvarez is licensed in Louisiana.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, LouisianaPrimaryLicense 08364R · taxonomy 207RG0100X

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Alvarez

Counts of gastroenterologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

226gastroenterologists in Louisiana
2gastroenterologists in New Iberia

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

Dr. Luis E. Alvarez billed Medicare for 2,858 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,858 Medicare services from Dr. Alvarez across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 517 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $189,343 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,858
Medicare patients517
Paid by Medicare$189,343
Procedure codes15

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Lab and pathology
2023: 2,0012024: 1,44128%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,0892024: 84522%
Surgery
2023: 7132024: 54623%
Other services
2023: 492024: 2647%

Where Dr. Alvarez's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office2,25979%
  • In a facility59921%

Dr. Alvarez compared with the Louisiana median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Alvarez
  • Louisiana median
Medicare services
2,858vs 4696.1 times
Medicare patients
517vs 27787% above
Part D claims
3,830vs 6266.1 times

Medians across 228 gastroenterologists in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Alvarez's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Luis E. Alvarez treated 517 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 70

CMS counts 517 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alvarez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 233 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 37% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.42, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Alvarez's median patient age at 60, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 2024517
Average age70
Average risk score1.42
Also on Medicaid37%

Dr. Alvarez's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Alvarez's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women27653%
  • Men24147%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Diabetes41%
  5. Anxiety35%
  6. Ischemic heart disease33%
  7. Mood disorders30%
  8. Depression26%

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

Dr. Alvarez's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 60

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men38%

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

Dr. Luis E. Alvarez wrote 4,073 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Alvarez wrote 4,073 Medicare Part D claims for 908 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,830 of them, across 28 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,210,664 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,043 claims across 30 drugs.

Part D claims, 20244,073
Drugs named by CMS28
Total drug cost$1.2M
Part D patients908

Dr. Alvarez's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic3,582 claims88%
  • Brand-name491 claims12%

Dr. Alvarez'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3,0432024: 3,83026%

Drugs named by CMS: 28 in 2024, 30 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. Luis E. Alvarez scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Alvarez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Alvarez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 216 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Alvarez, more than 91% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Alvarez's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 92.8of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Alvarez ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
91st percentile216 procedures
Colonoscopy
87th percentile138 procedures

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Luis E. Alvarez received $11,218 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 694 general payments to Dr. Alvarez from 39 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $4,346.

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

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

$11.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$10,89197%
  • Education$2843%
  • Entertainment$430%

Companies that paid Dr. Alvarez 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. Luis E. Alvarez graduated from Ponce School of Medicine

Dr. Alvarez graduated from Ponce School of Medicine in 1989.

  1. Medical schoolPonce School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Luis E. Alvarez'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 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Luis E. Alvarez's NPI number?

Dr. Luis E. Alvarez's NPI number is 1174599559. It was assigned on February 27, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Luis E. Alvarez?

Dr. Luis E. Alvarez is a gastroenterologist in New Iberia, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Luis E. Alvarez practice?

Dr. Alvarez practices at 1100 Andre Street Suite 300, New Iberia, LA 70563. Dr. Alvarez's primary practice is GI Diagnostic Center - New Iberia in New Iberia, Louisiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alvarez to 4 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Luis E. Alvarez's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Alvarez is (337) 365-6591.

What is Dr. Luis E. Alvarez's medical license number?

Dr. Alvarez holds Louisiana license 08364R.

Which hospitals is Dr. Luis E. Alvarez affiliated with?

Dr. Alvarez is affiliated with Iberia Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Alvarez to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Luis E. Alvarez part of?

Dr. Alvarez is linked to GI Diagnostic Center.

Does Dr. Luis E. Alvarez accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Alvarez billed Medicare for 2,858 services in 2024, and Dr. Alvarez accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Luis E. Alvarez's MIPS score?

Dr. Alvarez's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Luis E. Alvarez see?

CMS counts 517 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alvarez in 2024, with an average age of 70.

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What services does Dr. Luis E. Alvarez bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Alvarez's most billed Medicare services were lab and pathology test (88305), office visit, established patient (99213) and lab and pathology test (88313).

Where did Dr. Luis E. Alvarez go to medical school?

Dr. Alvarez graduated from Ponce School of Medicine in 1989.

What drugs does Dr. Luis E. Alvarez prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Alvarez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium, Famotidine and Omeprazole.

Has Dr. Luis E. Alvarez received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $11,218 in general payments to Dr. Alvarez from 39 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Luis E. Alvarez been practicing?

Dr. Alvarez graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

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