Armando T. Cardenas, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Laredo, TX
Armando T. Cardenas, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1043705528, issued on Jun 26, 2018. Check the license (Texas S8425, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Armando T. Cardenas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- S8425 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2325 E Saunders St, Laredo, TX 78041
- Phone
- (956) 723-4673
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- Fax
- (956) 723-3133
- Medicaid ID
- 1043705528 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210125001296); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Armando T. Cardenas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S8425Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
416 Medicare Part D claims for 175 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide50 claims
- Cefdinir31 claims
- Losartan Potassium28 claims
- Lidocaine-Prilocaine15 claims
- Ertapenem13 claims
- Carvedilol11 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 61.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $135.50
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Hcc OF Laredo LLCLaredo, TX
- Laredo Nephrologists PLLCLaredo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Armando T. Cardenas among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Armando T. Cardenas, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
32 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Laredo
They are 32 of the 2,290 NPPES records with a practice address in Laredo, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Armando T. Cardenas, MD's NPI number?
Armando T. Cardenas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043705528, issued on Jun 26, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Armando T. Cardenas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2325 E Saunders St, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 723-4673. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Armando T. Cardenas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S8425, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Armando T. Cardenas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Armando T. Cardenas, MD had 416 Medicare Part D claims for 175 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Armando T. Cardenas, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 61.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.