Ricardo Canales, MD PA
Family Medicine Physician · McAllen, TX
Ricardo Canales, MD PA is a family medicine physician with a practice address in McAllen, Texas, and NPI 1023086345, issued on Mar 11, 2006. Check the license (Texas K4385, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Canales
- Credential
- MD PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K4385 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 240 Lindberg Ave, McAllen, TX 78501
- Phone
- (956) 627-0531
- Enumerated
- Mar 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Fax
- (956) 627-0248
- Medicaid ID
- 092233801 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101004000346); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo Canales in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K4385Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,446 Medicare Part D claims for 115 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ibuprofen101 claims
- Omeprazole96 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass73 claims
- Cephalexin72 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium51 claims
- Lisinopril50 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: $58.44
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. 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.
Ricardo Canales among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Ricardo Canales, MD PA is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
121 family medicine physician records list a practice address in McAllen
They are 121 of the 3,518 NPPES records with a practice address in McAllen, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Guillermo Cortinas, MDMcAllen, TX 785011447291638
- Roberto Gonzalez, M.D.McAllen, TX 785011780662288
- Curtis Maynard, MDMcAllen, TX 785011184697773
- Ivan Melendez, M.D.McAllen, TX 785011568447233
- Armando Osio, MDMcAllen, TX 785011619954278
Common questions
What is Ricardo Canales, MD PA's NPI number?
Ricardo Canales, MD PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023086345, issued on Mar 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Canales, MD PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 240 Lindberg Ave, McAllen, TX, 78501. Phone: (956) 627-0531. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Canales, MD PA's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K4385, 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 Canales, MD PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Canales, MD PA had 1,446 Medicare Part D claims for 115 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.