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Margaret Essex Castor, WHNP

NPI 1275960585ActiveIndividual· Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health· Phoenix, AZ

Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health (WHNP) in Phoenix, Arizona, trained at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (class of 2013). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $6,683 for 28 patients in 2024, with only 46 Part D claims. Biogen, Inc. was the largest of 8 companies reporting payments in 2025, $280.63 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1275960585
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialWHNP
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedOct 1, 2013
Last updated in NPPESFeb 4, 2026
Certified by providerFeb 4, 2026

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health Primary363LW0102X300500AZ
Registered Nurse163W00000X300500AZ

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner (AZ); Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner (IN)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients28
Services billed249 across 17 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$6,683

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)46 · 74 30-day fills
Patients24
Total drug cost$1,818
Generic share85% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolVanderbilt University School of Medicine
Graduation year2013
Medicare specialtyNurse Practitioner

Medical group

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$280.63 · 15 payments from 8 companies
  • 2024$117.63 · 7 payments from 7 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$280.63 · 15 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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