What is Blanca Cardenas's specialty?

Blanca Cardenas (NPI 1003133984) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in San Diego, CA.

Where does Blanca Cardenas practice?

Blanca Cardenas practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1003133984.

How much does Medicare pay Blanca Cardenas?

Blanca Cardenas (NPI 1003133984) received approximately $15.9M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 169 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1003133984

Blanca CardenasFNP, MSN, PHN, RN

Nurse PractitionerSan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

442

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

11,893

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$11.8M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 8,685 Nurse Practitioner providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 222).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,105

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$196K

Distinct drugs

105

Brand share

13.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium204 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium197 claims

Metformin Hcl166 claims

Omeprazole130 claims

Simvastatin121 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Blanca Cardenas's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 3 inbound referrers · 6 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Mushrik Kaisey Internal Medicine · Chula Vista, CA	65	242
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	31	96
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	27	46

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Mushrik Kaisey Internal Medicine · Chula Vista, CA	58	268
SCRIPPS HEALTH	37	123
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	24	49
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	22	79
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	17	38
James Longobardi Podiatry · Chula Vista, CA	12	31

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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