NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Big Bend Hospital Corporation in Alpine, TX

This location of Big Bend Hospital Corporation bills under NPI 1275988669, an organization record issued on May 4, 2016 with the primary taxonomy Rural Health Clinic/Center. It is one of 8 NPIs registered under this name and one of 7 in Alpine; each clinician who sees you there has their own NPI and license.

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Organization recordNPPES, Aug 2026
1275988669
Legal name
Big Bend Hospital Corporation
Entity
Type 2 · organization
Primary taxonomy
Rural Health Clinic/Center 261QR1300X
Practice location
2600 N STATE HIGHWAY 118, Alpine, TX 79830
Phone
432-837-0242
Enumerated
May 4, 2016
Record updated
Jul 7, 2023
Authorized official
Sr. Director Physician Rev Cycle (title as filed)
Public record from the NPPES NPI Registry (open it on CMS). An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a facility license.

The other 6 Alpine NPIs

  1. Big Bend Hospital Corporation2600 N HIGHWAY 118 · issued Jan 30, 20061356312243
  2. Big Bend Hospital Corporation2600 N HIGHWAY 118 · issued Sep 22, 20061689773756
  3. Big Bend Hospital Corporation2600 N HWY 118 · issued Jun 7, 20071629271630
  4. Big Bend Hospital Corporation2600 N HIGHWAY 118 · issued Nov 17, 20081700031846
  5. Big Bend Hospital Corporation2600 N HIGHWAY 118 · issued Nov 18, 20081558516583
  6. Big Bend Hospital Corporation2600 N STATE HIGHWAY 118 · issued Mar 16, 20171770024259

6 clinicians CMS lists with Big Bend Hospital Corporation in Alpine

  1. Valente Benavides, MDSurgery Physician1316987597
  2. Katherine Gonzalez, AG-ACNP, FNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1649640756
  3. Ruth Melody Hornady, APRN, AGACNPNurse Practitioner1376119248
  4. David Nitschmann, MDFamily Medicine Physician1518580315
  5. Robert Rice, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1316230055
  6. Luis Ruiz, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1922568559

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians group affiliations, matched by practice name and city.

All 8 Big Bend Hospital Corporation NPIs

Every location registered under this name, in 2 cities.

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Checking an organization

  1. Confirm the business with the Texas secretary of state.
  2. Check the HHS-OIG exclusion list for the organization.
  3. Verify each clinician on their own record and the state license search.

Common questions

Is an organization NPI a license?

No. An NPI identifies who bills. Facilities and the clinicians who work there are licensed separately by the state.

Which Alpine NPI should I use?

Ask the office which NPI it bills under; all 7 Alpine NPIs are registered under the same name.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), monthly file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.