Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Karl Kevin Limmer, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1871757294

Karl Kevin Limmer, MD practises General Surgery in San Diego, California. Graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 2005, 21 years ago. Practices with San Diego Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons Inc, a 14-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
21
Trained at
Temple University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2008
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

8010 Frost St Ste 408
San Diego, CA 92123-4222 Not confirmed with CMS for 12 years — call before visiting
Phone: (858) 939-7471
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Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence A99830 (CA)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence A99830 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1871757294
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 15, 2008
Last updated in NPPESApril 11, 2014

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolTEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2005 (21 years in practice)
Group practice San Diego Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgeons Inc — 14 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 11 times · 43rd percentile
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

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 patients82
Services billed 163 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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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.

Education $4,400 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,210 4 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,102 15 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at San Diego Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 14 clinicians in the practice; 10 are shown here.

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