Melissa Cantu, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Rio Grande City, TX
Melissa Cantu, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Rio Grande City, Texas, and NPI 1750397816, issued on Jul 31, 2006. Check the license (Texas PA03502, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Cantu
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA03502 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2790 Pharmacy RD, Rio Grande City, TX 78582
- Phone
- (956) 487-5621
- Enumerated
- Jul 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 27, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 487-5862
- Medicaid ID
- 107763801 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050207000469); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2790 Pharmacy RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Damaris FabelaFamily Nurse Practitioner1750998415
Verify Melissa Cantu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA03502Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
4,356 Medicare Part D claims for 357 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 55 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium256 claims
- Metformin Hcl238 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium151 claims
- Losartan Potassium137 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate127 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium121 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: $73.25
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Family Medical And Specialty Clinic LLPRio Grande City, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Cantu among 2,146 medical physician assistant records in Texas
Melissa Cantu, PA-C is one of 2,146 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 68% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 44% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2012 among the 953 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Rio Grande City
They are 5 of the 290 NPPES records with a practice address in Rio Grande City, and 2,146 medical physician assistant records in Texas.
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The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Cassandra CabreraRio Grande City, TX 785821891192811
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- Juan Lopez, PA-CRio Grande City, TX 785821497449763
- Lorena YzaguirreRio Grande City, TX 785821821683418
- Cheryl Dodson, PA-CRio Hondo, TX 785831689793580
- Edgar Carrillo, MPAS, PA-CRaymondville, TX 785801891149142
- Daniel Gomez, P.A.Raymondville, TX 785801487079752
- Monica Saenz-Castillo, PA-CRaymondville, TX 785801619990967
Common questions
What is Melissa Cantu, PA-C's NPI number?
Melissa Cantu, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750397816, issued on Jul 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Cantu, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2790 Pharmacy RD, Rio Grande City, TX, 78582. Phone: (956) 487-5621. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Cantu, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA03502, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Cantu, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Cantu, PA-C had 4,356 Medicare Part D claims for 357 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.