Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Salinas, CA
Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Salinas, California, and NPI 1548531684, issued on Jan 21, 2012. Check the license (California PA22372, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cristina Gates
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA22372 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1260 S Main St Ste 201, Salinas, CA 93901
- Phone
- (831) 758-2746
- Enumerated
- Jan 21, 2012
- Record last updated
- Mar 30, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120920000314); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1260 S Main St Ste 201
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Cristina Gates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA22372Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
37 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.6 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: $217.17
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Salinas Valley Plastic Surgery Associates A Medical CorporationSalinas, CA
- Svmhs ClinicsSalinas, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
105 physician assistant records list a practice address in Salinas
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Common questions
What is Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C's NPI number?
Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548531684, issued on Jan 21, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1260 S Main St Ste 201, Salinas, CA, 93901. Phone: (831) 758-2746. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA22372, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C had 37 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cristina Gutierrez Gates, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 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.