Dr. Bennett Cua, MD

Dr. Cua practices at Mission Hospital - Unit in Mission Viejo, California.

Dr. Cua's NPI, 1962791772, was assigned on April 1, 2011. Dr. Cua graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2011. Dr. Cua holds California license A155737.

Dr. Cua's primary practice is Mission Hospital - Unit, at 27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 in Orange County. The practice phone is (949) 365-2447.

Dr. Cua's primary practice is Mission Hospital - Unit in Mission Viejo, California. Dr. Cua is also affiliated with Providence Mission Hospital. The medical group on file is St. Jude Heritage Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cua to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cua practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Cua's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Cua is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Cua's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Connecticut.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, aortic atherosclerois, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease and chronic hypertension among the conditions Dr. Cua treats.

CMS data shows 5,813 Medicare services from Dr. Cua across 31 procedure codes in 2024, for 2,210 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $320,727 for them.

CMS counts 2,210 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cua in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 917 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.67, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cua's median patient age at 73, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cua wrote 5,995 Medicare Part D claims for 867 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,741 of them, across 50 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,511,520 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,648 claims across 42 drugs.

Dr. Cua accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Cua as offering telehealth. CMS counts 14 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Cua, more than 37% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Cua, published from 2016 to 2019. 2017 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Amputation, Surgical, Endovascular Procedures and Limb Salvage. Dr. Cua's most frequent co-authors are David J. Halpin, MD, Sasanka Nishani Jayasuriya, MD and Sunny Shyamsunder Jhamnani.

CMS Open Payments shows 619 general payments to Dr. Cua from 52 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 86% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $3,989.

Dmand AI lists 4 awards for Dr. Cua, most recently Best Abstracts of American Heart Association (AHA) Specialty Conferences in 2014.

Dr. Cua graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2011. Dr. Cua is a member of ACC and AHA.

Dr. Cua is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.