Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP
Family Medicine Physician · Tucson, AZ
Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1659614386, issued on Apr 1, 2013. Check the license (Arizona AP4923, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Primarosa A. Cardenas
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- AP4923 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1230 S Cherrybell Stra Ste D, Tucson, AZ 85713
- Phone
- (520) 670-3909
- Enumerated
- Apr 1, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jun 11, 2025
- Fax
- (520) 309-2560
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130723000070); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Primarosa A. Cardenas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license AP4923Check 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 family medicine physician in 2024
3,665 Medicare Part D claims for 195 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims. 103 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Biktarvy237 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium163 claims
- Tivicay157 claims
- Dovato134 claims
- Juluca124 claims
- Descovy121 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: $497.74
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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
- EL Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.Tucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Primarosa A. Cardenas among 3,119 family medicine physician records in Arizona
Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP is one of 3,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% 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 69% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 69% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2006 among the 1,775 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 54% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
554 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Tucson
They are 554 of the 18,788 NPPES records with a practice address in Tucson, and 3,119 family medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP's NPI number?
Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659614386, issued on Apr 1, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1230 S Cherrybell Stra Ste D, Tucson, AZ, 85713. Phone: (520) 670-3909. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number AP4923, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Primarosa A. Cardenas, FNP had 3,665 Medicare Part D claims for 195 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.