Dr. Roberto Cortez III, MD

  • Atlanta, GA
  • General surgeon
NPI1689052136PAC ID1850829136
Medicare services, 2024
101
Medicare patients, 2024
50
Part D claims, 2024
18
Publications
4
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
80 Jesse Hill, Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Practice phone
Call (404) 616-1000
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Primary practice

Grady Memorial Hospital

Hospital · Atlanta, Georgia

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Dr. Roberto Cortez III is a general surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Cortez practices at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority.

Dr. Cortez's NPI, 1689052136, was assigned on May 15, 2015. Dr. Cortez graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2015. Dr. Cortez's Rhode Island license number on file is LP03415.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1850829136
NPI enumeration date
May 15, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(404) 616-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
37
Medical school graduation
2015

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Roberto Cortez III practices at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Cortez's primary practice is Grady Memorial Hospital, at 80 Jesse Hill, Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303 in Fulton County. The practice phone is (404) 616-1000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Roberto Cortez III is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Cortez's primary practice is Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority. Dr. Cortez is also affiliated with Piedmont Fayette Hospital. The medical group on file is Morehouse Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cortez to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Roberto Cortez III's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cortez practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Grady Memorial HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Roberto Cortez III is one of 853 general surgeons in Georgia

Surgery is Dr. Cortez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Cortez is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Cortez's licenses on file in 3 states: Rhode Island, Florida and Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, Rhode IslandPrimaryLicense LP03415 · 2015 to 2022 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Florida license2022 to 2026
  • Georgia license2024 to 2025

General surgeons near Dr. Cortez

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Roberto Cortez III billed Medicare for 101 services in 2024

CMS data shows 101 Medicare services from Dr. Cortez across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 50 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,279 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024101
Medicare patients50
Paid by Medicare$7,279
Procedure codes2

Dr. Cortez compared with the Georgia median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Cortez
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
101vs 15033% below
Medicare patients
50vs 10954% below

Medians across 789 general surgeons in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Cortez's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Roberto Cortez III treated 50 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 50 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cortez in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 20 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 72% have high cholesterol. 42% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.70, 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. Cortez's median patient age at 71, with 43% women.

Medicare patients, 202450
Average age73
Average risk score1.70
Also on Medicaid42%

Dr. Cortez's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Cortez's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women2652%
  • Men2448%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Cortez's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol72%
  3. Arthritis52%
  4. Diabetes48%
  5. Stroke or TIA46%
  6. Heart failure44%
  7. Alzheimer's and dementia42%
  8. Chronic kidney disease42%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Cortez's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women43%
  • Men56%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Roberto Cortez III wrote 18 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Cortez wrote 18 Medicare Part D claims. 100% of them were for generic drugs.

Part D claims, 202418

Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

How Dr. Roberto Cortez III takes part in Medicare

Dr. Cortez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Roberto Cortez III has 4 publications on record

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Cortez, published from 2014 to 2019. Dr. Cortez's most frequent co-authors are Kendall Anigian, MD, Ryan Sami Constantine, MD and Rachel Hein, MD.

Papers4
Years published2014 to 2019

Dr. Cortez's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Cortez

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Dr. Roberto Cortez III received $1,590 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 19 general payments to Dr. Cortez from 4 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $942.

General payments to Dr. Cortez by program year, 2023 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Cortez by kind, 2023 to 2025

$1.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$88656%
  • Travel and lodging$61439%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$906%

Companies that paid Dr. Cortez the most, 2023 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Roberto Cortez III graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Cortez graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2015. Dr. Cortez is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolUT Southwestern Medical Center
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgical critical careAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Roberto Cortez III accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers

Dr. Cortez is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Aspirus Health Plan
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Plan types Dr. Cortez accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO8
  2. HMO7
  3. Medicare5
  4. EPO4
  5. POS3
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Roberto Cortez III's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Roberto Cortez III's NPI number?

Dr. Roberto Cortez III's NPI number is 1689052136. It was assigned on May 15, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Roberto Cortez III?

Dr. Roberto Cortez III is a general surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Roberto Cortez III practice?

Dr. Cortez practices at 80 Jesse Hill, Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303. Dr. Cortez's primary practice is Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cortez to 1 hospital.

What is Dr. Roberto Cortez III's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Cortez is (404) 616-1000.

What is Dr. Roberto Cortez III's medical license number?

Dr. Cortez's Rhode Island license number on file is LP03415, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Roberto Cortez III been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Cortez in Rhode Island (2015 to 2022), Florida (2022 to 2026) and Georgia (2024 to 2025).

Which hospitals is Dr. Roberto Cortez III affiliated with?

Dr. Cortez practices at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Cortez is also affiliated with Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Cortez to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Roberto Cortez III part of?

Dr. Cortez is linked to Morehouse Medicine.

Does Dr. Roberto Cortez III accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cortez billed Medicare for 101 services in 2024, and Dr. Cortez accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Roberto Cortez III see?

CMS counts 50 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cortez in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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Is Dr. Roberto Cortez III board certified?

Yes. Dr. Cortez is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Roberto Cortez III bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Cortez's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99231) and critical care (99291).

Where did Dr. Roberto Cortez III go to medical school?

Dr. Cortez graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2015.

Has Dr. Roberto Cortez III received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,590 in general payments to Dr. Cortez from 4 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

How long has Dr. Roberto Cortez III been practicing?

Dr. Cortez graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.

Does Dr. Roberto Cortez III do research?

Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Cortez, published from 2014 to 2019.

Who does Dr. Roberto Cortez III publish with?

Dr. Cortez's most frequent co-authors are Kendall Anigian, MD (3 shared papers), Ryan Sami Constantine, MD (3 shared papers) and Rachel Hein, MD (3 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Roberto Cortez III accept?

Dr. Cortez is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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