NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Edgardo Velez

Internal Medicine Physician · San Juan, PR

Edgardo Velez is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1750387486, issued on Jun 27, 2005. Check the license (Puerto Rico 12682, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1750387486
Name
Edgardo Velez
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
12682 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
Hospital Del Maestro, San Juan, PR 00918
Phone
(787) 772-9109
Enumerated
Jun 27, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 13, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100806000867); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at Hospital Del Maestro

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

  1. Carlos Gonzalez PonsInternal Medicine Physician1548218688
  2. Jose Navarro De PedroSpecialist1730119371
  3. Rafael Rodriguez Sepulveda, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1083750251
  4. Luis Sanchez-Longo, MSPsychologist1043586563
  5. Edgardo Luis Santiago-Guzman, M.D.Hematology & Oncology Physician1487938031

Verify Edgardo Velez in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
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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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91% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

6,060 Medicare Part D claims for 396 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 42 claims were for opioids.

  1. Edgardo Velez6,060
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium298 claims
  2. Pantoprazole Sodium240 claims
  3. Gabapentin224 claims
  4. Metoprolol Succinate201 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl186 claims
  6. Amlodipine Besylate179 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: $400.97

13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.

  1. Edgardo Velez$400.97
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Centro DE Cancer DE LA UniversidadSan Juan, PR

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Edgardo Velez among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico

Edgardo Velez 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 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).

322 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Juan

They are 322 of the 8,960 NPPES records with a practice address in San Juan, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Dweepkumar Bangdiwala, M.D.San Juan, PR 009181770588428
  2. Susana Cantalapiedra, M.D.San Juan, PR 009181952300410
  3. Pablo Cruz Burgos, MDSan Juan, PR 009181922004134
  4. Luis Diaz-Maisonet, MDHato Rey, PR 009181447214192
  5. Carlos Gonzalez PonsSan Juan, PR 009181548218688
  6. Martin H Lugo Fagundo, MDSan Juan, PR 009181316944549
  7. Pedro Maldonado, M.D.San Juan, PR 009181033102652
  8. Jose Martinez Fernandez, MDSan Juan, PR 009181477542322

Common questions

What is Edgardo Velez's NPI number?

Edgardo Velez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750387486, issued on Jun 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Edgardo Velez located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at Hospital Del Maestro, San Juan, PR, 00918. Phone: (787) 772-9109. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Edgardo Velez's license?

NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 12682, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Edgardo Velez prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Edgardo Velez had 6,060 Medicare Part D claims for 396 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.