Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Catherine Arellano Fontecha, MD

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1093978314

Catherine Arellano Fontecha, MD practises General Surgery in French Camp, California. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with Surgical Associates Inc, an 18-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
2
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

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

French Camp, CA

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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence A116272 (CA)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1093978314
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 7, 2008
Last updated in NPPESJune 17, 2014

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice Surgical Associates Inc — 18 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 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.

Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 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 patients128
Services billed 173 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Surgical Associates Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 18 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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