Physician

Aaron Cates, PT

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Aaron Cates, PT (NPI: 1033521893) practices physical therapist (private practice) in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from San Diego, CA. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is NORTH COAST PHYSICAL THERAPY INC (NPI: 1689738627; TIN: 841653194) and primary practice location at 92078-5267.

Cates' data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 29 traditional Medicare patients, billed 628 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $15,753 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 97162 (Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes). No Open Payments records. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has fallen sharply in recent years, from $5,554 to $15,753. Concurrently, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported Part D prescription costs data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	19	233	$5,554
2016	103	2,055	$48,950
2017	177	2,529	$59,648
2018	158	2,128	$49,425
2019	114	1,942	$45,517
2020	75	1,256	$29,752
2021	62	1,732	$40,304
2022	59	1,004	$23,532
2023	N/R	N/R	N/R
2024	29	628	$15,753

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

No connected Part D records

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
97162	Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes	15	15	$86
97530	Therapy procedure using functional activities	29	283	$27
97112	Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes	29	257	$21
97110	Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes	15	62	$19

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

No connected Part D drug-level records for 2024.

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary

No connected Open Payments records were found for this physician in General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests.

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Aaron Cates, PT?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Aaron Cates, PT (NPI 1033521893), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Aaron Cates, PT have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Aaron Cates, PT?

Aaron Cates, PT is linked to NORTH COAST PHYSICAL THERAPY INC (billing NPI 1689738627) in the available physician profile data.

Does Aaron Cates, PT have Open Payments data?

No connected Open Payments records are shown for this physician in the available General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.