Alan E. Hananel, MD
Urology Physician · Houston, TX
Alan E. Hananel, MD is a urology physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1861460040, issued on Mar 14, 2006. Check the license (Texas L0244, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alan E. Hananel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License number
- L0244 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7777 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 351-0644
- Enumerated
- Mar 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- Fax
- (713) 351-0633
- Medicaid ID
- 044712001 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040701000678); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7777 Southwest Freeway
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Verify Alan E. Hananel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L0244Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% more Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024
1,792 Medicare Part D claims for 603 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl833 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl305 claims
- Finasteride159 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er44 claims
- Sildenafil Citrate43 claims
- Testosterone Cypionate41 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $6,216.95
109 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Houston Metro UrologyHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alan E. Hananel among 960 urology physician records in Texas
Alan E. Hananel, MD is one of 960 urology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2004 among the 667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Alan E. Hananel, MD's NPI number?
Alan E. Hananel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861460040, issued on Mar 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alan E. Hananel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7777 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 351-0644. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alan E. Hananel, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L0244, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alan E. Hananel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alan E. Hananel, MD had 1,792 Medicare Part D claims for 603 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Alan E. Hananel, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.