Ricardo Alvarado, MD
Pain Medicine Physician · San Antonio, TX
Ricardo Alvarado, MD is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1497935456, issued on Nov 7, 2007. Check the license (Texas N1252, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Alvarado
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License number
- N1252 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4100 E Piedras Dr Ste 165, San Antonio, TX 78228
- Phone
- (107) 055-0602
- Enumerated
- Nov 7, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 23, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 283866604 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110224000170); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4100 E Piedras Dr Ste 165
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ricardo Alvarado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N1252Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
57% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine physician in 2024
892 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,095 among the 944 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 517 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen300 claims
- Gabapentin69 claims
- Baclofen52 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen40 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl39 claims
- Tramadol Hcl38 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: $4,942.07
76 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Nevro Corp. The 769 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,397.95 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 2 group practices
- Orthopaedic San Antonio PLLCSan Antonio, TX
- R A Alvarado Medical PLLCSan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo Alvarado among 115 pain medicine physician records in Texas
Ricardo Alvarado, MD is one of 115 pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 40% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2006 among the 83 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pain Medicine Physician providers in Texas
There are 115 pain medicine physician records in Texas.
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The 8 pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Matthew Hoch, D.OSan Antonio, TX 782301982979621
- Raul Martinez, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782301538168703
- Liliana Meskill, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782301952622359
- Darwin Smith, MDSan Antonio, TX 782311497141378
- Arthur Hernandez, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782241568428589
- Shyam Purswani, MDSan Antonio, TX 782171497763304
- Michael Murphy, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782401609875970
- Shaun Jackson, MDSan Antonio, TX 782091407013691
Common questions
What is Ricardo Alvarado, MD's NPI number?
Ricardo Alvarado, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497935456, issued on Nov 7, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Alvarado, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4100 E Piedras Dr Ste 165, San Antonio, TX, 78228. Phone: (107) 055-0602. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Alvarado, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N1252, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ricardo Alvarado, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Alvarado, MD had 892 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. 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.