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In Albany, Dr. Rakel M. Astorga works as a general surgeon at Columbia Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Astorga at a glance
- Specialty
- General surgeon
- Credentials
- MD
- Practice
- Columbia Memorial Hospital
- Address
- 43 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208
- Phone
- (518) 262-3125
- Hospital affiliations
- Columbia Memorial Hospital, Albany Medical Center Hospital
- Medicare assignment
- Accepts
- NPI number
- 1831345693
- NY license no.
- 249738
Columbia Memorial Hospital's Albany location at 43 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 is where Dr. Astorga sees patients — appointments by phone at (518) 262-3125. Columbia Memorial Hospital is a large group — 173 clinicians are enrolled with Medicare under it. She accepts Medicare assignment — useful to know if you are on traditional Medicare.
On the hospital side, Dr. Astorga holds affiliations with Columbia Memorial Hospital and Albany Medical Center Hospital.
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Medicare, Medicaid and hospitals
- Medicare patients (2024)
- 208 people with traditional Medicare, average age 72
- Most common services billed to Medicare
- Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access
- Insertion of tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)
- Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)
- Procedures on Medicare Care Compare
- Mastectomy 27 procedures
- Skin biopsy 1–10 procedures
- Removal of tissue 1–10 procedures
- Removal of skin lesions 1–10 procedures
- Medicare quality score (MIPS 2024)
- 88 out of 100 — reported through the group practice
- New York Medicaid
- Enrolled fee-for-service provider since 2008. Medicaid managed-care plans keep their own networks, so check with your plan.
- Hospital pages
- Albany Medical Center Hospital · Columbia Memorial Hospital
Medicare figures cover people with traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare only; services billed for fewer than 11 patients are not published.
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Frequently Asked Questions
With Columbia Memorial Hospital, at 43 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208.
Call the office at (518) 262-3125.
Yes — Dr. Astorga accepts Medicare assignment, taking the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
Columbia Memorial Hospital and Albany Medical Center Hospital.
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