Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Chicago, IL
Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1215270178, issued on Mar 29, 2013. Check the license (Illinois 036.145026, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Celeste Geraldina Cruz
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 036.145026 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3000 N Halsted St Ste 509, Chicago, IL 60657
- Phone
- (773) 296-3390
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2013
- Record last updated
- Dec 28, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (773) 296-7531
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190827002099); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3000 N Halsted St Ste 509
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Verify Celeste Geraldina Cruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036.145026Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
34 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $288.38
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tactile Systems Technology Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Celeste Geraldina Cruz among 1,520 surgery physician records in Illinois
Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D. is one of 1,520 surgery physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 66% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 58% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2004 among the 650 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 208600000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Illinois
There are 1,520 surgery physician records in Illinois.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Marc Adajar, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571508947383
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- Bipan Chand, MDChicago, IL 606571891758777
- Nikolaos Dallas, MDChicago, IL 606571952497729
- Aandrei Jha, M.DChicago, IL 606571649415928
- Terrence Lerner, MDChicago, IL 606571245226422
- Vijay MakerChicago, IL 606571194832212
- Ajay Maker, MDChicago, IL 606571437237740
Common questions
What is Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D.'s NPI number?
Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215270178, issued on Mar 29, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3000 N Halsted St Ste 509, Chicago, IL, 60657. Phone: (773) 296-3390. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036.145026, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Celeste Geraldina Cruz, M.D. had 34 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.