NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cristian Rico, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · El Monte, CA

Cristian Rico, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in El Monte, California, and NPI 1699856625, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (California A81264, 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
1699856625
Name
Cristian Rico
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
A81264 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
10418 Valley Blvd, El Monte, CA 91731
Phone
(626) 453-8466
Enumerated
Oct 17, 2006
Record last updated
Nov 11, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 10418 Valley Blvd

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Karla AmayaAdministrator Registered Nurse1578913091
  2. Madeleine Matilde Ayllon, MSN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1811401557
  3. Mylen BenitezFamily Nurse Practitioner1487021036
  4. Salvador Castillo, RDNRegistered Dietitian1679037477
  5. Maria ChanNurse's Aide1306188404
  6. Amber ChavezNurse's Aide1811239494

Verify Cristian Rico 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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71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

1,025 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 22% of claims.

  1. Cristian Rico1,025
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium118 claims
  2. Metformin Hcl81 claims
  3. Jardiance76 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate57 claims
  5. Carvedilol51 claims
  6. Lisinopril49 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: $23.58

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Hologic Sales and Service, LLC. 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. Cristian Rico$23.58
  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.

Cristian Rico among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Cristian Rico, M.D. 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 fileNo · 62% of these records are
  • Record last updated2011 · 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).

32 family medicine physician records list a practice address in El Monte

They are 32 of the 1,528 NPPES records with a practice address in El Monte, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Joseph Allevato, MDEl Monte, CA 917311922148790
  2. Fravinia AquipelEl Monte, CA 917311235241803
  3. Ruth ArceoEl Monte, CA 917311427150093
  4. Gustavo Casillas, MDEl Monte, CA 917311851582324
  5. Sreedhar Chava, MDEl Monte, CA 917311255515383
  6. Ignacio De Artola, M.D.El Monte, CA 917311508887761
  7. Raymond Goei, D.O.El Monte, CA 917311629126289
  8. Bernard Jorge, MDEl Monte, CA 917311417031998

Common questions

What is Cristian Rico, M.D.'s NPI number?

Cristian Rico, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699856625, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Cristian Rico, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10418 Valley Blvd, El Monte, CA, 91731. Phone: (626) 453-8466. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Cristian Rico, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A81264, 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 Cristian Rico, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Cristian Rico, M.D. had 1,025 Medicare Part D claims for 58 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.