NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Elsie Noemi De La Texera, OD

Optometrist · Carolina, PR

Elsie Noemi De La Texera, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1881677110, issued on Nov 21, 2005. Check the license (Puerto Rico 512, 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
1881677110
Name
Elsie Noemi De La Texera
Credential
OD
Primary taxonomy
Optometrist 152W00000X
License number
512 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
Cohen's Fashion Optical Plaza Carolina, Carolina, PR 00983
Phone
(787) 701-3165
Enumerated
Nov 21, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 13, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20101014001489); 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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  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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Industry payments in 2024: $256.81

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Puerto Rico Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Elsie De La Texera$256.81
  2. Specialty average$769.99

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Elsie Noemi De La Texera among 506 optometrist records in Puerto Rico

Elsie Noemi De La Texera, OD is one of 506 optometrist records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 17% 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, 90% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 17% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 18% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 1996 among the 90 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 69% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

26 optometrist records list a practice address in Carolina

They are 26 of the 1,535 NPPES records with a practice address in Carolina, and 506 optometrist records in Puerto Rico.

The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Irma Lopez - Soto, O.D.Carolina, PR 009831861612038
  2. Elvin Lugo-Baez, ODCarolina, PR 009831093982688
  3. Rosa Ojeda Annexy, O.D.Carolina, PR 009831255479333
  4. Jorge Roldan, ODCarolina, PR 009831528114188
  5. Norma Rodriguez Maisonet, ODCarolina, PR 009821780666263
  6. Daphne Aponte-Ramos, O.D.Carolina, PR 009851356422414
  7. Nylia Armstrong-Badillo, O.D.Carolina, PR 009851710913561
  8. Mirla Erausquin Colon, O.D.Carolina, PR 009851427131929

Common questions

What is Elsie Noemi De La Texera, OD's NPI number?

Elsie Noemi De La Texera, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881677110, issued on Nov 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Elsie Noemi De La Texera, OD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at Cohen's Fashion Optical Plaza Carolina, Carolina, PR, 00983. Phone: (787) 701-3165. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Elsie Noemi De La Texera, OD's license?

NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 512, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.