Dr. Robert William Santa-Cruz, MD

Dr. Santa-Cruz practices at AdventHealth Tampa in Tampa, Florida, part of AdventHealth.

Dr. Santa-Cruz's NPI, 1508816869, was assigned on May 10, 2006. Dr. Santa-Cruz graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Santa-Cruz holds Florida license ME104791.

Dr. Santa-Cruz's primary practice is AdventHealth Tampa, at 3100 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL 33613 in Hillsborough County. The practice phone is (813) 615-7200.

Dr. Santa-Cruz's primary practice is AdventHealth Tampa in Tampa, Florida, part of AdventHealth. Dr. Santa-Cruz is also affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital. The medical group on file is AdventHealth Medical Group Cardiovascular Surgery at Tampa. Dmand AI also links Dr. Santa-Cruz to 3 more hospitals, 4 medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Santa-Cruz practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Urology is Dr. Santa-Cruz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dr. Santa-Cruz is board certified in urology by the American Board of Urology. Dmand AI has Dr. Santa-Cruz's licenses on file in 14 states: Florida, Arizona, South Dakota, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Mississippi, South Carolina, Wisconsin and North Carolina.

Dmand AI lists bladder removal, enlarged prostate, enlarged prostate transurethral surgery (TURP), erectile dysfunction, kidney cysts, kidney removal surgery, kidney stone disease and prostate cancer among the conditions Dr. Santa-Cruz treats.

CMS data shows 438 Medicare services from Dr. Santa-Cruz across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 359 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,114 for them.

CMS counts 359 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Santa-Cruz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 162 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.45, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Santa-Cruz's median patient age at 72, with 30% women.

In 2024, Dr. Santa-Cruz wrote 330 Medicare Part D claims for 140 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 238 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,405 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 261 claims across 7 drugs.

Dr. Santa-Cruz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Santa-Cruz as offering telehealth. CMS counts 16 procedures of prostate resection by Dr. Santa-Cruz, more than 74% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of the uterus: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Santa-Cruz. The most frequent topics are Swine, Kidney and Pressure. Dr. Santa-Cruz has published most often in J Endourol. Dr. Santa-Cruz's most frequent co-authors are Ganesh Venkataraman Raj, MD, PhD, Arnon Krongrad, MD and Raymond John Leveillee, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 624 general payments to Dr. Santa-Cruz from 63 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 47% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $87,580.

Dr. Santa-Cruz graduated from University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 1998.

Dr. Santa-Cruz is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.