Ligia Paulina Cardenas, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · San Antonio, TX
Ligia Paulina Cardenas, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1205829553, issued on Aug 23, 2005. Check the license (Texas L8296, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ligia Paulina Cardenas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License numbers
- L8296 TX
34132 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229
- Phone
- (210) 567-4500
- Enumerated
- Aug 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 20, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (210) 567-0083
- Medicaid ID
- 341340301 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141224000878); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ligia Paulina Cardenas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L8296Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Community Medicine AssociatesSan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ligia Paulina Cardenas among 4,635 anesthesiology physician records in Texas
Ligia Paulina Cardenas, MD is one of 4,635 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2005 among the 3,293 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
419 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in San Antonio
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Common questions
What is Ligia Paulina Cardenas, MD's NPI number?
Ligia Paulina Cardenas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205829553, issued on Aug 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ligia Paulina Cardenas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX, 78229. Phone: (210) 567-4500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ligia Paulina Cardenas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L8296, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Ligia Paulina Cardenas, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.