Erasto Canales, MD
Family Medicine Physician · McAllen, TX
Erasto Canales, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in McAllen, Texas, and NPI 1396713616, issued on Mar 11, 2006. Check the license (Texas J4020, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Erasto Canales
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- J4020 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 334 Lindberg Ave, McAllen, TX 78501
- Phone
- (956) 686-2020
- Enumerated
- Mar 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 30, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 686-3094
- Medicaid ID
- 126917703 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120330000384); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Erasto Canales in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J4020Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,532 Medicare Part D claims for 393 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 152 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium211 claims
- Ibuprofen204 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate150 claims
- Azithromycin149 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate148 claims
- Metformin Hcl142 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: $148.47
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US 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.
Erasto Canales among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Erasto Canales, 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1976 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 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).
121 family medicine physician records list a practice address in McAllen
They are 121 of the 3,518 NPPES records with a practice address in McAllen, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Erasto Canales, MD's NPI number?
Erasto Canales, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396713616, issued on Mar 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Erasto Canales, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 334 Lindberg Ave, McAllen, TX, 78501. Phone: (956) 686-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Erasto Canales, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J4020, 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 Erasto Canales, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Erasto Canales, MD had 4,532 Medicare Part D claims for 393 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.