NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Arthur James Cardones, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Spring Valley, CA

Arthur James Cardones, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Spring Valley, California, and NPI 1962436451, issued on Jul 10, 2006. Check the license (California A55932, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1962436451
Name
Arthur James Cardones
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
A55932 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8788 Jamacha Road, Spring Valley, CA 91977
Phone
(619) 515-2555
Enumerated
Jul 10, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 17, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(619) 462-5584
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100826000669); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Saint Louis University School Of Medicine, 1984
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Arthur James Cardones in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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4% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

3,693 Medicare Part D claims for 265 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.

  1. Arthur Cardones3,693
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium429 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate271 claims
  3. Metformin Hcl239 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium185 claims
  5. Lisinopril179 claims
  6. Levothyroxine Sodium112 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: $118.43

5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Arthur Cardones$118.43
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Family Health Centers OF San Diego IncSpring Valley, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Arthur James Cardones among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Arthur James Cardones, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1984 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2017 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

12 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Spring Valley

They are 12 of the 400 NPPES records with a practice address in Spring Valley, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rebecca Bacharach, D.O.Spring Valley, CA 919771225442643
  2. Melissa Macy, D.O.Spring Valley, CA 919771326488719
  3. Jackielyn Sabangan, MDSpring Valley, CA 919771447749494
  4. Diana Sandoval-Cortez, MDSpring Valley, CA 919771992737076
  5. Lily Au-YeungSpring Valley, CA 919781396635785
  6. Hanid Audish, DOSpring Valley, CA 919781598975690
  7. Glenn D'Arpa, D.O.Spring Valley, CA 919781790719482
  8. Darren Farnesi, M.D.Spring Valley, CA 919781811906175

Common questions

What is Arthur James Cardones, MD's NPI number?

Arthur James Cardones, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962436451, issued on Jul 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Arthur James Cardones, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8788 Jamacha Road, Spring Valley, CA, 91977. Phone: (619) 515-2555. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Arthur James Cardones, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A55932, 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 Arthur James Cardones, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Arthur James Cardones, MD had 3,693 Medicare Part D claims for 265 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.