Christa Danell Castro, PA

  • Taos, NM
  • Physician assistant
NPI1417914938PAC ID5698900611
Medicare patients, 2024
208
Part D claims, 2024
172
MIPS score, 2024
90
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$19
Practice address
1397 Weimer Road, Taos, NM 87571
Practice phone
Call (575) 758-8883
Professional email
Get professional email
Personal email
Get personal email
Mobile number
Get mobile number
Social profiles

Primary practice

Holy Cross Hospital

Hospital · Taos, New Mexico

See all 4 affiliations

Find Christa Castro's professional email, personal email and mobile number

Dmand AI checks each channel through healthcare-specific waterfall enrichment. See what is on file with a free account, with practice phones, licenses and affiliations.

View contacts for free

Christa Danell Castro is a physician assistant in Taos, New Mexico

Christa Castro practices at Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, New Mexico, part of Holy Cross Medical Center.

Christa Castro's NPI, 1417914938, was assigned on April 27, 2006. Christa Castro holds New Mexico license 2001-PA20.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5698900611
NPI enumeration date
April 27, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(575) 758-8883
Professional email
Get email
Personal email
Get email
Mobile number
Get number
Sex
Female
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

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

Christa Danell Castro practices at Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, New Mexico

Christa Castro's primary practice is Holy Cross Hospital, at 1397 Weimer Road, Taos, NM 87571 in Taos County. The practice phone is (575) 758-8883.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Christa Danell Castro is affiliated with 1 site of care and 3 medical groups

Christa Castro's primary practice is Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, New Mexico, part of Holy Cross Medical Center. The medical group on file is Holy Cross Hospital. Dmand AI also links Christa Castro to 2 more medical groups, each named with a free account. Christa Castro's employer is on file too: a hospital.

See all 4 affiliations for Christa Castro

Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Christa Danell Castro's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Christa Castro practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Holy Cross HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

For health IT teams

See the EHR and IT leaders at every hospital where Christa Castro practices

Dmand AI maps EHR vendors, IT decision makers and buying committees across Holy Cross Medical Center and 6.2K+ hospitals, with verified contacts in the same login.

Christa Danell Castro is one of 715 physician assistants in New Mexico

Physician assistant is Christa Castro's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 363A00000X. Christa Castro is licensed in New Mexico.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Physician assistant, New MexicoPrimaryLicense 2001-PA20 · taxonomy 363A00000X

Physician assistants near Christa Castro

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

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

Christa Danell Castro treated 208 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 208 Medicare patients who saw Christa Castro in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 96 patients. 65% of them have high cholesterol, and 60% have high blood pressure. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.13, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Christa Castro's median patient age at 71, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024208
Average age73
Average risk score1.13
Also on Medicaid25%

Christa Castro's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Christa Castro's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13263%
  • Men7637%

Chronic conditions among Christa Castro's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol65%
  2. High blood pressure60%
  3. Arthritis42%
  4. Mood disorders28%
  5. Anxiety26%
  6. Osteoporosis26%
  7. Depression24%
  8. Diabetes21%

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

Christa Castro's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men44%

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

Christa Danell Castro wrote 172 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Christa Castro wrote 172 Medicare Part D claims for 121 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs.

Part D claims, 2024172
Part D patients121

Christa Castro's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic159 claims92%
  • Brand-name13 claims8%

Drug classes CMS tracks in Christa Castro's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids14%24 of 172 claims
  • Antibiotics42%73 of 172 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Christa Danell Castro scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Christa Castro for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Christa Castro accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Christa Castro's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 86.3of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

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

For MedTech and pharma teams

Find physician assistants like Christa Castro by procedure volume and prescribing

Filter 7.4M+ HCPs by Medicare procedures, Part D drugs and Open Payments history, then reach them with verified contacts in one login.

Christa Danell Castro received $19 in industry payments in 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Christa Castro from 1 drug or device company in 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Tactile Systems Technology Inc paid the most, $19.

Companies that paid Christa Castro the most, 2025 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

See all payments to Christa Castro

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

Sources for Christa Danell Castro'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 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 (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)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

Data last refreshed October 2026Report an inaccuracyRemove my information

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Christa Danell Castro

Spotted something out of date? Email hello@dmand.ai and we will check the record. Contact details live in the free trial.

What is Christa Danell Castro's NPI number?

Christa Danell Castro's NPI number is 1417914938. It was assigned on April 27, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Christa Danell Castro specialize in?

