Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Ponce, PR
Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1154585255, issued on Jul 17, 2008. Check the license (Puerto Rico 18227, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 18227 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 917 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR 00716
- Phone
- (787) 290-5577
- Enumerated
- Jul 17, 2008
- Record last updated
- Apr 20, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151002001065); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas 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 18227Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
959 Medicare Part D claims for 147 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Fluticasone Propionate149 claims
- Montelukast Sodium137 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa92 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate Hfa75 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta49 claims
- Spiriva Respimat46 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: $838.47
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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.
Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas among 135 pulmonary disease physician records in Puerto Rico
Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D is one of 135 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 92% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 70% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 1998 among the 116 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 135 pulmonary disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 135 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Ponce → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- George Fahed, MDPonce, PR 007161003850397
- Manuel Morell Cataquet, MDPonce, PR 007161437124120
- Hector Puig-Ramirez, MDPonce, PR 007161467414276
- Eugenio Rivera Rios, MDPonce, PR 007161689642134
- Jose Rodriguez Velez, MDPonce, PR 007161295285757
- Giovanni Veloz Irizarry, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161144619230
- Hector Collazo Santiago, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171912356809
- Luis Garcia Barreto, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171659450500
Common questions
What is Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D's NPI number?
Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154585255, issued on Jul 17, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 917 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR, 00716. Phone: (787) 290-5577. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 18227, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sandra Enid Galarza-Vargas, M.D had 959 Medicare Part D claims for 147 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.