Eduardo Cifuentes, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Charleston, SC
Eduardo Cifuentes, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1235161274, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 26779, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eduardo Cifuentes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 26779 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2777 Speissegger Dr, Charleston, SC 29405
- Phone
- (843) 745-5153
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 18, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (843) 766-8606
- Medicaid ID
- 267794 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040730000506); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest psychiatry physician records → All 891 in South Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Verify Eduardo Cifuentes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 26779Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
3,575 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam390 claims
- Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine250 claims
- Trazodone Hcl172 claims
- Clonazepam166 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate150 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate134 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Compass Carolina Health Systems PACharleston, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Eduardo Cifuentes among 891 psychiatry physician records in South Carolina
Eduardo Cifuentes, MD is one of 891 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 67% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 41% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2007 among the 365 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
293 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Charleston
They are 293 of the 10,840 NPPES records with a practice address in Charleston, and 891 psychiatry physician records in South Carolina.
All 891 in South Carolina → Every provider in Charleston → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Denise Cornish-McTighe, M.D.N Charleston, SC 294051891809661
- Elizabeth Leonard, M.D.N Charleston, SC 294051508906256
- Steven Lopez, MDN Charleston, SC 294051356459218
- Cara McDermott, DOCharleston, SC 294051073195343
- Broxann Spencer, MDN Charleston, SC 294051992897532
- Ann Taylor, M.D.N Charleston, SC 294051760596522
- Michael Torricelli, MDNorth Charleston, SC 294051316981715
- Mari Asper, MDNorth Charleston, SC 294061073710786
Common questions
What is Eduardo Cifuentes, MD's NPI number?
Eduardo Cifuentes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235161274, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eduardo Cifuentes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2777 Speissegger Dr, Charleston, SC, 29405. Phone: (843) 745-5153. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eduardo Cifuentes, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 26779, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Eduardo Cifuentes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Eduardo Cifuentes, MD had 3,575 Medicare Part D claims for 220 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.