NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Arecibo, PR

976 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Arecibo, 8th of 92 Puerto Rico cities. The largest group is general practice physician: 136, 14% of the city's records, against 10% across Puerto Rico. Page 14 of 20.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Arecibo

  1. General Practice Physician136
  2. Pharmacist87
  3. Clinical Psychologist70
  4. Clinical Social Worker48
  5. Pharmacy Technician44
  6. Students in training38
  7. Psychologist33
  8. Speech-Language Pathologist31

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arecibo in Puerto Rico

  • Rank in Puerto Rico8th of 92 cities by records
  • Share of the state2.4% of Puerto Rico's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups30% of all records
  • General Practice Physician rank7th of the 10 Puerto Rico cities with the most

Compared with Puerto Rico as a whole, Arecibo has 4.8× the state's share of certified registered nurse anesthetist records and 0.49× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.

Providers in Arecibo, alphabetically

  1. Addy PolancoMental Health Counselor1013268382
  2. Jorge PolancoOptician1942699277
  3. Manuel Polanco Martinez, MDInternal Medicine Physician1184664757
  4. Meredith Portalatin, MDGastroenterology Physician1326239658
  5. Jose Portalatin Rodriguez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1780616656
  6. Rafael Portela Gonzalez, D.M.D.General Practice Dentistry1730292590
  7. Cesar Proano, MDHematology & Oncology Physician1700926755
  8. Maricarmen Quijano, M.D.General Practice Physician1548270812
  9. Yazmin QuijanoPh.D. Medical Genetics1659348720
  10. Abner Quiles GalanPharmacist1043195597
  11. Mairim Quiles Torres, MDGeneral Practice Physician1548201114
  12. Maria QuinonesPharmacy Technician1639380660
  13. Carmen Quinones-AlvarezPharmacy Technician1255454427
  14. Vanessa Raices Lopez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1598854416
  15. Jessika RamirezPharmacist1770626749
  16. Keishla Ramirez, SLASpeech-Language Pathologist1437833803
  17. Luz Del Alba RamirezPharmacist1780538694
  18. Astrid Ramirez AguilaPharmacist1255260204
  19. Lorreine Ramirez Santiago, MDGeneral Practice Physician1245970649
  20. Britzeida Ramos, SWStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1427390616
  21. Isis Ramos, MDGeneral Practice Physician1578769584
  22. Marmil Ramos, RN, MSNClinical Social Worker1033778816
  23. Ramon RamosPharmacy Technician1083712970
  24. Rose Ramos, M.D.General Practice Physician1780915827
  25. Carlos Ramos Cortes, PSYDClinical Psychologist1912045733
  26. Emilio Ramos Escoda, M.DSurgery Physician1801019419
  27. Luz Ramos Maldonado, MSWClinical Social Worker1144984683
  28. Yadira Ramos Marcano, LCSWClinical Social Worker1437876208
  29. Marcos Ramos Navarro, M.D.General Practice Physician1174594691
  30. Yareisie Ramos RodriguezSpeech-Language Assistant1770042863
  31. Pedro Ramos-MunozEndodontics1689028581
  32. Maria Rey, RPHPharmacist1902922214
  33. Edgar Reyes, D.M.D.General Practice Dentistry1376530477
  34. Nielson Reyes, M. D.General Practice Physician1356588818
  35. Rosangela Reyes Del Rio, PH.DAttendant Care Provider1730579905
  36. Kasandra Reyes RiveraRegistered Nurse1285511493
  37. Sara Rico, CSW,MSWClinical Psychologist1982914727
  38. Carolina Rios, PSYDClinical Psychologist1487461455
  39. Yaritza Rios, PHARM DPharmacist1083874739
  40. Yamet Rios Lopez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1477168003
  41. Axel Rios NatalPharmacist1467221077
  42. Nishbeth Rios Rivera, PSY.DClinical Psychologist1194069567
  43. Hector Rios-Guadarrama, T.R.Recreation Therapist1902107238
  44. Carla RiveraSchool Psychologist1245189414
  45. Cesar Rivera, MDNephrology Physician1386749620
  46. Coraliss Rivera, S.L.P.Speech-Language Pathologist1326596982
  47. Hector RiveraPharmacy Technician1972714921
  48. Jomarie Rivera, M.D.General Practice Physician1871822700
  49. Jose Rivera, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1225144868
  50. Manuel Rivera, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1659356954

The largest Puerto Rico cities

  1. San Juan8,960
  2. Ponce3,338
  3. Bayamon2,958
  4. Guaynabo2,143
  5. Caguas2,093

All of Puerto Rico →

How to read this directory

Arecibo, Puerto Rico appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 976 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Arecibo - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Arecibo practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Arecibo is weighted toward General Practice Physician (136 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 87 and Clinical Psychologist with 70). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Puerto Rico's population, Arecibo reports roughly 30.4 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

For Arecibo patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Arecibo, PR?

There are 976 registered healthcare providers in Arecibo, PR, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Arecibo?

The most common specialties in Arecibo are General Practice Physician, Pharmacist, Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, Pharmacy Technician. General Practice Physician has the most providers with 136.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.