What is Ricardo Alvarado's specialty?

Ricardo Alvarado (NPI 1497935456) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pain Management in San Antonio, TX.

Where does Ricardo Alvarado practice?

Ricardo Alvarado practices in San Antonio, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1497935456.

How much does Medicare pay Ricardo Alvarado?

Ricardo Alvarado (NPI 1497935456) received approximately $331K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 218 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1497935456

Ricardo AlvaradoMD

PRACTICER A ALVARADO MEDICAL PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

Pain ManagementSan Antonio, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,417

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,777

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$305K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 262 Pain Management providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 2,239).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

820

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$25K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

51.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen300 claims

Gabapentin69 claims

Baclofen52 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen40 claims

Cyclobenzaprine Hcl39 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

22.8

Quality

0.0

Cost

76.1

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-6.26%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$743

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$743

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$743

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ricardo Alvarado'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). 6 inbound referrers · 10 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1184668352	55	350
John Clifton Anesthesiology · San Antonio, TX	30	94
STONE OAK SURGERY CENTER, LLC	27	174
Advanced Surgery Center Of San Antonio, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · San Antonio, TX	25	141
QUALITY TOXICOLOGY, LLC	23	76
J Clifton Anesthesiology · Dallas, TX	17	59

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1184668352	35	155
John Clifton Anesthesiology · San Antonio, TX	28	74
Advanced Surgery Center Of San Antonio, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · San Antonio, TX	26	106
STONE OAK SURGERY CENTER, LLC	24	115
J Clifton Anesthesiology · Dallas, TX	17	47
QUALITY TOXICOLOGY, LLC	14	26
ZENITH LABORATORY SERVICES LLC	13	54
NPI 1760663157	11	42
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Irving, TX	11	37
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	11	39

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.

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