Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR
Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1184253338, issued on Apr 8, 2020. Check the license (Puerto Rico 23415, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brian Joel Torres Mercado
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 23415 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2213 Ponce Byp, Ponce, PR 00717
- Phone
- (787) 224-2126
- Enumerated
- Apr 8, 2020
- Record last updated
- Dec 18, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brian Joel Torres Mercado 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 23415Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
152 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium24 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate11 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: $2,496.28
69 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. 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.
Brian Joel Torres Mercado among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD is one of 1,146 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 83% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 52% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 55% 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 Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Ponce
They are 116 of the 3,338 NPPES records with a practice address in Ponce, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Pedro Amador, MDPonce, PR 007171407851306
- Jorge Anglero Alfaro, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171285694505
- Jose Batista, MD.Ponce, PR 007171437195278
- Ricardo Blondet Vissepo, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171679594337
- Walter Feliciano-Velez, MDPonce, PR 007171700837796
- Victor Fraticelli, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171255303038
- Gil Hermida Perez, MDPonce, PR 007171205837564
- Sergio Lopez Del Pozo, MDPonce, PR 007171679686091
Common questions
What is Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD's NPI number?
Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184253338, issued on Apr 8, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2213 Ponce Byp, Ponce, PR, 00717. Phone: (787) 224-2126. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 23415, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brian Joel Torres Mercado, MD had 152 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.