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Dr. Luis Jose Batlle , MD

Surgery • Clearwater, FL

Active NPI 1518192343 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

2250 Drew St
Clearwater, FL 337653305

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

2250 Drew St

Clearwater, FL 337653305

Telephone 7277977463
Fax 7272160374
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Florida Spine Institute Facility NPI 1093996076

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Spinecare Associates, Llc. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Medical School

Rutgers School Of Dental Medicine

Graduation Year

2009

Medicare patients

250 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $341,683 in 2024

The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount

This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.

Paid by Medicare

About $273,354 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Paid by Medicare

This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.

30-day fills

14,067 standardized 30-day fills in 2024

CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.

What this does not show: 30-day fills

It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.

Part D drug cost

$1,133,659 in 2024

The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.

What this does not show: Part D drug cost

A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2025

All general payments: $1,687.35 across 84 records.

By nature of payment

  • Food and Beverage: $1,687.35 across 84 records.

Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 13)

  • Boston Scientific Corporation: $571.06 across 22 records.
  • Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.: $307.45 across 22 records.
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC: $211.21 across 13 records.

A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.

See the full table

Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

17 years (graduated 2009)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2009 as the year this clinician finished professional school.

What this does not show: Years since graduation

It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.

NPI first issued

2009

The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show: NPI first issued

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Accepts Medicare assignment

CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

No telehealth indicator

CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Dr. Batlle has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.

It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Dr. Batlle as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.

What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services

It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Clearwater and Florida

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part B services

More Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Florida (2024, 1,032 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 229. Middle half: 109 to 440.

Too few clinicians listed under Surgery in Clearwater have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.

Medicare-allowed amount

A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Florida (2024, 1,032 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $31,559. Middle half: $12,420 to $65,734.

Too few clinicians listed under Surgery in Clearwater have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.

Paid by Medicare

A higher Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Florida (2024, 1,032 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $24,355. Middle half: $9,647 to $51,165.

Too few clinicians listed under Surgery in Clearwater have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

More Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Florida (2024, 829 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 69. Middle half: 30 to 145.

Too few clinicians listed under Surgery in Clearwater have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.

Part D drug cost

A higher Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Florida (2024, 829 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $488. Middle half: $153 to $1,724.

Too few clinicians listed under Surgery in Clearwater have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.

13 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Clearwater, FL (1,888 in Florida).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Clearwater

0% of these 13 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

46.2% of these 13 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures

Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments

Open Payments · Program Year 2025
Disclosure Year:

Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): 84 records totaling $1,687.35.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
Boston Scientific Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Intracept General $147.33
Boston Scientific Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Intracept General $81.59
Boston Scientific Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Intracept General $55.05
ABBVIE INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
QULIPTA General $30.84
Pfizer Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
NURTEC ODT General $29.87
Medtronic, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
INCEPTIV General $29.73
Boston Scientific Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 General $28.65
Globus Medical, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Senza General $27.83
Boston Scientific Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Intracept General $27.56
Boston Scientific Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 General $27.40
ABBVIE INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
QULIPTA General $25.78
Pfizer Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
NURTEC ODT General $25.67
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Evoke General $24.80
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
RELISTOR General $24.67
ABBVIE INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
QULIPTA General $24.52
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
RELISTOR General $23.88
IBSA Pharma Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Tirosint General $23.50
Medtronic, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
INCEPTIV General $23.47
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Belbuca General $22.44
ABBVIE INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
BOTOX General $22.41
IBSA Pharma Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Tirosint General $22.24
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
RELISTOR General $22.21
Pfizer Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
NURTEC ODT General $22.12
ABBVIE INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
BOTOX General $22.06
Boston Scientific Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Intracept General $21.93

(top 25 shown)

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B · Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. CPT codes, descriptions and other data only are copyright 2016–2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Applicable FARS/HHSARS apply. Descriptions of CPT codes are the AMA's CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors as published by CMS in the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service data, 2017–2024; they are plain-language summaries, not for clinical coding or documentation. HCPCS Level II codes and descriptions are from CMS. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein.

HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
809 204 $645.36 $130.42
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
735 179 $437.28 $93.22
20550 Injection into tendon or ligament
349 63 $355.74 $53.59
96130 Evaluation of psychological test, first hour
311 145 $250.00 $124.27
J0702 Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
308 82 $34.80 $6.58
76942 Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement
228 81 $439.14 $57.10
G0482 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms
217 139 $1245.30 $194.77
80305 Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation
206 138 $89.00 $12.25
99406 Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes
153 32 $100.00 $13.52
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint
86 45 $369.48 $70.58
20552 Injection of trigger points, 1-2 muscles
80 38 $335.40 $26.10
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
70 70 $1000.42 $173.05
64636 Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint
46 21 $1062.36 $69.94
64450 Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into other nerve or branch
40 12 $480.12 $32.24
64493 Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level
40 25 $1050.54 $137.78
64494 Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level
40 25 $527.58 $77.94
62323 Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance
34 28 $641.06 $99.19
64635 Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint
30 21 $2573.88 $231.00
64483 Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level
29 27 $1333.14 $135.76
64484 Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, each additional level
14 13 $533.82 $54.02

Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits

Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications

Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.

CMS Part D · Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen 2,125 60,162 $83,215.12 324
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen 1,782 48,932 $49,825.85 282
Oxycodone Hcl Oxycodone Hcl 1,633 47,707 $45,699.62 220
Morphine Sulfate Er Morphine Sulfate 1,243 35,741 $41,667.79 154
Pregabalin Pregabalin 712 24,259 $30,635.74 159
Gabapentin Gabapentin 620 23,880 $11,770.21 141
Tramadol Hcl Tramadol Hcl 427 10,045 $5,224.59 95
Tizanidine Hcl Tizanidine Hcl 403 17,491 $6,072.75 90
Baclofen Baclofen 372 14,878 $6,336.63 91
Naloxone Hcl Naloxone Hcl 372 6,135 $24,203.30 361
Methylprednisolone Methylprednisolone 320 1,920 $2,589.48 259
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl Cyclobenzaprine Hcl 275 9,824 $2,974.60 64
Xtampza Er Oxycodone Myristate 271 8,042 $211,754.64 48
Methadone Hcl Methadone Hcl 201 5,841 $3,912.00 30
Morphine Sulfate Morphine Sulfate 182 4,634 $5,282.86 29
Methocarbamol Methocarbamol 164 5,248 $1,981.51 33
Tramadol Hcl Er Tramadol Hcl 138 4,078 $11,094.88 21
Zolpidem Tartrate Zolpidem Tartrate 137 4,470 $496.33 24
Diclofenac Sodium Diclofenac Sodium 134 3,766 $6,351.55 46
Meloxicam Meloxicam 131 8,170 $537.21 48
Oxycontin Oxycodone Hcl 126 3,684 $118,961.99 14
Movantik Naloxegol Oxalate 87 3,030 $40,773.74 19
Ztlido Lidocaine 78 2,540 $76,988.32 19
Ibuprofen Ibuprofen 77 2,970 $708.66 21
Lidocaine Lidocaine 76 2,152 $8,740.39 19

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Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits

Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Surgery Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X

License # reported to NPPES PA MT195184

A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis - preoperative, operative and postoperative management - and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208100000X

License # reported to NPPES FL TRN15996

Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices.

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Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20141008000207

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

FL

PECOS Control ID

0345460663

Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Eligible

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Spinecare Associates, Llc

2250 Drew St, Clearwater, FL 337653305

Phone: 7277977463

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

4 listed
Dr. Kenneth Botwin , MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

NPI 1548231509

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Luis Figueroa , MD

Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology

NPI 1083685945

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Nabil Gerges , DO

Anesthesiology - Pain Medicine

NPI 1215199609

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

Dr. Robert Kowalski , MD

Neurological Surgery

NPI 1952335655

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Career & Practice History

NPI enumerated May 22, 2009.

No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1518192343
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: May 22, 2009
Last Update: July 20, 2015
Sole Proprietor: No

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Mailing Address

Po Box 17328

Clearwater, FL 337620328

Phone: 8624525630

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.