Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.

Dr. Walter J Coyle, MD

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1609847482

Dr. Walter J Coyle, MD practises Gastroenterology in LA Jolla, California. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1986, 40 years ago. Practices with Scripps Health, a 1,446-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
40
Trained at
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

10666 N Torrey Pines Rd
LA Jolla, CA 92037-1027
Phone: (858) 554-8879
Fax: (858) 554-8065
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence G87799 (CA)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence G87799 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1609847482
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJanuary 30, 2006
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 16, 2017

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolJEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1986 (40 years in practice)
Group practice Scripps Health — 1446 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 354 times · 97th percentile
Colonoscopy 191 times · 93rd percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients631
Services billed 1,703 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $69,829 13 payments
Travel and Lodging $9,192 16 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $4,965 101 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Consulting Fee $2,500 1 payment

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Scripps Health

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1446 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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