Belen A Nunez Cespedes, MD

Primary specialty

Nephrology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RN0300X

License

75734 Issued in TN

Practice address

3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232

Phone

(615) 322-5000

NPI assigned

Dec 2, 2014

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

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

Nephrology

Education

Other, 2010

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 5092023416, 3,510 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Vanderbilt Dialysis Clinic Dialysis facility, Nashville, TN, CCN 442583
• USRC Cool Springs Dialysis Dialysis facility, Brentwood, TN, CCN 442764
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440039

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.07 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

79.77

Promoting interoperability

88.77

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Healthfirst Medicare Network H1722
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H3359
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H9678
• Healthfirst Medicare Network H5989

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.

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1104202761
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Southside Kidney Specialists

  • Nephrology Physician
  • Petersburg, VA
  • NPI 1033130026
  NPD
• Vanderbilt University

  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1285659706
  NPD (past)

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

• Usrc Cool Springs, LLC

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Brentwood, TN
  • NPI 1619552718

  Dialysis facility

  Care Compare affiliation Name & address match
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1396882205
  Care Compare affiliation

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

{
    "created_epoch": "1417478400000",
    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1768435200000",
    "number": "1780081059",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "3841 GREEN HILLS VILLAGE DR STE 200",
            "city": "NASHVILLE",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "372152691"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "3601 THE VANDERBILT CLINIC",
            "city": "NASHVILLE",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "37232",
            "telephone_number": "615-322-5000"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "100 E 77th St",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "New York",
            "state": "NY",
            "postal_code": "100751850",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "212-434-2000",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "NUNEZ CESPEDES",
        "first_name": "BELEN",
        "middle_name": "A",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2014-12-02",
        "last_updated": "2026-01-15",
        "certification_date": "2026-01-15",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207RN0300X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine, Nephrology",
            "state": "TN",
            "license": "75734",
            "primary": true
        },
        {
            "code": "207RN0300X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine, Nephrology",
            "state": "VA",
            "license": "0101266086",
            "primary": false
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "MEDICAL LICENCE",
            "identifier": "314813",
            "state": "NY"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "MEDICAL STATE LICENSE",
            "identifier": "0101266086",
            "state": "VA"
        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Nugen Home Health LLC
• Catheryne Marie Nugent, MS, LPC-MHSP
• Walter Wayne Nugent, MFT
• Thomas M. Numnum, M.D.
• John O Nunes, MD
• Julisa Nunez
• Valerie Lynne Nunley, MIDWIFE; CNM,APN
• Alia M Nunn, NP
• Garrison Nunn
• Lauren Nunn, RN

• Nephrology Physician in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Nephrology Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 15, 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.