Ziqiang Cao, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Scranton, PA
Ziqiang Cao, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1356088371, issued on May 19, 2022. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD489858, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ziqiang Cao
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- MD489858 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1800 Mulberry St, Scranton, PA 18510
- Phone
- (570) 703-7351
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2022
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2025
- Fax
- (570) 703-7801
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250822002242); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1800 Mulberry St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ziqiang Cao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD489858Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
80 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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
- Geisinger ClinicScranton, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ziqiang Cao among 1,424 hospitalist physician records in Pennsylvania
Ziqiang Cao, M.D. is one of 1,424 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 94% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 93% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 93% of these records are older, 2% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 94% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2011 among the 1,236 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
62 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Scranton
They are 62 of the 2,695 NPPES records with a practice address in Scranton, and 1,424 hospitalist physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Ziqiang Cao, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ziqiang Cao, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356088371, issued on May 19, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ziqiang Cao, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1800 Mulberry St, Scranton, PA, 18510. Phone: (570) 703-7351. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ziqiang Cao, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD489858, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ziqiang Cao, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ziqiang Cao, M.D. had 80 Medicare Part D claims for 32 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.