NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Puerto Rico

106 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Puerto Rico. San Juan and Caguas have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI. Page 3 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207X00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

San Juan has the most, 46

  1. San Juan46
  2. Caguas7
  3. Bayamon6
  4. Ponce6
  5. Manati5

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Puerto Rico

  1. Juan Suarez-Pesante, MDSan Juan, PR 009211942243415
  2. Norberto Torres Lugo, MDSan Juan, PR 009211780183749
  3. Jose Urdaz Gomez, MDArecibo, PR 006121790848869
  4. Richard Valentin Blasini, MDBayamon, PR 009591447212394
  5. Ricardo Vargas FigueroaBayamon, PR 009561215739131
  6. Charles Zierenberg, M.D.Rio Piedras, PR 009351114992948

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207X00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

84.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.5% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Puerto Rico84.9%
  2. United States76.5%

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Puerto Rico, measured

  • In a Medicare file90 of 106 · 84.9% here, 76.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file62 · 58.5% here, 62.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more57 · 53.8% here, 56.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year1995 · the 62 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207X00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

106 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician (207X00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Puerto Rico. San Juan has 46 of them (43%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Hawaii107
  2. Montana105
  3. South Dakota113
  4. Wyoming91

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas5.0
  2. Nevada5.1
  3. California5.8
  4. Arizona6.2

The largest states

  1. California2,276
  2. Texas1,514
  3. Florida1,470
  4. New York1,339
  5. Pennsylvania1,253

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.