Ricardo Luis Salinas
Ophthalmology Physician · Austin, TX
Ricardo Luis Salinas is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1710447214, issued on Mar 21, 2019. Check the license (Texas U2008, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Luis Salinas
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- U2008 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731
- Phone
- (512) 327-7000
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Fax
- (512) 314-1662
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230927004288); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5717 Balcones Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ricardo Luis Salinas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U2008Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
233 Medicare Part D claims for 121 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 39% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost46 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate23 claims
- Lumigan20 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol17 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate17 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine14 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: $1,344.54
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Texan Eye, PAAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Ricardo Luis Salinas's NPI number?
Ricardo Luis Salinas's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710447214, issued on Mar 21, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Luis Salinas located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX, 78731. Phone: (512) 327-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Luis Salinas's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U2008, 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 Luis Salinas prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Luis Salinas had 233 Medicare Part D claims for 121 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. 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.