Erick Leopoldo Montero, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Laguna Hills, CA
Erick Leopoldo Montero, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Laguna Hills, California, and NPI 1033439005, issued on Jun 1, 2010. Check the license (California A85344, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Erick Leopoldo Montero
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License numbers
- A85344 CA
M-14457 ID
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 24411 Health Center Dr, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
- Phone
- (949) 268-4568
- Enumerated
- Jun 1, 2010
- Record last updated
- Jul 28, 2025
- Fax
- (949) 455-2795
- Medicaid ID
- 521042 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190208001600); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Erick Leopoldo Montero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A85344Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $6,312.81
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Kootenai Health IncOrofino, ID
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Erick Leopoldo Montero among 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California
Erick Leopoldo Montero, M.D. is one of 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 72% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 72% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 1997 among the 408 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in California
There are 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California.
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The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Patrick Griffith, M.D.Laguna Hills, CA 926531437186285
- Colin Joyo, M.D.Laguna Hills, CA 926531124186754
- Timothy Lee, M.D.Laguna Hills, CA 926531881988962
- David Perkowski, MDLaguna Hills, CA 926531942226279
- Ledford Powell, MDLaguna Hills, CA 926531700832110
- Asad Shah, M.D.Laguna Hills, CA 926531477710440
- James Cernilia, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926601891804423
- Yuichi Ishida, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631053667220
Common questions
What is Erick Leopoldo Montero, M.D.'s NPI number?
Erick Leopoldo Montero, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033439005, issued on Jun 1, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Erick Leopoldo Montero, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 24411 Health Center Dr, Laguna Hills, CA, 92653. Phone: (949) 268-4568. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Erick Leopoldo Montero, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A85344, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Erick Leopoldo Montero, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.9 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.