Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.

Ruston James Sanchez, MD

Individual provider Plastic Surgery Physician · NPI 1043639495

Ruston James Sanchez, MD practises Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2014, 12 years ago. Practices with Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group LLC, a 635-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Louisiana and Wisconsin.

Years since qualifying
12
Trained at
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Licensed in
LA, WI
In the registry since
2014
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

6717 Perkins Rd
Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4263
Phone: (225) 572-5922
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 5000 Hennessy Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4375 — (225) 953-7800

Specialties & licences

Plastic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208200000X · Licence 322082 (LA)
Plastic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208200000X · Licence 65887 (WI)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X · Licence 00852300 (LA)

Record details

NPI number1043639495
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 14, 2014
Last updated in NPPESApril 7, 2022
Certification dateApril 7, 2022

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyPLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Medical schoolLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN NEW ORLEANS
Graduated 2014 (12 years in practice)
Group practice Our Lady Of The Lake Physician Group Llc — 635 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of tissue 13 times · 64th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients50
Services billed 194 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age66

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Travel and Lodging $1,074 2 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $1,000 1 payment
Food and Beverage $874 12 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $350 1 payment

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 635 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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