Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo, MD

  • Dallas, TX
  • Nephrologist
NPI1619962313PAC ID6204856933
Medicare services, 2024
890
Medicare patients, 2024
243
Part D claims, 2024
2,184
Publications
5
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
1341 W Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75247
Practice phone
Call (214) 942-7727
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Primary practice

Lake Cliff Dialysis Center

Dallas, Texas

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Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo is a nephrologist in Dallas, Texas

Dr. Castillo-Lugo practices at Lake Cliff Dialysis Center in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's NPI, 1619962313, was assigned on September 19, 2005. Dr. Castillo-Lugo graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1988. Dr. Castillo-Lugo holds Texas license J3760.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6204856933
NPI enumeration date
September 19, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(214) 942-7727
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
64
Medical school graduation
1988

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

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo practices at Lake Cliff Dialysis Center in Dallas, Texas

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's primary practice is Lake Cliff Dialysis Center, at 1341 W Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75247 in Dallas County. The practice phone is (214) 942-7727.

  • Lake Cliff Dialysis Center
    1341 W Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75247 · Dallas CountyPhone(214) 942-7727

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

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's primary practice is Lake Cliff Dialysis Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Castillo-Lugo is also affiliated with Methodist Dallas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Dallas Nephrology Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Castillo-Lugo to 2 more hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, 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. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Lake Cliff Dialysis CenterAvailable with a free account
+7 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo is one of 1,045 nephrologists in Texas

Nephrology is Dr. Castillo-Lugo's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Castillo-Lugo is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Castillo-Lugo's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Puerto Rico.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, TexasPrimaryLicense J3760 · 1993 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • Puerto Rico license1992 to 2028

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists chronic kidney disease and kidney disease among the conditions Dr. Castillo-Lugo treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Castillo-Lugo

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

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo billed Medicare for 890 services in 2024

CMS data shows 890 Medicare services from Dr. Castillo-Lugo across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 243 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $88,684 for them.

Medicare services, 2024890
Medicare patients243
Paid by Medicare$88,684
Procedure codes9

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7662024: 7147%
Tests and treatments
2023: 832024: 9919%
Other services
2023: 02024: 77

Where Dr. Castillo-Lugo's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office31636%
  • In a facility57464%

Dr. Castillo-Lugo compared with the Texas median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Castillo-Lugo
  • Texas median
Medicare services
890vs 1,04815% below
Medicare patients
243vs 27712% below
Part D claims
1,840vs 7582.4 times

Medians across 1,017 nephrologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Castillo-Lugo'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. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo treated 243 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 63

CMS counts 243 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Castillo-Lugo in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 113 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 37% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 5.99, 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. Castillo-Lugo's median patient age at 64, with 44% women.

Medicare patients, 2024243
Average age63
Average risk score5.99
Also on Medicaid37%

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women11347%
  • Men13053%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Castillo-Lugo's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes64%
  5. Heart failure45%
  6. Ischemic heart disease41%
  7. Arthritis37%
  8. Mood disorders31%

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

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women44%
  • Men55%

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

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo wrote 2,184 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Castillo-Lugo wrote 2,184 Medicare Part D claims for 237 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,840 of them, across 38 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $323,928 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,555 claims across 36 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,184
Drugs named by CMS38
Total drug cost$323,928
Part D patients237

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,677 claims77%
  • Brand-name461 claims21%
  • Other46 claims2%

Dr. Castillo-Lugo'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. Castillo-Lugo's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids1%15 of 2,184 claims
  • Antibiotics9%189 of 2,184 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: 1,5552024: 1,84018%

Drugs named by CMS: 38 in 2024, 36 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. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Castillo-Lugo accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Castillo-Lugo as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo has 5 publications on record

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Castillo-Lugo, published from 2007 to 2025. The most frequent topics are Graft Rejection, Kidney Transplantation and Graft Survival. Dr. Castillo-Lugo's most frequent co-authors are Senu K. Apewokin, MD, Saima Aslam, MD and Emily A. Blumberg, MD.

Papers5
Years published2007 to 2025

Topics Dr. Castillo-Lugo writes about most

  • Graft Rejection
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Graft Survival
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Tissue Donors

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Castillo-Lugo

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Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Castillo-Lugo to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Slow Virus Diseases.

Conditions in Dr. Castillo-Lugo's trials

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Slow Virus Diseases

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Castillo-Lugo

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Castillo-Lugo

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo received $3,235 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 141 general payments to Dr. Castillo-Lugo from 30 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $1,581.

General payments to Dr. Castillo-Lugo by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Castillo-Lugo by kind, 2016 to 2025

$3.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,18198%
  • Entertainment$542%
  • Education$00%

Companies that paid Dr. Castillo-Lugo 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. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Castillo-Lugo, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2012.

Awards and honors for Dr. Castillo-Lugo

  1. 2012
    • CMS Stage 1 2012

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Dr. Castillo-Lugo graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1988.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo accepts plans from 24 insurance carriers

Dr. Castillo-Lugo is in network with 24 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 15. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Castillo-Lugo accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO15
  2. HMO14
  3. Medicare11
  4. POS7
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo'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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo's NPI number?

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo's NPI number is 1619962313. It was assigned on September 19, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo?

Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo is a nephrologist in Dallas, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo practice?

Dr. Castillo-Lugo practices at 1341 W Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75247. Dr. Castillo-Lugo's primary practice is Lake Cliff Dialysis Center in Dallas, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Castillo-Lugo to 2 hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Castillo-Lugo is (214) 942-7727.

What is Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo's medical license number?

Dr. Castillo-Lugo holds Texas license J3760, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Castillo-Lugo in Texas (1993 to 2026) and Puerto Rico (1992 to 2028).

Which hospitals is Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo affiliated with?

Dr. Castillo-Lugo is affiliated with Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Castillo-Lugo to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo part of?

Dr. Castillo-Lugo is linked to Dallas Nephrology Associates. Dmand AI links Dr. Castillo-Lugo to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Castillo-Lugo billed Medicare for 890 services in 2024, and Dr. Castillo-Lugo accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Castillo-Lugo as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo see?

CMS counts 243 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Castillo-Lugo in 2024, with an average age of 63.

Is Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo board certified?

Yes. Dr. Castillo-Lugo is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Castillo-Lugo's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo go to medical school?

Dr. Castillo-Lugo graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1988.

What drugs does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Castillo-Lugo's most prescribed drugs by claims were Farxiga, Nifedipine ER and Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim.

Has Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,235 in general payments to Dr. Castillo-Lugo from 30 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

How long has Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo been practicing?

Dr. Castillo-Lugo graduated from medical school in 1988, 38 years ago.

Does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo do research?

Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Castillo-Lugo, published from 2007 to 2025. Dr. Castillo-Lugo has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo publish with?

Dr. Castillo-Lugo's most frequent co-authors are Senu K. Apewokin, MD (2 shared papers), Saima Aslam, MD (2 shared papers) and Emily A. Blumberg, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Jose A. Castillo-Lugo accept?

Dr. Castillo-Lugo is in network with 24 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 15. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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