Ricardo Estrada-Montes, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · Galveston, TX
Ricardo Estrada-Montes, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Galveston, Texas, and NPI 1063099018, issued on Mar 25, 2021. Check the license (Texas BP10075451, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Estrada-Montes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- BP10075451 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555
- Phone
- (409) 772-0644
- Enumerated
- Mar 25, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jun 21, 2024
- Fax
- (409) 747-0777
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250422001621); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo Estrada-Montes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license BP10075451Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
120 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $14.77
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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
- Northwest Hospital Medicine Physicians LLCLas Cruces, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo Estrada-Montes among 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas
Ricardo Estrada-Montes, MD is one of 674 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 98% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 98% of these records are older, 1% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2002 among the 510 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
25 infectious disease physician records list a practice address in Galveston
They are 25 of the 2,532 NPPES records with a practice address in Galveston, and 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas.
All 674 in Texas → Every provider in Galveston → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Ricardo Estrada-Montes, MD's NPI number?
Ricardo Estrada-Montes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063099018, issued on Mar 25, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Estrada-Montes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77555. Phone: (409) 772-0644. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Estrada-Montes, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number BP10075451, 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 Estrada-Montes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Estrada-Montes, MD had 120 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.