Christa Danell Castro is a physician assistant in Taos, New Mexico. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Physician Assistant (taxonomy code 363A00000X).

Where does Christa Danell Castro practice?

Christa Castro practices at 1397 Weimer Road, Taos, NM 87571. Christa Castro's primary practice is Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, New Mexico, part of Holy Cross Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Christa Castro to 2 medical groups.

What is Christa Danell Castro's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Christa Castro is (575) 758-8883.

What is Christa Danell Castro's medical license number?

Christa Castro holds New Mexico license 2001-PA20.

Which hospitals is Christa Danell Castro affiliated with?

Christa Castro practices at Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, New Mexico.

What medical group is Christa Danell Castro part of?

Christa Castro is linked to Holy Cross Hospital. Dmand AI links Christa Castro to 2 more medical groups.

Does Christa Danell Castro accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS lists Christa Castro as accepting Medicare assignment.

What is Christa Danell Castro's MIPS score?

Christa Castro's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Christa Danell Castro see?

CMS counts 208 Medicare patients who saw Christa Castro in 2024, with an average age of 73.

Has Christa Danell Castro received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $19 in general payments to Christa Castro from 1 company from 2025 to 2025. The largest total came from Tactile Systems Technology Inc.

How long has Christa Danell Castro been practicing?

Christa Castro graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

Selling to physician assistant practices?

See physician assistants in New Mexico by site of care and group

Find the practices, groups and hospitals they work with, and the right people to contact at each.

  • 30 days free
  • Self-serve
  • No credit card

Cookie settings

Turn each category on or off. Your choice is kept for 12 months and you can change it here at any time.

Necessary

Always on. Sign-in, security, downloads you asked for, your cookie choice, and the page that led to a signup.

View cookies (6)
  • dm_consentDmand AI. Your cookie choices and whether your browser sent a Global Privacy Control signal. 12 months.
  • dm_ft, dm_ltDmand AI. The first and the latest page you arrived on, with the date, so a signup is credited to the page that worked. 90 days, 30 days.
  • dm_fs, dm_lsDmand AI. The first and the latest source of a visit (a search engine, a campaign or the site that linked here). 90 days, 30 days.
  • dm_dl, dm_dl_okDmand AI. After you give an email address for a download, lets you download files without being asked again. 30 days.
  • Session and CSRF cookiesDmand AI (app.dmand.ai). Sign-in and form protection in the application. Session.
  • __cf_bm, cf_clearanceCloudflare. Tells people from automated traffic and keeps the site available. 30 minutes; cf_clearance while a security check is valid.

Analytics

On unless you turn it off. How pages are used, in aggregate, and recordings of how pages are used.

View cookies (6)
  • Google Tag ManagerGoogle. Loads the analytics and marketing tags that are on. Sets no cookie of its own and does not load when both categories are off. n/a.
  • _ga, _ga_<container-id>Google Analytics 4. Visits and page views in aggregate on dmand.ai. 2 years.
  • _clck, _clskMicrosoft Clarity. Recordings and heatmaps of how pages are used, with form fields masked. 1 year, 1 day.
  • CLID, MUID, ANONCHK, MR, SMMicrosoft (clarity.ms). Set by Microsoft when Clarity loads, to recognize a browser across sites that use Clarity. Up to 1 year.
  • None (cookieless)Ahrefs Analytics. Page views in aggregate. n/a.
  • ph_<project>_posthogPostHog. Product usage, errors and performance in app.dmand.ai, used to fix bugs and improve features. 365 days.

Marketing

On unless you turn it off, and always off when your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal. A visitor identification service tells our sales team which companies and people visit.

View cookies (6)
  • _reb2buid, _reb2butkRB2B. Recognizes a returning browser for visitor identification. 360 days, 1 year.
  • _reb2bgeoRB2B. The location used to decide whether a visit can be identified. 20 days.
  • _reb2brefRB2B. The page or site that referred the visit. 15 days.
  • _reb2bfxf, _reb2btd, _reb2bliRB2B. Links the visit to an identified business profile. 1 month.
  • _reb2bresolveRB2B. Holds a match while it is being resolved. 2 days.
  • _reb2sessionID, _reb2bloadedRB2B. The current visit, and a guard against loading the script twice. 30 minutes, 1 second.

Functional

On unless you turn it off. Remembers choices such as a collapsed section.

View cookies (none today)