Max E. Mercado, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Philadelphia, PA
Max E. Mercado, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1336151182, issued on Aug 12, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD417192, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Max E. Mercado
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- MD417192 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7500 Central Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111
- Phone
- (215) 289-4434
- Enumerated
- Aug 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (215) 289-7442
- Medicaid ID
- 0019063200001 PA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041015000087); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Max E. Mercado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD417192Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
28,854 Medicare Part D claims for 915 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims. 984 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium1,386 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa886 claims
- Omeprazole811 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate776 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium747 claims
- Montelukast Sodium594 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: $5,215.56
193 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Dr. Max E. Mercado Practice, LLCPhiladelphia, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Max E. Mercado among 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania
Max E. Mercado, M.D. is one of 7,300 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 78% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2008 among the 4,208 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 56% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,855 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Philadelphia
They are 1,855 of the 42,849 NPPES records with a practice address in Philadelphia, and 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Max E. Mercado, M.D.'s NPI number?
Max E. Mercado, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336151182, issued on Aug 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Max E. Mercado, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7500 Central Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19111. Phone: (215) 289-4434. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Max E. Mercado, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD417192, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Max E. Mercado, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Max E. Mercado, M.D. had 28,854 Medicare Part D claims for 915 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.