NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Anand Balasubramanian, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Anand Balasubramanian, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1811939606, issued on Jun 13, 2006. Check the license (Texas L8271, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1811939606
Name
Anand Balasubramanian
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
L8271 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
837 Cypress Creek Pkwy Ste 100, Houston, TX 77090
Phone
(281) 893-8100
Enumerated
Jun 13, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 11, 2023
Fax
(281) 271-8457
Medicaid ID
190511901 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040605000276); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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60% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

5,097 Medicare Part D claims for 375 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 226 claims were for opioids.

  1. Anand Balasubramanian5,097
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate237 claims
  2. Buprenorphine-Naloxone215 claims
  3. Atorvastatin Calcium201 claims
  4. Zolpidem Tartrate178 claims
  5. Gabapentin172 claims
  6. Azithromycin131 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $219.06

12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Fennec Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Anand Balasubramanian$219.06
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Crosspointe Medical ClinicHouston, TX
  2. Livingston Medical, PLLCCarrollton, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Anand Balasubramanian among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Anand Balasubramanian, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal medicine 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 9% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1992 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Syed Ahmed, M.D.Houston, TX 770901255378352
  2. Hussamaddin Al Khadour, M.D.Houston, TX 770901396730230
  3. Christopher Cloteaux, MDHouston, TX 770901780619379
  4. William Couch, MDHouston, TX 770901083687677
  5. Jinping Fan, MDHouston, TX 770901134308877
  6. Denise Giuffrida, MDHouston, TX 770901801808076
  7. Srilakshmi Konidala, M.D.Houston, TX 770901134323462
  8. Mary Haven Merkle, MDHouston, TX 770901164406732

Common questions

What is Anand Balasubramanian, M.D.'s NPI number?

Anand Balasubramanian, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811939606, issued on Jun 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Anand Balasubramanian, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 837 Cypress Creek Pkwy Ste 100, Houston, TX, 77090. Phone: (281) 893-8100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Anand Balasubramanian, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number L8271, 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 Anand Balasubramanian, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Anand Balasubramanian, M.D. had 5,097 Medicare Part D claims for 375 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

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.