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Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella, MD
NPI1659541381PAC ID3476624156
- Medicare services, 2024
- 188
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 106
- Part D claims, 2024
- 5,245
- Publications
- 3
- Industry payments
- $1,236
- Practice address
- 8 Calle Javilla, San German, PR 00683
- Practice phone
- Call (787) 834-2558
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella is an ophthalmologist in San German, Puerto Rico
Dr. Santaella practices in San German, Puerto Rico.
Dr. Santaella's NPI, 1659541381, was assigned on March 10, 2008. Dr. Santaella graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Santaella holds Puerto Rico license 17834.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1659541381NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 3476624156
- NPI enumeration date
- March 10, 2008
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (787) 834-2558
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 48
- Medical school graduation
- 2004
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella's practice address is in San German, Puerto Rico
Dr. Santaella's practice address in the NPI Registry is 8 Calle Javilla, San German, PR 00683, in San German County. The practice phone is (787) 834-2558.
- NPI Registry address8 Calle Javilla, San German, PR 00683 · San German CountyPhone(787) 834-2558
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella's practice
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| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Dr. Santaella's practice | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella is one of 188 ophthalmologists in Puerto Rico
Ophthalmology is Dr. Santaella's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Santaella's licenses on file in 2 states: Puerto Rico and North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, Puerto RicoPrimary
- North Carolina license
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella billed Medicare for 188 services in 2024
CMS data shows 188 Medicare services from Dr. Santaella across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 106 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,499 for them.
Medicare services, 2024188
Medicare patients106
Paid by Medicare$20,499
Procedure codes4
Dr. Santaella's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1372024: 1445%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 342024: 2624%
- Surgery
- 2023: 192024: 185%
Where Dr. Santaella's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office17090%
- In a facility1810%
Dr. Santaella compared with the Puerto Rico median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Santaella
- Puerto Rico median
- Medicare services
- 188vs 12057% above
- Medicare patients
- 106vs 5883% above
- Part D claims
- 5,159vs 2,61997% above
Medians across 196 ophthalmologists in Puerto Rico with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Santaella'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. Ricardo Miguel Santaella treated 106 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 106 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Santaella in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 51 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.16, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Santaella's median patient age at 73, with 62% women.
Medicare patients, 2024106
Average age76
Average risk score1.16
Dr. Santaella's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Santaella's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women6864%
- Men3836%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Santaella's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes56%
- Arthritis47%
- Chronic kidney disease39%
- Depression25%
- Mood disorders25%
- Osteoporosis25%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Santaella's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women62%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella wrote 5,245 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Santaella wrote 5,245 Medicare Part D claims for 1,108 patients. 65% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,159 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $172,537 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,852 claims across 28 drugs.
Part D claims, 20245,245
Drugs named by CMS26
Total drug cost$172,537
Part D patients1,108
Dr. Santaella's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,411 claims65%
- Brand-name1,834 claims35%
Dr. Santaella's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Santaella's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics1%31 of 5,245 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 4,8522024: 5,1596%
Drugs named by CMS: 26 in 2024, 28 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella ranks in the 98th percentile for cataract surgery in Medicare
Dr. Santaella accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 853 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Santaella, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Santaella ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Cataract surgery
- 98th percentile853 procedures
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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella has 3 publications on record
Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Santaella, published from 2011 to 2014. Dr. Santaella's most frequent co-authors are Natalie A. Afshari, MD, Derek Wills Delmonte, MD and Brian Evan Goldhagen.
Papers3
Years published2011 to 2014
Dr. Santaella's most frequent co-authors
- Natalie A. Afshari, MD1 shared paper
- Derek Wills Delmonte, MD1 shared paper
- Brian Evan Goldhagen1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Santaella
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg
BlepharoptosisBurns, ChemicalEdema
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella received $1,236 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Santaella from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Alcon Puerto Rico Inc paid the most, $332.
General payments to Dr. Santaella by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Santaella by kind, 2016 to 2025
$1.2Kin total
- Food and beverage$1,19897%
- Education$383%
Companies that paid Dr. Santaella the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella graduated from Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Santaella graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2004.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors 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-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella's NPI number?
Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella's NPI number is 1659541381. It was assigned on March 10, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella?
Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella is an ophthalmologist in San German, Puerto Rico. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella practice?
Dr. Santaella practices at 8 Calle Javilla, San German, PR 00683.
What is Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Santaella is (787) 834-2558.
What is Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella's medical license number?
Dr. Santaella holds Puerto Rico license 17834, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Santaella in Puerto Rico and North Carolina.
Does Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Santaella billed Medicare for 188 services in 2024, and Dr. Santaella accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella see?
CMS counts 106 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Santaella in 2024, with an average age of 76.
What services does Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Santaella's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and eye exam or test (92136).
Where did Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella go to medical school?
Dr. Santaella graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2004.
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What drugs does Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Santaella's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Latanoprost and Timolol Maleate.
Has Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,236 in general payments to Dr. Santaella from 8 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Puerto Rico Inc.
How long has Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella been practicing?
Dr. Santaella graduated from medical school in 2004, 22 years ago.
Does Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella do research?
Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Santaella, published from 2011 to 2014.
Who does Dr. Ricardo Miguel Santaella publish with?
Dr. Santaella's most frequent co-authors are Natalie A. Afshari, MD (1 shared paper), Derek Wills Delmonte, MD (1 shared paper) and Brian Evan Goldhagen (1 shared paper).
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