Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD
General Practice Physician · San Juan, PR
Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD is a general practice physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1134849128, issued on Aug 30, 2022. Check the license (Puerto Rico 23546, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nydia Ivette Cruz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- 23546 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Carretera 844 Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00928
- Phone
- (787) 761-8383
- Enumerated
- Aug 30, 2022
- Record last updated
- Oct 30, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240627001468); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nydia Ivette Cruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 23546Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
446 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium39 claims
- Metformin Hcl29 claims
- Lisinopril23 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate22 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium15 claims
- Gabapentin14 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: $45.60
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pbg Puerto Rico LLC. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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
- Centro Servicios Primarios DE Salud DE Patillas Inc.Patillas, PR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nydia Ivette Cruz among 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico
Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD is one of 4,170 general practice physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 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 2022, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 83% of these records are older, 10% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2004 among the 1,228 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208D00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
622 general practice physician records list a practice address in San Juan
They are 622 of the 8,960 NPPES records with a practice address in San Juan, and 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 4,170 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in San Juan → General Practice Physician nationwide →
The 8 general practice physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Luis Acosta Clas, MDSan Juan, PR 009281891359873
- Vivian Albino, MDCarolina, PR 009281841368594
- Rafael Diaz Rivera, MDRio Piedras, PR 009281124091418
- Magda Fidalgo, MDSan Juan, PR 009281326257197
- Rafael Gonzalez-Barros, MDRio Piedras, PR 009281174129373
- Jose Maldonado Cortes, MDSan Juan, PR 009281831217835
- Fiorella Rodriguez Rivera, MDRio Piedras, PR 009281164047742
- Jennifer Abraham Vega, MDSan Juan, PR 009271366030595
Common questions
What is Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD's NPI number?
Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134849128, issued on Aug 30, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Carretera 844 Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR, 00928. Phone: (787) 761-8383. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 23546, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nydia Ivette Cruz, MD had 446 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. 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.