Melchor P. Cardenas, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Laredo, TX
Melchor P. Cardenas, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1366423725, issued on Nov 10, 2005. Check the license (Texas K8049, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melchor P. Cardenas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K8049 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 904 Corpus Christi St, Laredo, TX 78040
- Phone
- (956) 725-0300
- Enumerated
- Nov 10, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 2, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 722-6174
- Medicaid IDs
- 046869602 TX
046869603 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100115000591); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 904 Corpus Christi St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Galilea MoralesPhysician Assistant1407588874
- Rosa Rendon, RN, FNP-BCNurse Practitioner1659672194
- Valeria Reyna, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1336976984
- Esteban Salinas, RNFamily Nurse Practitioner1619683406
Verify Melchor P. Cardenas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K8049Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
16,745 Medicare Part D claims for 1,517 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 386 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,510 claims
- Enalapril Maleate656 claims
- Metformin Hcl567 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate476 claims
- Gabapentin439 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium424 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: $810.17
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Monzer H Yazji MD And Associates PLLCLaredo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melchor P. Cardenas among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Melchor P. Cardenas, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
70 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Laredo
They are 70 of the 2,290 NPPES records with a practice address in Laredo, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Melchor P. Cardenas, MD's NPI number?
Melchor P. Cardenas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366423725, issued on Nov 10, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melchor P. Cardenas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 904 Corpus Christi St, Laredo, TX, 78040. Phone: (956) 725-0300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melchor P. Cardenas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K8049, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melchor P. Cardenas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melchor P. Cardenas, MD had 16,745 Medicare Part D claims for 1,517 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.