Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Leonidas Tapias Vargas, MD

Individual provider Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · NPI 1215160031

Leonidas Tapias Vargas, MD practises Thoracic Surgery in Cleveland, Ohio. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with University Hospitals Medical Group Inc, a 2,242-clinician group, works from 3 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Ohio.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
OH
In the registry since
2009
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

11100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106-1716
Phone: (216) 844-7154
Fax: (216) 844-7597
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114-2621 — (617) 726-2107
  • 3410 Worth St Ste 235, Dallas, TX 75246-2071 — (469) 800-7370

Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence 35.143782 (OH)

Record details

NPI number1215160031
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 27, 2009
Last updated in NPPESMarch 12, 2022
Certification dateMarch 12, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyTHORACIC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice University Hospitals Medical Group Inc — 2242 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 11 times · 42nd percentile

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 patients178
Services billed 447 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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.

Education $4,000 2 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $2,368 8 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $975 20 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at University Hospitals Medical Group Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2242 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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