Alejandro Cortes, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · La Jolla, CA
Alejandro Cortes, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in La Jolla, California, and NPI 1972066785, issued on Apr 9, 2019. Check the license (California A182583, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alejandro Cortes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- A182583 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9400 Campus Point Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Phone
- (800) 926-8273
- Enumerated
- Apr 9, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 9400 Campus Point Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Alejandro Cortes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A182583Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
52 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries, against an average of 344 among the 17,387 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Mupirocin18 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $2,182.14
23 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 15,866 providers of this specialty with any payment received $21,294.10 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
2 hospital and facility affiliations
- Folsom Orthopaedic Surgery And Sports Injury Medical Clinic, Inc.Folsom, CA
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaLa Jolla, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
53 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a La Jolla practice address
They are 53 of the 3,648 NPPES records with a La Jolla practice address, and 2,427 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California.
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- Curtis Adams, MDSacramento, CA1265963656
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Common questions
What is Alejandro Cortes, MD's NPI number?
Alejandro Cortes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972066785, issued on Apr 9, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alejandro Cortes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9400 Campus Point Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093. Phone: (800) 926-8273. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alejandro Cortes, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A182583, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alejandro Cortes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alejandro Cortes, MD had 52 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 344. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
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.