Ernesto Soltero, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Ponce, PR
Ernesto Soltero, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1114077021, issued on Jan 11, 2007. Check the license (Puerto Rico 12,695, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ernesto Soltero
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- 12,695 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Hospital Damas, Ponce, PR 00717
- Phone
- (787) 848-1010
- Enumerated
- Jan 11, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at Hospital Damas
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jorge Guzman Villaronga, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1821180647
- Hilda Lopez Flores, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1225086739
- Danny Mangual, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1366845372
- Neixa Nazario, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1194784959
- Maria Rivera, PHARMACY TECHNICIANPharmacy Technician1033398946
- Manuel Santiago Cummings, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1851349369
Verify Ernesto Soltero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 12,695Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
57% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician in 2024
43 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries, against an average of 101 among the 2,587 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amiodarone Hcl29 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: $1,431.67
43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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
- Saint Lukes Memorial Hospital IncPonce, PR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 20 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Puerto Rico.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Puerto Rico
- Javier Castillo Granero, M.D.Bayamon, PR1598086357
- Alex Cedeno Rodriguez, M.D.San Juan, PR1932492139
- Jose Colon Perez, MDSan Juan, PR1689659088
- Ivan Gonzalez-Cancel, MDSan Juan, PR1720084171
- Juan Hernandez-Maldonado, MDSan Juan, PR1871512764
- Luis Iguina Mella, MDArecibo, PR1861550550
- Orlando Lopez De Victoria Rivera, M.D.Bayamon, PR1568450492
- Freddy Madera, M.D.Mayaguez, PR1568849859
- Alberto Maldonado-Molina, MDPonce, PR1689641631
- Elizardo Matos Cruz, M.D.San Juan, PR1346283785
Common questions
What is Ernesto Soltero, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ernesto Soltero, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114077021, issued on Jan 11, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ernesto Soltero, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Hospital Damas, Ponce, PR, 00717. Phone: (787) 848-1010. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ernesto Soltero, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 12,695, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ernesto Soltero, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ernesto Soltero, M.D. had 43 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries; the average among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician prescribers was 101. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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 27, 2026.