Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · San Juan, PR
Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1861819021, issued on Mar 26, 2014. Check the license (Puerto Rico 19171, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 19171 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR 00921
- Phone
- (787) 641-7582
- Enumerated
- Mar 26, 2014
- Record last updated
- Sep 18, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 641-4561
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190321001449); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ponce School Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez 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 19171Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
26% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
508 Medicare Part D claims for 104 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Dovato49 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium31 claims
- Ethambutol Hcl30 claims
- Arikayce29 claims
- Methenamine Hippurate28 claims
- Rifampin27 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: $1,980.23
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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.
Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez among 120 infectious disease physician records in Puerto Rico
Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD is one of 120 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 73% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2004 among the 90 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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 207RI0200X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 120 infectious disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 120 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in San Juan → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Merida Colon Caban, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211093760894
- Jose Gutierrez-Nunez, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211053354530
- Luis Pineiro-Cruz, MDSan Juan, PR 009211518450436
- Heriberto Rodriguez Arroyo, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211952835456
- Jorge Ruiz RomanRio Piedras, PR 009211033212378
- Sonia Saavedra Sanquirico, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211306897020
- Brenda Urbina Reyes, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211710979471
- Yashira E Veras-VazquezSan Juan, PR 009211922425834
Common questions
What is Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD's NPI number?
Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861819021, issued on Mar 26, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR, 00921. Phone: (787) 641-7582. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 19171, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Hector J. Melendez-Gonzalez, MD had 508 Medicare Part D claims for 104 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.