Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Ponce, PR
Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1235115825, issued on Dec 16, 2005. Check the license (Puerto Rico 11474, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Santiago Baez-Torres
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 11474 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 909 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR 00716
- Phone
- (787) 812-0909
- Enumerated
- Dec 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 14, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 812-0920
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101111001586); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ponce School Of Medicine, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Santiago Baez-Torres 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 11474Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
57% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
4,818 Medicare Part D claims for 569 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Carvedilol612 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium388 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate320 claims
- Losartan Potassium227 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate176 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium174 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: $2,056.25
40 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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.
Santiago Baez-Torres among 259 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico
Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D. is one of 259 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 97% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 81% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 97% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 1991 among the 218 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 259 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 259 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Ponce → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gerardo Alayon Anta, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161508855644
- Fares Cid Mansur, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161578503116
- Vanessa Rodriguez-Mier, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161124362850
- Carlos Carro Pagan, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171154396489
- Jose Couto-Sepulveda, MDPonce, PR 007171356328736
- Richard Giles, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171205810546
- Jose Gomez, MDPonce, PR 007171336119429
- Nelida Gonzalez Agront, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171235111782
Common questions
What is Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D.'s NPI number?
Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235115825, issued on Dec 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 909 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR, 00716. Phone: (787) 812-0909. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 11474, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Santiago Baez-Torres, M.D. had 4,818 Medicare Part D claims for 569 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.