Mario Flores
Hospitalist Physician · Salinas, CA
Mario Flores is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Salinas, California, and NPI 1467080291, issued on Mar 28, 2020. Check the license (California 20A20554, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mario Flores
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 20A20554 CA
20554 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 450 E Romie LN, Salinas, CA 93901
- Phone
- (831) 757-4333
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2020
- Record last updated
- Dec 30, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230608002556); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 450 E Romie LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Glen Berry, MDAnesthesiology Physician1407870322
Verify Mario Flores in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A20554Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
147 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mario Flores among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Mario Flores is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 85% of these records are older, 10% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
There are 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.
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The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Surinder Bahia, M.D.Salinas, CA 939011467716530
- Arvind Bhat, M.D.Salinas, CA 939011861434763
- Victor Delgado, MDSalinas, CA 939011619303310
- Shiva Ganji, M.D.Salinas, CA 939011134340037
- Jaime Gonzalez, MDSalinas, CA 939011770917684
- Ghislaine Guez, MDSalinas, CA 939011326364282
- Herjap Janda, M.D.Salinas, CA 939011942451661
- Farheen Kashif, M.D.Salinas, CA 939011104131184
Common questions
What is Mario Flores's NPI number?
Mario Flores's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467080291, issued on Mar 28, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mario Flores located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 450 E Romie LN, Salinas, CA, 93901. Phone: (831) 757-4333. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mario Flores's license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A20554, 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 Mario Flores prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mario Flores had 147 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.