What is Nestor Cruz's specialty?

Nestor Cruz (NPI 1518998525) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Vascular Surgery in Salisbury, NC.

Where does Nestor Cruz practice?

Nestor Cruz practices in Salisbury, NC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518998525.

How much does Medicare pay Nestor Cruz?

Nestor Cruz (NPI 1518998525) received approximately $129K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 404 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518998525

Nestor CruzMD

PRACTICENOVANT HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Vascular SurgerySalisbury, NCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

912

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,027

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$101K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 117 Vascular Surgery providers in NC — above median (cohort median 914).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

441

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$50K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

58.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Clopidogrel Bisulfate190 claims

Cilostazol108 claims

Apixaban67 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium37 claims

Cephalexin23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$56

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$56

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$56

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Nestor Cruz'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). 76 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH	298	839
Wendy Blair Physician Assistant · Greensboro, NC	184	413
Virginia Christman Physician Assistant · High Point, NC	139	328
SOLSTAS LAB PARTNERS GROUP LLC	95	404
Jennifer Burnette Physician Assistant · High Point, NC	70	109
Meridian Laboratory Corp Clinical Laboratory · Charlotte, NC	65	387
Steven Rohrbeck Interventional Cardiology · High Point, NC	60	137
HIGH POINT KIDNEY CENTER OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY	52	203
Rebecca Everly Internal Medicine · High Point, NC	42	150
SHULL, KENNETH	40	168
STOVALL, VICKI	34	178
Umabala Pasupala Nephrology · Oak Ridge, NC	32	184

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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