Ariel Chacon Balado, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · San Juan, PR
Ariel Chacon Balado, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1710050521, issued on Nov 17, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 16682, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ariel Chacon Balado
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 16682 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1687 Calle Amarillo Apt 3102, San Juan, PR 00926
- Phone
- (787) 504-9848
- Enumerated
- Nov 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 27845560 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080506000175); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest orthopaedic surgery physician records → All 106 in Puerto Rico → Look up another NPI →
Verify Ariel Chacon Balado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 16682Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
263 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 107 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefadroxil109 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen83 claims
- Acetaminophen-Codeine22 claims
- Methylprednisolone16 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: $3,887.32
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Rmc Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Mennonite General Hospital IncAibonito, PR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ariel Chacon Balado among 106 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Puerto Rico
Ariel Chacon Balado, MD is one of 106 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 1995 among the 62 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 106 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 106 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in San Juan → Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ricardo Canals, MDSan Juan, PR 009261194788000
- Jose Lopez-Reymindi, MDSan Juan, PR 009261174714398
- Francisco Otero Lopez, MDSan Juan, PR 009261013968973
- Joseph SalemSan Juan, PR 009261942902713
- Jorge Soto Del Cueto, M.D.San Juan Pr, PR 009261407055270
- Carlos Garcia, M.D.San Juan, PR 009251023006756
- Manuel Rodriguez Perez, M.D.San Juan, PR 009231588041263
- Ricardo Fontanet, MDSan Juan, PR 009221528299054
Common questions
What is Ariel Chacon Balado, MD's NPI number?
Ariel Chacon Balado, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710050521, issued on Nov 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ariel Chacon Balado, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1687 Calle Amarillo Apt 3102, San Juan, PR, 00926. Phone: (787) 504-9848. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ariel Chacon Balado, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 16682, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ariel Chacon Balado, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ariel Chacon Balado, MD had 263 Medicare Part D claims for 137 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 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.
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.