Nestor Cruz, MD
Surgery Physician · Salisbury, NC
Nestor Cruz, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Salisbury, North Carolina, and NPI 1518998525, issued on Jul 6, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9800502, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nestor Cruz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 9800502 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 401 Mocksville Ave FL 2, Salisbury, NC 28144
- Phone
- (704) 633-9620
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 15, 2023
- Fax
- (704) 633-7504
- Medicaid ID
- 891130G NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100308000784); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 401 Mocksville Ave FL 2
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Nestor Cruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9800502Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
502 Medicare Part D claims for 152 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel190 claims
- Cilostazol108 claims
- Eliquis67 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium37 claims
- Cephalexin23 claims
- Gabapentin16 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: $56.07
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Novant Health Medical Group, LLCMatthews, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina
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Common questions
What is Nestor Cruz, MD's NPI number?
Nestor Cruz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518998525, issued on Jul 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nestor Cruz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 401 Mocksville Ave FL 2, Salisbury, NC, 28144. Phone: (704) 633-9620. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nestor Cruz, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9800502, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nestor Cruz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nestor Cruz, MD had 502 Medicare Part D claims for 152 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.