Marco Ayala, MD

3 locations · Ritvik Mehta MD Apc · First Choice Physician Partners · Upmc Altoona Regional Health Services, Inc.

Hospitals listed: Upmc Altoona · Upmc Bedford Memorial. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

9 plans · 1 carrier

1 licence

• Virginia 0101236847Physician · since 2004 · expires 2026-11-30Told the state board they are board certified.
  Current ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

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3 placements

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

• Otolaryngologycertified 2011 · ran out 2021
  Lapsed

Education

• Uniformed Services University Of The Health Sciences F. Edward H�bert School Of Medicine - Bethesda MD2003

Residency and fellowship

• University of Kansas Medical Center, Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular ReconstruKansas City, Kansas · 2016
• Naval Medical Center San Diego, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck SurgerySan Diego, CA · 2010
• Naval Medical Center San Diego, SurgerySan Diego, CA · 2004

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• Upmc AltoonaAltoona, PAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of UPMC, which runs 34 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 48% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 259.01 (209.32 to 308.71) · 75 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.663, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Upmc Bedford MemorialEverett, PAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of UPMC, which runs 34 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 64% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate

$18,363

Medicare paid this office $18,363 for 82 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedures year by year

Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.

Who their Medicare patients are

82 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 60% · Health risk score 1.51. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 70% · Coronary heart disease 32% · Chronic kidney disease 28% · Atrial fibrillation 28% · Diabetes 22% · COPD 22% · Depression 22% · Heart failure 20% · Cancer 17%.

The office billed $51,418, Medicare allowed $23,305 and paid $18,363; for 183 services of 21 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

$6,812 in 2024

Medicaid paid $6,812 for 90 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 21 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

$1,968

Pharmacies billed $1,968 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 98) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 4%.

97 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $1,968 in drug cost · 26 antibiotic prescriptions to 24 people.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Year by year

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

$1,334 in 2025

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

NPI

1023089992

Licence

VA 0101236847Virginia 0101236847: Current Active

Group

Ritvik Mehta MD Apc · First Choice Physician Partners · Upmc Altoona Regional Health Services, Inc.

Gender

Male