Robert Cardenas, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Visalia, CA
Robert Cardenas, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Visalia, California, and NPI 1497703284, issued on May 4, 2006. Check the license (California PA11251, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Cardenas
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA11251 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 118 N Akers St, Visalia, CA 93291
- Phone
- (559) 627-6282
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 28, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 627-4379
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061113000336); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Stanford University School Of Medicine, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 118 N Akers St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Robert Cardenas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA11251Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
11% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
920 Medicare Part D claims for 512 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass76 claims
- Prednisone53 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim52 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl40 claims
- Paxlovid38 claims
- Azithromycin36 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: $64.18
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dynavax Technologies Corporation. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Adventist Health Physicians NetworkHanford, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Cardenas among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Robert Cardenas, PA-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
108 physician assistant records list a practice address in Visalia
They are 108 of the 4,225 NPPES records with a practice address in Visalia, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Robert Cardenas, PA-C's NPI number?
Robert Cardenas, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497703284, issued on May 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Cardenas, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 118 N Akers St, Visalia, CA, 93291. Phone: (559) 627-6282. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Cardenas, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA11251, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Robert Cardenas, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Cardenas, PA-C had 920 Medicare Part D claims for 512 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.