Gustavo Ortega, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Tucson, AZ
Gustavo Ortega, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1750644894, issued on Jun 22, 2012. Check the license (Arizona 50498, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gustavo Ortega
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 50498 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5555 E 5TH St Ste 101, Tucson, AZ 85711
- Phone
- (520) 886-4181
- Enumerated
- Jun 22, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jun 19, 2026
- Fax
- (520) 721-7536
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150721002713); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gustavo Ortega in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 50498Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,837 Medicare Part D claims for 1,060 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 280 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium654 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium645 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate605 claims
- Lisinopril510 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium460 claims
- Losartan Potassium375 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: $1,532.54
74 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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.
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
- Arizona Community Physicians PCTucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gustavo Ortega among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona
Gustavo Ortega, M.D. is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 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 2012, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 64% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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 207R00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
651 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Tucson
They are 651 of the 18,788 NPPES records with a practice address in Tucson, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Gustavo Ortega, M.D.'s NPI number?
Gustavo Ortega, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750644894, issued on Jun 22, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gustavo Ortega, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5555 E 5TH St Ste 101, Tucson, AZ, 85711. Phone: (520) 886-4181. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gustavo Ortega, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 50498, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gustavo Ortega, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gustavo Ortega, M.D. had 10,837 Medicare Part D claims for 1,060 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.