Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Carolina, PR
Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1740298710, issued on Aug 4, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 15884, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Fernando L. Soto Torres
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 15884 PR
25MA08172800 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 65 Infanteria KM #8.3 Hospital Upr., Carolina, PR 00985
- Phone
- (787) 399-5313
- Enumerated
- Aug 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 9, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 0136662 NJ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051207000467); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest emergency medicine physician records → All 278 in Puerto Rico → Look up another NPI →
Verify Fernando L. Soto Torres 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 15884Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
117 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin19 claims
- Prednisone17 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass16 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: $240.33
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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).
Fernando L. Soto Torres among 278 emergency medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD is one of 278 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 76% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 68% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2013 among the 81 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
50 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Carolina
They are 50 of the 1,535 NPPES records with a practice address in Carolina, and 278 emergency medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 278 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Carolina → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Edil Agosto DiazCarolina, PR 009851609070978
- Manuel Colon, MD, RDMS, FAAEMCarolina, PR 009851649246117
- Joakyna De Santiago Pagan, M.D.Carolina, PR 009851679860118
- Glaymar DominguezCarolina, PR 009851497194674
- Juan Fernandez Fernandez, M.D.Carolina, PR 009851124467394
- Juan Gonzalez-Sanchez, MDCarolina, PR 009851497921985
- Yanira Morales, M.D.Carolina, PR 009851295701746
- Wilfredo Nieves, MDCarolina, PR 009851912958471
Common questions
What is Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD's NPI number?
Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740298710, issued on Aug 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 65 Infanteria KM #8.3 Hospital Upr., Carolina, PR, 00985. Phone: (787) 399-5313. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 15884, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Fernando L. Soto Torres, MD had 117 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.