Ricardo Cortez

Primary specialty

Neurological Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207T00000X

License

N-8000 Issued in TX

Practice address

1801 S 5TH St Ste 122
McAllen, TX 78503-2915

Phone

(956) 762-5500

Fax

(956) 229-6191

NPI assigned

Jul 19, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL, TX, WI, NC, MI, MO6 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 6

Specialty

Neurosurgery

Education

Other, 1999

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

McAllen Hospitalist Group PLLCGroup PAC ID 9830113836, 106 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• South Texas Health System Hospital, Edinburg, TX, CCN 450119

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations (25 of 36)

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: rcortez310867@christushealth.direct-ci.net

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• McAllen Hospitalist Group, PLLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Edinburg, TX
  • NPI 1356361976
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Acute Care Surgical Affiliates of Texas PA

  • Surgery Physician
  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • NPI 1407322415
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• BHS Physicians Network, Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • San Antonio, TX
  • NPI 1598958431
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Christus Trinity Clinic Texas

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tyler, TX
  • NPI 1285684225

  Neurological Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Mother Frances Hospital Regional Health Care Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Tyler, TX
  • NPI 1679578439
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Neurosurgical Affiliates of Texas, PA

  • Neurological Surgery Physician
  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • NPI 1437935137
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ascension Medical Group-Southeast Wisconsin Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Glendale, WI
  • NPI 1609881077
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Bronson Methodist Hospital

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Kalamazoo, MI
  • NPI 1417961137

  Neurological Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Columbia St. Mary'S Hospital Milwaukee, Inc

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Milwaukee, WI
  • NPI 1023064482
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Halifax Healthcare Systems Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Daytona Beach, FL
  • NPI 1245283530
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Heartland Regional Medical Center

  • General Practice Physician
  • Saint Joseph, MO
  • NPI 1477575405

  Neurological Surgery

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Mercy Health System Corporation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Janesville, WI
  • NPI 1598718603
  Medicare reassignment NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• McAllen Hospitals L P

  • Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinic/Center
  • McAllen, TX
  • NPI 1043849425

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• McAllen Hospitals L P

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Edinburg, TX
  • NPI 1053301754
  Care Compare affiliation
• McAllen Hospitals L P

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Edinburg, TX
  • NPI 1770573586
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Cortez Alliance LLC
• Patricia Cortez-Animas, PMHNP-BC
• Elizabeth Cortez, M.S., LPC
• Gladys Aileen Cortez
• Karla Alaisha Cortez
• Ronald Regala Cortez, AGACNP
• Guillermo A Cortinas, MD
• Ma Elena Courrech Martin, DDS, MS
• Aidee Covarrubias, B.S. SLP-ASSISTANT
• Stephanie Lee Cowart, RD

• Neurological Surgery Physician in McAllen, TX
• Providers in McAllen, TX by specialty
• Neurological Surgery Physician in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 22, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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