Maritza Cardenas, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Watsonville, CA
Maritza Cardenas, FNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Watsonville, California, and NPI 1043992951, issued on Aug 1, 2023. Check the license (California 95025950, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Maritza Cardenas
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 95025950 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 45 Nielson St, Watsonville, CA 95076
- Phone
- (831) 728-0222
- Enumerated
- Aug 1, 2023
- Record last updated
- Aug 1, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Maritza Cardenas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 95025950Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
172 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium15 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.
Maritza Cardenas among 16,966 family nurse practitioner records in California
Maritza Cardenas, FNP is one of 16,966 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 75% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 40% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Watsonville
They are 15 of the 1,044 NPPES records with a practice address in Watsonville, and 16,966 family nurse practitioner records in California.
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Common questions
What is Maritza Cardenas, FNP's NPI number?
Maritza Cardenas, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043992951, issued on Aug 1, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Maritza Cardenas, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 45 Nielson St, Watsonville, CA, 95076. Phone: (831) 728-0222. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Maritza Cardenas, FNP's license?
NPPES lists California license number 95025950, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Maritza Cardenas, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Maritza Cardenas, FNP had 172 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.