Richard Baez Tellado, MD
Urology Physician · Ponce, PR
Richard Baez Tellado, MD is a urology physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1588766893, issued on Sep 5, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 12897, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Baez Tellado
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License number
- 12897 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2225 Ponce BY Pass, Ponce, PR 00717
- Phone
- (787) 354-2910
- Enumerated
- Sep 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 848-0318
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100510000565); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ponce School Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Baez Tellado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 12897Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% more Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024
2,611 Medicare Part D claims for 704 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 69 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl585 claims
- Levofloxacin463 claims
- Finasteride374 claims
- Tolterodine Tartrate Er254 claims
- Eligard101 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim99 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: $43.79
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 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.
Richard Baez Tellado among 115 urology physician records in Puerto Rico
Richard Baez Tellado, MD is one of 115 urology physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 91% 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 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 1995 among the 83 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Urology Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 115 urology physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 urology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Claudio Bernaschina Bobadilla, MD, FACSPonce, PR 007171922197011
- Federico Corica, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171215259627
- Giovanni Gonzalez Albo, MDPonce, PR 007171235672460
- Adrian Santana Paracchini, MDPonce, PR 007171801969746
- Rafael BritoPonce, PR 007161124650247
- Javier Castillo, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161568621084
- Kenneth CintronPonce, PR 007161952976102
- Guillermo Gonzalez FigueroaPonce, PR 007161255078457
Common questions
What is Richard Baez Tellado, MD's NPI number?
Richard Baez Tellado, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588766893, issued on Sep 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Baez Tellado, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2225 Ponce BY Pass, Ponce, PR, 00717. Phone: (787) 354-2910. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Baez Tellado, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 12897, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard Baez Tellado, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Baez Tellado, MD had 2,611 Medicare Part D claims for 704 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. 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.