Virginia I. Cafaro, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · San Francisco, CA
Virginia I. Cafaro, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1174596969, issued on Feb 10, 2006. Check the license (California G66457, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Virginia I. Cafaro
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G66457 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 45 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114
- Phone
- (415) 551-9758
- Enumerated
- Feb 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 11, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (415) 437-5434
- Medicaid ID
- 00G664570 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081028000517); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Virginia Commonwealth University, School Of Medicine, 1986
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Virginia I. Cafaro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G66457Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,078 Medicare Part D claims for 525 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 27% of claims. 215 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium316 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium248 claims
- Tivicay239 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate226 claims
- Dovato225 claims
- Gabapentin185 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: $5,630.69
253 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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 one group practice
- MY Health Medical Group IncSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Virginia I. Cafaro among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Virginia I. Cafaro, MD 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
1,318 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Francisco
They are 1,318 of the 38,143 NPPES records with a practice address in San Francisco, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Virginia I. Cafaro, MD's NPI number?
Virginia I. Cafaro, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174596969, issued on Feb 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Virginia I. Cafaro, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 45 Castro St, San Francisco, CA, 94114. Phone: (415) 551-9758. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Virginia I. Cafaro, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G66457, 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 Virginia I. Cafaro, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Virginia I. Cafaro, MD had 8,078 Medicare Part D claims for 525 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.