Jorge Ballester Maldonado
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Arecibo, PR
Jorge Ballester Maldonado is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1760878664, issued on Apr 8, 2015. Check the license (Puerto Rico 19775, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jorge Ballester Maldonado
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 19775 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Carr 129 KM 1.0 Ave San Luis, Arecibo, PR 00613
- Phone
- (787) 680-7318
- Enumerated
- Apr 8, 2015
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210827001237); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest cardiovascular disease physician records → All 259 in Puerto Rico → Look up another NPI →
Verify Jorge Ballester Maldonado 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 19775Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
8,290 Medicare Part D claims for 822 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium1,048 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate880 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate800 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium537 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium445 claims
- Chlorthalidone439 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: $1,914.73
54 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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.
Jorge Ballester Maldonado among 259 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico
Jorge Ballester Maldonado is one of 259 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 97% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 88% of these records are older, 10% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 97% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 1991 among the 218 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 cardiovascular disease physician records list a practice address in Arecibo
They are 11 of the 976 NPPES records with a practice address in Arecibo, and 259 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Rafael Delgado Cruz, MDArecibo, PR 006121326230525
- Francisco Garcia-Cortes, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121023079233
- Joseph Maldonado, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121508937707
- Juan Peraza Delgado, MDArecibo, PR 006121043235658
- Jose Rivera, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121225144868
- Manuel Rivera, MDArecibo, PR 006121659356954
- Luis Rodriguez-Mora, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121942285101
- Suely Roman Lopez, MD, MPHArecibo, PR 006141851883581
Common questions
What is Jorge Ballester Maldonado's NPI number?
Jorge Ballester Maldonado's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760878664, issued on Apr 8, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jorge Ballester Maldonado located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Carr 129 KM 1.0 Ave San Luis, Arecibo, PR, 00613. Phone: (787) 680-7318. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jorge Ballester Maldonado's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 19775, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jorge Ballester Maldonado prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jorge Ballester Maldonado had 8,290 Medicare Part D claims for 822 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.