Cristina G. Rivera, MD
Family Medicine Physician · San Antonio, TX
Cristina G. Rivera, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1851929350, issued on Mar 30, 2020. Check the license (Texas U3338, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cristina G. Rivera
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- U3338 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 720 Pleasanton RD, San Antonio, TX 78214
- Phone
- (210) 921-3800
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jul 20, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230802001418); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cristina G. Rivera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U3338Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
47% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,196 Medicare Part D claims for 528 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 43 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium300 claims
- Losartan Potassium216 claims
- Metformin Hcl200 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate188 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium188 claims
- Lisinopril182 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: $258.23
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.
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
- Gmg Health Systems Associates PASan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cristina G. Rivera among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Cristina G. Rivera, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 88% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 88% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
809 family medicine physician records list a practice address in San Antonio
They are 809 of the 37,749 NPPES records with a practice address in San Antonio, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Cristina G. Rivera, MD's NPI number?
Cristina G. Rivera, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851929350, issued on Mar 30, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cristina G. Rivera, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 720 Pleasanton RD, San Antonio, TX, 78214. Phone: (210) 921-3800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cristina G. Rivera, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U3338, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cristina G. Rivera, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cristina G. Rivera, MD had 5,196 Medicare Part D claims for 528 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.