Andrew Mester M.D.
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1649283599 is registered to Andrew Mester M.D., a Otolaryngology Physician practising at 215 Pesetas Ln in Santa Barbara, California. Otolaryngology Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Andrew Mester M.D. has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2006.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
This record carries 1 secondary identifier beyond the base NPI: Medicaid and other payer cross-references used by billers and credentialers, which the standard CMS NPPES lookup does not surface. It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 1,497 Otolaryngology Physician providers on file in California.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Secondary identifiers
Additional identifiers this provider has registered with NPPES. Used by medical billers, credentialers, and insurance verifiers to cross-reference claims and enrollments.
Medicaid
Source: NPPES public registry.
Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20101019000086OtolaryngologyCA
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Andrew Mester M.D. accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Andrew Mester M.D. directly at (805) 681-1761.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1649283599 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Otolaryngology Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (805) 681-1761.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Andrew Mester M.D. is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 1,497 Otolaryngology Physician providers are registered in California, and Andrew Mester M.D. is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.