Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · San Juan, PR
Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1225231541, issued on Jun 6, 2007. Check the license (Puerto Rico 16812, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 16812 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Condominio Santa Maria 139, San Juan, PR 00926
- Phone
- (787) 210-4800
- Enumerated
- Jun 6, 2007
- Record last updated
- Apr 20, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140227001385); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest pulmonary disease physician records → All 135 in Puerto Rico → Look up another NPI →
Verify Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios 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 16812Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $2,736.50
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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.
Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios among 135 pulmonary disease physician records in Puerto Rico
Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios, M.D. is one of 135 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 55% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 55% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 1998 among the 116 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 135 pulmonary disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 135 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in San Juan → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Damaris Acosta-Miranda, MDSan Juan, PR 009261952536237
- Maria Betancourt Quiles, M.D.San Juan, PR 009261982696746
- Felix Leon, MDSan Juan, PR 009261073505046
- Viridiana Salinas Gonzalez, M.D.San Juan, PR 009261659430494
- Luis Nieves Garrastegui, MDRio Piedras, PR 009241255344859
- Pedro Baez, MDSan Juan, PR 009231922454933
- Edgardo Cartagena Ayala, M.D.San Juan, PR 009231033262555
- Joel Nieves Scharon, M.D.San Juan, PR 009231841569308
Common questions
What is Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225231541, issued on Jun 6, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Condominio Santa Maria 139, San Juan, PR, 00926. Phone: (787) 210-4800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Esteban Torres-Palacios, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 16812, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.