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Dr. Carlos Untal, MD

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Specializes in: Interventional Pain Medicine and Emergency Medicine

1551 Bishop Street Building B Suite 210
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

(805) 329-6262

Dr. Carlos Untal, MD is an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA specializing in interventional pain medicine and emergency medicine. Dr. Carlos Untal, MD is affiliated with Dignity Health and Marian Regional/Arroyo Grande.

Office Locations

10 Santa Rosa Street Suite 201
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

(805) 782-8132

(805) 597-8350

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Marian Regional/Arroyo Grande

1551 Bishop Street Building B Suite 210
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

(805) 329-6262

(805) 563-0364

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2023

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Top 5%

By Volume:

percutaneous spinal cord stimulator lead placement

spinal procedures

In 2023, Dr. Carlos Untal, MD performed more percutaneous spinal cord stimulator lead placement, and spinal procedures procedures for Medicare patients than 95% of providers in related specialties within California.

Top 25%

By Volume:

facet rhizotomy injection

injections

pain management

percutaneous procedures

rhizotomy

In 2012, Dr. Carlos Untal, MD performed more facet rhizotomy injection, injections, pain management, percutaneous procedures, and rhizotomy (nerve ablation) procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within California.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2012 were pain management, injections, spinal procedures and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	25
doctor visit	2260
injections	669
minimally invasive procedures	62
nerve block	611
nerve procedures	62
pain management	706
spinal procedures	644

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2013 were pain management, spinal procedures, injections and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	38
catheterization	13
decompression surgery	20
doctor visit	2312
implant surgery	13
injections	775
minimally invasive procedures	141
nerve block	701
nerve procedures	111
neurostimulator lead placement	30
pain management	828
spinal procedures	787
tunneled epidural catheter repositioning	13
tunneled intrathecal catheter repositioning	13

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	179
Female	284

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	370
Black	0
Hispanic	78
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	165
From 75 to 84	117
85 and over	47
Less than 65	134

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2013

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	66
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	29
Dementia	7
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2014 were pain management, injections, spinal procedures and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	36
catheterization	22
doctor visit	1579
implant surgery	23
injections	717
minimally invasive procedures	105
nerve block	636
nerve procedures	75
neurostimulator lead placement	30
pain management	756
spinal procedures	711
tunneled epidural catheter repositioning	22
tunneled intrathecal catheter repositioning	22

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	180
Female	305

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	404
Black	0
Hispanic	70
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	179
From 75 to 84	126
85 and over	53
Less than 65	127

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2014

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	67
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	30
Dementia	7
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2015 were pain management, spinal procedures, injections and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	29
catheterization	13
doctor visit	1325
implant surgery	11
injections	753
minimally invasive procedures	81
nerve block	666
nerve procedures	49
neurostimulator lead placement	32
pain management	773
spinal procedures	756
tunneled epidural catheter repositioning	13
tunneled intrathecal catheter repositioning	13

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	340
Female	694

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	846
Black	0
Hispanic	144
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	380
From 75 to 84	280
85 and over	100
Less than 65	274

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2015

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	47
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	27
Dementia	7
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2016 were pain management, injections, spinal procedures and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	36
catheterization	18
doctor visit	1441
implant surgery	18
injections	875
minimally invasive procedures	72
nerve block	784
nerve procedures	72
pain management	911
spinal procedures	839
tunneled epidural catheter repositioning	18
tunneled intrathecal catheter repositioning	18

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	232
Female	406

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	521
Black	12
Hispanic	84
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	260
From 75 to 84	161
85 and over	58
Less than 65	159

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2016

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	32
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	30
Dementia	8
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2017 were pain management, spinal procedures, injections and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	36
doctor visit	1434
implant surgery	23
injections	311
minimally invasive procedures	109
nerve block	200
nerve procedures	66
neurostimulator lead placement	43
neurostimulator replacement	12
pain management	341
spinal procedures	313

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	184
Female	354

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	434
Black	0
Hispanic	75
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	208
From 75 to 84	154
85 and over	53
Less than 65	123

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2017

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	40
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	29
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2018 were pain management, injections, spinal procedures and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	77
catheterization	13
doctor visit	1471
implant surgery	13
injections	343
minimally invasive procedures	116
nerve block	173
nerve procedures	86
neurostimulator lead placement	30
pain management	352
spinal procedures	274
tunneled epidural catheter repositioning	13
tunneled intrathecal catheter repositioning	13

