Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Vega Alta, PR

251 individual NPPES records list a Vega Alta practice address, 36th of 92 Puerto Rico cities. The largest group is pharmacist: 30, 12% of the city's records, against 8% across Puerto Rico.

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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

The 8 largest groups in Vega Alta

  1. Pharmacist30
  2. General Practice Physician28
  3. Pharmacy Technician16
  4. Clinical Psychologist13
  5. Students in training11
  6. Speech-Language Pathologist10
  7. Clinical Social Worker9
  8. Psychologist8

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, loaded Aug 27, 2026.

Vega Alta in Puerto Rico

  • Rank in Puerto Rico36th of 92 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.6% of Puerto Rico's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups29.5% of all records
  • Pharmacist rank11th of the 10 Puerto Rico cities with the most

Compared with Puerto Rico as a whole, Vega Alta has 1.5× the state's share of pharmacist records and 0.48× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.

Providers in Vega Alta, alphabetically

  1. Angelic AcevedoGeneral Practice Physician1386723518
  2. Carlos Acevedo, MDPediatrics Physician1558402784
  3. Jose Acosta, MDMedical Physician Assistant1265070957
  4. Luis Acosta, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1366785438
  5. Carolyn Agosto Rivera, MDGeneral Practice Physician1366339582
  6. Nelida Aguiar Figueroa, MDGeneral Practice Physician1952389850
  7. Aixa Ahorrio, O.T.Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1114270402
  8. Melissa Almeida Cruz, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1881708816
  9. Cruz Maria Aponte, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1417031790
  10. Maricelis AquinoSchool Psychologist1114394368
  11. Alvidaliz Arce, RNRegistered Nurse1073444071
  12. Gloria Arroyo, PHARMACYTECHNICIANPharmacy Technician1245365238
  13. Viviana Arroyo, RPHPharmacist1720209984
  14. Glendaly Baez, PTPharmacy Technician1174784672
  15. Beatriz BanuchiPharmacist1417517806
  16. Carla BernabeSpeech-Language Assistant1053235077
  17. Guadalupe Bernard, PHARMACIST (RPH.)Pharmacist1801077722
  18. Blanca Bosque, M.D.General Practice Physician1780767251
  19. Yamilte Bravo, RPHPharmacist1982817227
  20. Juliana Broco Ortiz, MSPsychologist1851095947
  21. Vanessa Burgos Collazo, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1164771119
  22. Natalia Calderon Ocana, MDGeneral Practice Physician1265317499
  23. Nancy Camacho, PHARMACISTPharmacist1154456135
  24. Vanessa Caraballo-VegaGeneral Practice Dentistry1285587519
  25. Miriam Carrillo, RPHPharmacist1902027162
  26. Augusto Carrion, O.D.Optometrist1922301977
  27. Paula Cartagena, M.S.W.Clinical Social Worker1942551437
  28. Antonio Casiano, OPTICIANOptician1568021194
  29. Bryan Castillo Figueroa, DMDDentist1134974579
  30. Gustavo Cedeno, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1841252095
  31. Marangelli ClaudioSpecialist1801294509
  32. Gisel Colon, DRPsychologist1063094795
  33. Jose Colon, M.D.General Practice Physician1275560328
  34. Krismarie Colon, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1104673243
  35. Ivette Colon AnguitaClinical Social Worker1154770105
  36. Juan Colon RodriguezClinical Psychologist1306055538
  37. Julia Colon-Cardona, MDGeneral Practice Physician1104538453
  38. Ruz Colon-CardonaOccupational Therapist1952652950
  39. Reina Colon-Gonzalez, MSWClinical Social Worker1194955708
  40. Ruth Concepcion, OTLOccupational Therapist1538789235
  41. Ruth Concepcion, OTPediatric Occupational Therapist1982363990
  42. Maria Del Mar Cordero, DCChiropractor1215566179
  43. Natalia CorderoPsychologist1831610799
  44. Kiara Cordero RamirezClinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist1700740966
  45. Tyrone Crescioni, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1942791066
  46. Daira Crespo, CSW, MDClinical Social Worker1821658816
  47. Nydian Crespo, PHARM. TECH.Pharmacy Technician1093840548
  48. Zoraida Crespo, PHARMACYTECHNICIANPharmacy Technician1427183326
  49. Tyffanie Cruz ColonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1093634388
  50. Maria Cruz-Lartigaut, MDNeurology Physician1811019532

The largest Puerto Rico cities

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

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How to read this directory

Vega Alta, Puerto Rico appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 251 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 Vega Alta - 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 Vega Alta 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 Vega Alta is weighted toward Pharmacist (30 clinicians, followed by General Practice Physician with 28 and Pharmacy Technician with 16). 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, Vega Alta reports roughly 7.8 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 Vega Alta 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 Vega Alta, PR?

There are 251 registered healthcare providers in Vega Alta, PR, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Vega Alta?

The most common specialties in Vega Alta are Pharmacist, General Practice Physician, Pharmacy Technician, Clinical Psychologist, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program. Pharmacist has the most providers with 30.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file loaded Aug 27, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.