Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D
Internal Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA
Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1518163799, issued on Jun 25, 2007. Check the license (California A108282, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tricia Santos Cavaiola
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A108282 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Ucsd Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103
- Phone
- (619) 543-1849
- Enumerated
- Jun 25, 2007
- Record last updated
- Apr 19, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100809000252); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Oregon Health Sciences University School Of Medicine, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tricia Santos Cavaiola in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A108282Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
58 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 66% of 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tricia Santos Cavaiola among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 44% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 44% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 61% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
961 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 961 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D's NPI number?
Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518163799, issued on Jun 25, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Ucsd Medical Center, San Diego, CA, 92103. Phone: (619) 543-1849. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D's license?
NPPES lists California license number A108282, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tricia Santos Cavaiola, M.D had 58 Medicare Part D claims for 15 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.