Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Norfolk, VA
Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Norfolk, Virginia, and NPI 1194728923, issued on May 24, 2005. Check the license (Virginia 0101028564, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nestor Daniel Santacruz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0101028564 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2203 E Little Creek RD, Norfolk, VA 23518
- Phone
- (757) 583-2181
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (757) 480-6482
- Medicaid ID
- 010370990 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070522000297); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nestor Daniel Santacruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101028564Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,267 Medicare Part D claims for 249 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium235 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate176 claims
- Simvastatin126 claims
- Atenolol-Chlorthalidone113 claims
- Metformin Hcl84 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium83 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: $1,642.32
74 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
- Bayview Physician Services PCChesapeake, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nestor Daniel Santacruz among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia
Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 77% 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, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1972 · median 2003 among the 2,234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 53% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
196 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Norfolk
They are 196 of the 5,993 NPPES records with a practice address in Norfolk, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD's NPI number?
Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194728923, issued on May 24, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2203 E Little Creek RD, Norfolk, VA, 23518. Phone: (757) 583-2181. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101028564, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nestor Daniel Santacruz, MD had 3,267 Medicare Part D claims for 249 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.