Alexander Ryan Cortez, M.D.

Primary specialty

Transplant Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 204F00000X

License

76553 Issued in MN

Practice address

200 1St St SW
Rochester, MN 55905-0001

Phone

(507) 284-2511

NPI assigned

Mar 31, 2015

Last updated

Mar 31, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MN

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 1

Specialty

General Surgery

Education

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Mayo ClinicGroup PAC ID 6507778255, 4,829 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Hospital, Rochester, MN, CCN 240010

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

96.51

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

97.51 of 100Reported as group

Quality

92.74

Improvement activities

40

Cost

72.4

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: acortez2279237@ehrdirect.mayoclinicmsg.org

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

• Mayo Clinic

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Rochester, MN
  • NPI 1922074434
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Mayo Clinic

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Rochester, MN
  • NPI 1083249577
  NPD
• Mayo Clinic

  • Infectious Disease Physician
  • Rochester, MN
  • NPI 1114343860
  NPD
• UCSF Dept of Surgery

  • Surgery Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1477627537

  Transplant Surgery

  NPD
• UCSF Medical Group Business Services

  dba UCSF Orthotic and Prosthetic Center - Gateway Medical Building

  • Health Service Clinic/Center
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1194115246
  NPD
• UCSF Medical Group Business Services

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1477624104

  Surgery

  NPD
• University of California San Francisco

  dba UCSF Medical Center

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1164512851

  Surgery

  NPD
• University of California San Francisco

  dba UCSF Outpatient Pharmacy at Parnassus

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1659141711
  NPD
• University of California San Francisco

  dba UCSF Pediatrics Group

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1861578973
  NPD
• Mayo Clinic

  • Air Ambulance
  • Rochester, MN
  • NPI 1821326570
  NPD (past)

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

• Mayo Clinic Hospital-Rochester

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rochester, MN
  • NPI 1841266194
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "ROCHESTER",
            "state": "MN",
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        "middle_name": "RYAN",
        "credential": "M.D.",
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        "enumeration_date": "2015-03-31",
        "last_updated": "2026-03-31",
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            "affiliation": "N",
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            "city": "Rochester",
            "state": "MN",
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        }
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• Denis A Cortese, M.D.
• Fernando G. Cosio, M.D.
• Kaitlin Elizabeth Cossette, OTR/L
• Frank Jesus Cossio Bernabe
• Christopher Joseph Costa, MD
• Julian Costantini, MD

• Transplant Surgery Physician in Rochester, MN
• Providers in Rochester, MN by specialty
• Transplant Surgery Physician in Minnesota

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 31, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.