Ricardo Cortez
Neurological Surgery Physician · McAllen, TX
Ricardo Cortez is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in McAllen, Texas, and NPI 1154340958, issued on Jul 19, 2006. Check the license (Texas N-8000, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Cortez
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License number
- N-8000 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1801 S 5TH St Ste 122, McAllen, TX 78503
- Phone
- (956) 762-5500
- Enumerated
- Jul 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 22, 2026
- Fax
- (956) 229-6191
- Medicaid ID
- 329394603 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130625000643); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo Cortez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N-8000Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $984.07
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 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
- Mcallen Hospitalist Group PLLCEdinburg, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo Cortez among 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas
Ricardo Cortez is one of 669 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 80% 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, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 451 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas.
All 669 in Texas → Every provider in McAllen → Neurological Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gustavo Ramos, MDMcAllen, TX 785031548449093
- Humberto Tijerina, M.D.McAllen, TX 785011558435305
- Madhavan Pisharodi, M.D.Brownsville, TX 785201083685812
- Inad Atassi, M.D.Edinburg, TX 785391851493571
- Michael Burke, MD,FACS,FAAPEdinburg, TX 785391538141932
- Jacinto Manon, MDEdinburg, TX 785391326246638
- Eduardo Martinez Del Campo, MDEdinburg, TX 785391811345689
- Achal Patel, M.D.Edinburg, TX 785391265723019
Common questions
What is Ricardo Cortez's NPI number?
Ricardo Cortez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154340958, issued on Jul 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Cortez located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1801 S 5TH St Ste 122, McAllen, TX, 78503. Phone: (956) 762-5500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Cortez's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N-8000, 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.
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.