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	197
Female	397

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	465
Black	13
Hispanic	96
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	231
From 75 to 84	152
85 and over	56
Less than 65	155

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2018

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	46
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	31
Dementia	11
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2019 were pain management, injections, spinal procedures and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	41
doctor visit	1215
implant surgery	13
injections	242
minimally invasive procedures	84
nerve block	121
nerve procedures	84
pain management	285
spinal procedures	201

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	193
Female	347

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	432
Black	0
Hispanic	78
Asian	0
Other	12
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	223
From 75 to 84	150
85 and over	47
Less than 65	120

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2019

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	43
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	28
Dementia	10
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2020 were pain management, injections, spinal procedures and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	43
doctor visit	1614
injections	210
minimally invasive procedures	71
nerve block	130
nerve procedures	71
pain management	238
spinal procedures	167

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	189
Female	302

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	393
Black	0
Hispanic	69
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	211
From 75 to 84	130
85 and over	40
Less than 65	110

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2020

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	43
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	27
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2021 were pain management, injections, spinal procedures and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	22
doctor visit	2597
injections	157
minimally invasive procedures	52
nerve block	112
nerve procedures	52
pain management	187
spinal procedures	135

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	155
Female	295

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	350
Black	0
Hispanic	77
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	200
From 75 to 84	114
85 and over	34
Less than 65	102

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2021

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	28
Dementia	7
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA during 2022 were pain management, spinal procedures, injections and nerve block.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	615
injections	123
minimally invasive procedures	47
nerve block	99
nerve procedures	47
pain management	170
spinal procedures	123

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	152
Female	283

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	344
Black	0
Hispanic	67
Asian	0
Other	12
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	188
From 75 to 84	130
85 and over	33
Less than 65	84

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	27
Dementia	4
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated as an interventional pain specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA were pain management, injections, spinal procedures and nerve block.

aspiration	38
catheterization	15
decompression surgery	20
doctor visit	1623
implant surgery	16
injections	470
minimally invasive procedures	85
nerve block	384
nerve procedures	70
neurostimulator lead placement	33
neurostimulator replacement	12
pain management	504
spinal procedures	450
tunneled epidural catheter repositioning	15
tunneled intrathecal catheter repositioning	15

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD.

**Gender**
Male	181
Female	333

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	2
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	414
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	76
Other	3

**Age**
75 to 84	137
85 and over	47
Less than 65	126
65 to 74	204

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Carlos Untal, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and heart failure.

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	13
Osteoporosis	10
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	26
Atrial Fibrillation	9
Dementia	7
Cancer	9

Education & Training

He has a state license in California.

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Carlos Untal, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Dignity Health

Marian Regional/Arroyo Grande

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Carlos Untal, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Medtronic USA, Inc.	$7,372 ADAPTIVESTIM $1,681	Spinal Cord Neurostimulation - Neuro $1,653	RESTORE $1,257	SYNCHROMED $849	ASCENDA $706	Other $1,227
Medtronic, Inc.	$3,003 Accurian $1,249	INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM $515	VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM $453	INTELLIS $283	SYNCHROMEDII $168	Other $335
Boston Scientific Corporation	$1,359 Superion $588	PAIN MANAGEMENT $228	SPECTRA SYSTEM $142	PRECISION PLUS SCS SYSTEM $132	Superion Indirect Decompression System $109	Other $160
Abbott Laboratories	$504 Proclaim IPG $175	Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs $101	DRG leads $80	SCS IPGs $79	SCS leads $28	Other $41
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	$501 AMRIX $295	AJOVY $152	FENTORA $52	NUVIGIL $2
Other	$3,588 MOVANTIK $259	Superion ISS $228	Drug Infusion Systems - Neuro $203	ANJESO $202	ZOHYDRO ER $199	Other $2,497

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$15,281
Travel and Lodging	$1,017
Entertainment	$17
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$13

Biography

Dr. Carlos Untal is a specialist in anesthesiology, interventional pain medicine, and emergency medicine. He is conversant in Spanish. Dr. Untal is professionally affiliated with Dignity Health. His practice in San Luis Obispo, CA is open to new patients as reported by Dignity Health.

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