Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Chula Vista, CA
Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Chula Vista, California, and NPI 1811070261, issued on Oct 21, 2006. Check the license (California A83896, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Maria Geraldina Fuentes
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A83896 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 717 3RD Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910
- Phone
- (619) 941-1545
- Enumerated
- Oct 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (619) 941-1558
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040922001176); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Maria Geraldina Fuentes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A83896Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
35% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,282 Medicare Part D claims for 292 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 59 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium339 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium300 claims
- Metformin Hcl218 claims
- Losartan Potassium194 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate193 claims
- Alendronate Sodium177 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: $1,914.01
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Maria G. Fuentes MD, IncChula Vista, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Maria Geraldina Fuentes among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
81 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Chula Vista
They are 81 of the 5,329 NPPES records with a practice address in Chula Vista, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D.'s NPI number?
Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811070261, issued on Oct 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 717 3RD Ave, Chula Vista, CA, 91910. Phone: (619) 941-1545. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A83896, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Maria Geraldina Fuentes, M.D. had 4,282 Medicare Part D claims for 292 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.