NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL

Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1376276378, issued on Jul 6, 2022. Check the license (Illinois 125080655, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1376276378
Name
Gustavo Espinoza Mercado
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
125080655 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1500 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Phone
(773) 257-5077
Enumerated
Jul 6, 2022
Record last updated
Jul 6, 2022
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Gustavo Espinoza Mercado in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

82 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Gustavo Espinoza Mercado82
  2. Specialty average3,176

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: $60.38

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Gustavo Espinoza Mercado$60.38
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

Gustavo Espinoza Mercado among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois

Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 78% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 78% of these records are older, 18% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
  • Record last updated2022 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

2,867 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago

They are 2,867 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

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  3. Mohammed Kassem, M.DChicago, IL 606081023053808
  4. Gary Kaufman, M.D.Chicago, IL 606081447252457
  5. Mohammad Khamis, M.D.Chicago, IL 606081881687390
  6. Girija Kumar, M.D.Chicago, IL 606081861486250
  7. Jairo Mejia, M.D.Chicago, IL 606081952361164
  8. Raymond Narh, M.DChicago, IL 606081205846300

Common questions

What is Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD's NPI number?

Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376276378, issued on Jul 6, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1500 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL, 60608. Phone: (773) 257-5077. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 125080655, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Gustavo Espinoza Mercado, MD had 82 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.