In 2023, Dr. German Castro, MD had a list price for blood draw, blood draw for lab tests, phlebotomy for lab tests, and venipuncture (phlebotomy) that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 90% of providers in related specialties within Florida. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Top 25%

By Volume:

blood draw

phlebotomy for lab tests

urinalysis

By Affordability:

lab tests

urine tests

In 2012, among providers in related specialties within Florida, Dr. German Castro, MD performed more blood draw, phlebotomy for lab tests, and urinalysis procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of them and he also had a list price for lab tests, and urine tests that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 75% of them. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2012 were blood draw, lab tests, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	499
doctor visit	2521
lab tests	329
preventive care	72
thoracic (chest) imaging	92
vaccines	72
X-rays	92

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2013 were blood draw, lab tests, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	422
doctor visit	2368
lab tests	293
thoracic (chest) imaging	74
X-rays	74

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	221
Female	358

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	227
Black	112
Hispanic	224
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	207
From 75 to 84	208
85 and over	111
Less than 65	53

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2013

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	9
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	34
Dementia	9
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2014 were blood draw, lab tests, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	405
doctor visit	2193
lab tests	356
thoracic (chest) imaging	58
X-rays	58

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	221
Female	338

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	222
Black	108
Hispanic	213
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	210
From 75 to 84	189
85 and over	107
Less than 65	53

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2014

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	9
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	5
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	33
Dementia	10
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2015 were blood draw, lab tests, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	380
doctor visit	2051
lab tests	329
thoracic (chest) imaging	37
X-rays	37

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	460
Female	660

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	438
Black	196
Hispanic	458
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	434
From 75 to 84	370
85 and over	212
Less than 65	104

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2015

Hypertension	53
High Cholesterol	40
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	9
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	34
Dementia	10
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2016 were lab tests, blood draw, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	288
doctor visit	2025
lab tests	361
thoracic (chest) imaging	39
X-rays	39

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	242
Female	329

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	209
Black	97
Hispanic	249
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	240
From 75 to 84	177
85 and over	103
Less than 65	51

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2016

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	42
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	8
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	35
Dementia	11
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2017 were lab tests, blood draw, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	241
doctor visit	1821
lab tests	250
thoracic (chest) imaging	28
X-rays	28

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	216
Female	319

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	191
Black	91
Hispanic	234
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	218
From 75 to 84	166
85 and over	101
Less than 65	50

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2017

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	38
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	9
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	35
Dementia	13
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2018 were lab tests and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	224
doctor visit	1718
lab tests	274

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	213
Female	295

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	179
Black	88
Hispanic	226
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	199
From 75 to 84	164
85 and over	95
Less than 65	50

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2018

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	41
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	8
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	35
Dementia	11
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2019 were lab tests and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	215
doctor visit	1496
lab tests	252

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	195
Female	270

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	171
Black	70
Hispanic	208
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	171
From 75 to 84	151
85 and over	90
Less than 65	53

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2019

Hypertension	56
High Cholesterol	40
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	11
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	36
Dementia	13
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2020 were lab tests and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	164
doctor visit	1217
lab tests	247

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	165
Female	225

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	133
Black	62
Hispanic	181
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	152
From 75 to 84	128
85 and over	72
Less than 65	38

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2020

Hypertension	51
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	8
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	3
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	38
Dementia	13
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2021 were lab tests and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	186
doctor visit	1149
lab tests	213

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	167
Female	205

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	119
Black	53
Hispanic	184
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	149
From 75 to 84	122
85 and over	60
Less than 65	41

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2021

Hypertension	53
High Cholesterol	34
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	7
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	35
Dementia	13
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL during 2022 were lab tests and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	162
doctor visit	979
lab tests	187

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	141
Female	184

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	108
Black	49
Hispanic	156
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	128
From 75 to 84	112
85 and over	54
Less than 65	31

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD in 2022

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	15
Depression	10
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	36
Dementia	7
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. German Castro, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. German Castro, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Palm Bay, FL were blood draw, lab tests, preventive care and vaccines.

blood draw	289
doctor visit	1776
lab tests	281
preventive care	72
thoracic (chest) imaging	54
vaccines	72
X-rays	54

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD.

**Gender**
Male	203
Female	289

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	84
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	181
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	212
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	162
85 and over	91
Less than 65	47
65 to 74	191

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. German Castro, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. German Castro, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	51
High Cholesterol	38
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	8
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	4
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	31
Atrial Fibrillation	6
Dementia	10
Cancer	7

Education & Training

He has a state license in Florida.

Licensed In: Florida

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. German Castro, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc	$5,453 XARELTO $3,108	INVOKANA $2,305	$39
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$5,428 FARXIGA $2,797	BYDUREON $1,008	BREZTRI $677	BEVESPI AEROSPHERE $354	SYMBICORT $223	Other $368
Amgen Inc.	$2,610 Repatha $1,238	Prolia $487	Aimovig $353	EVENITY $294	Otezla $238
Novo Nordisk Inc	$1,553 Ozempic $489	RYBELSUS $376	Tresiba $317	Saxenda $125	Xultophy 100/3.6 $112	Other $135
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.	$941 Benicar $369	Welchol $240	SAVAYSA $107	Enhertu $104	Tribenzor $70	Other $50
Other	$11,483 Nuedexta $535	ELIQUIS $516	TOUJEO $469	UBRELVY $457	Vascepa $453	Other $9,053

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$27,105
Consulting Fee	$138
Gift	$116
Education	$108

Biography

Dr. German Castro specializes in family medicine and emergency medicine and practices in Palm Bay, FL. Dr. Castro has obtained a license to practice in Florida.

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