Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Phoenix, AZ
Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1295299402, issued on Jan 22, 2019. Check the license (Arizona 71169, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 71169 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6544 W Thomas RD Ste 1, Phoenix, AZ 85033
- Phone
- (602) 834-5515
- Enumerated
- Jan 22, 2019
- Record last updated
- Feb 19, 2026
- Fax
- (855) 540-2436
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230925000274); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 71169Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,034 Medicare Part D claims for 305 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium223 claims
- Lisinopril179 claims
- Metformin Hcl141 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium122 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate111 claims
- Losartan Potassium88 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: $983.57
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Centerwell Senior Primary Care AZ PCPhoenix, AZ
- Healthfirst Medical Group PCPhoenix, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona
Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 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 2019, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 79% of these records are older, 19% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
695 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Phoenix
They are 695 of the 31,399 NPPES records with a practice address in Phoenix, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD's NPI number?
Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295299402, issued on Jan 22, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6544 W Thomas RD Ste 1, Phoenix, AZ, 85033. Phone: (602) 834-5515. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 71169, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Silvia Y. Sanchez Cardenas, MD had 3,034 Medicare Part D claims for 305 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.