Roberto Cantu, MD
Surgery Physician · Flushing, NY
Roberto Cantu, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Flushing, New York, and NPI 1144286782, issued on Apr 22, 2006. Check the license (New York 169342, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Roberto Cantu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 169342 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 146-01 45 Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355
- Phone
- (718) 670-5775
- Enumerated
- Apr 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 22, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 321-6141
- Medicaid ID
- 01046551 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100922000377); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 146-01 45 Avenue
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Susan Saint JohnSurgery Physician1417913054
Verify Roberto Cantu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 169342Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Flushing Hospital And Medical CenterFlushing, NY
- Tjh Medical Services PCKew Gardens, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Roberto Cantu among 2,053 surgery physician records in New York
Roberto Cantu, MD is one of 2,053 surgery physician records with a practice address in New York. 74% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2002 among the 1,212 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in New York
There are 2,053 surgery physician records in New York.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Teodorico Arambulo, MDFlushing, NY 113551710940374
- Armando Castro, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551154395473
- Simon Fink, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551306892583
- Chih-Ching Hsu, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551083644512
- Stephen Merola, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551104873181
- Lou-Fu Ni, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551225013345
- Jose Paul, MDFlushing, NY 113551821032590
- Susan Saint JohnFlushing, NY 113551417913054
Common questions
What is Roberto Cantu, MD's NPI number?
Roberto Cantu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144286782, issued on Apr 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Roberto Cantu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 146-01 45 Avenue, Flushing, NY, 11355. Phone: (718) 670-5775. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Roberto Cantu, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 169342, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Roberto Cantu, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.