NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Luis E. Cummings, MD

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR

Luis E. Cummings, MD is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1457349789, issued on Oct 11, 2005. Check the license (Puerto Rico 6648, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1457349789
Name
Luis E. Cummings
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
License number
6648 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
909 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR 00716
Phone
(787) 840-7130
Enumerated
Oct 11, 2005
Record last updated
Oct 7, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(787) 841-6364
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060224000594); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine, 1979
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 909 Ave Tito Castro

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1235115825
  2. Javier Caraballo, M.D.General Practice Physician1316178916
  3. Gustavo Christian, BSSurgery Physician1689364341
  4. Cesar Cruz-Garcia, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1427057033
  5. Zuleika Diaz Negron, MD FACSSurgery Physician1710189402
  6. Cristaly Emanuelli Miranda, MDSpeech-Language Pathologist1578387866

Verify Luis E. Cummings in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
    Search for license 6648
    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Find the Puerto Rico license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

16% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024

1,929 Medicare Part D claims for 676 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 73 claims were for opioids.

  1. Luis Cummings1,929
  2. Specialty average2,306

Most prescribed

  1. Etodolac694 claims
  2. Meloxicam390 claims
  3. Gabapentin382 claims
  4. Sulindac101 claims
  5. Celecoxib89 claims
  6. Nortriptyline Hcl31 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: $421.09

12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Luis Cummings$421.09
  2. Specialty average$3,889.53

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Puerto Rico

There are 9 interventional pain medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.

The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robert Castro, MDMayaguez, PR 006801548368459
  2. Rafael Acevedo, M.D.Hormigueros, PR 006601205069275
  3. Pedro Cabrera-Bonet, M.D.Aguada, PR 006021255301164
  4. Amanda Trout, D.O.San Juan, PR 009061699074823
  5. Alejandro Porrata Nieva, M.D.San Juan, PR 009071033112529
  6. Dorian Lopez-Bracetty, MDSan Juan, PR 009181184848210
  7. Liza Hernandez-Gonzalez, MDSan Juan, PR 009201295861284
  8. Renier Mendez, M.D.Bayamon, PR 009611093804924

Common questions

What is Luis E. Cummings, MD's NPI number?

Luis E. Cummings, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457349789, issued on Oct 11, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Luis E. Cummings, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 909 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR, 00716. Phone: (787) 840-7130. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Luis E. Cummings, MD's license?

NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 6648, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Luis E. Cummings, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Luis E. Cummings, MD had 1,929 Medicare Part D claims for 676 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. 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.