Oscar Gantes, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Watsonville, CA
Oscar Gantes, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Watsonville, California, and NPI 1346676889, issued on Sep 16, 2013. Check the license (California A129060, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Oscar Gantes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A129060 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 204 E Beach St, Watsonville, CA 95076
- Phone
- (831) 728-0222
- Enumerated
- Sep 16, 2013
- Record last updated
- Dec 16, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (831) 707-2777
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151118000385); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Oscar Gantes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A129060Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,234 Medicare Part D claims for 875 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 203 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium464 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium205 claims
- Omeprazole179 claims
- Metformin Hcl154 claims
- Tramadol Hcl153 claims
- Losartan Potassium140 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: $17.69
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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
- Providence Medical FoundationSan Clemente, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Oscar Gantes among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Oscar Gantes, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
48 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Watsonville
They are 48 of the 1,044 NPPES records with a practice address in Watsonville, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Oscar Gantes, MD's NPI number?
Oscar Gantes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346676889, issued on Sep 16, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Oscar Gantes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 204 E Beach St, Watsonville, CA, 95076. Phone: (831) 728-0222. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Oscar Gantes, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A129060, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Oscar Gantes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Oscar Gantes, MD had 5,234 Medicare Part D claims for 875 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.