Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray, M.D.
General Practice Physician · Lares, PR
Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray, M.D. is a general practice physician with a practice address in Lares, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1588790661, issued on Feb 26, 2007. Check the license (Puerto Rico 8943, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- 8943 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Carr 129 BO Callejones, Lares, PR 00669
- Phone
- (787) 897-3366
- Enumerated
- Feb 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray 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 8943Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average general practice physician in 2024
9,966 Medicare Part D claims for 437 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium511 claims
- Famotidine417 claims
- Metformin Hcl350 claims
- Omeprazole347 claims
- Synthroid325 claims
- Gabapentin317 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: $165.90
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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.
36 general practice physician records list a practice address in Lares
They are 36 of the 201 NPPES records with a practice address in Lares, and 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 36 in Lares → All 4,170 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Lares →
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- Steven Abreu Reyes, M.D.Las Piedras, PR1801146667
- Caren Abreu Takemura, MDCarolina, PR1669110805
- Ibrahim Abu-Usbaabdel-FattahAibonito, PR1285851758
- Nidal Abukhalil Rashid, MDHatillo, PR1760435226
- Adrian Acevedo, M.D.Santa Isabel, PR1518173624
- Angel Acevedo, MDSan Juan, PR1689663817
Common questions
What is Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588790661, issued on Feb 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Carr 129 BO Callejones, Lares, PR, 00669. Phone: (787) 897-3366. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 8943, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jorge Jaime Ballester Echegaray, M.D. had 9,966 Medicare Part D claims for 437 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. 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.