Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D.
Nephrology Physician · Austin, TX
Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D. is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1457301764, issued on May 10, 2006. Check the license (Texas L7518, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Andrew Christian Pelphrey
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- L7518 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 405 W 45TH St, Austin, TX 78751
- Phone
- (512) 451-5800
- Enumerated
- May 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 5, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061004000131); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Andrew Christian Pelphrey in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L7518Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
1,270 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Jardiance117 claims
- Losartan Potassium92 claims
- Calcitriol78 claims
- Lisinopril77 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate63 claims
- Furosemide63 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $371.05
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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
- Austin Kidney Associates PAAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Andrew Christian Pelphrey among 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas
Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D. is one of 1,159 nephrology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2001 among the 954 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas.
All 1,159 in Texas → Every provider in Austin → Nephrology Physician nationwide →
The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Judith Betts, MDAustin, TX 787511992735120
- Raeeda Gheewala, MDAustin, TX 787511851507115
- Shahzad Hashim, MDAustin, TX 787511205053147
- Timothy Hines, MDAustin, TX 787511063446359
- Youness Hussein, MDAustin, TX 787511588004121
- Yasser Nasser, M.D.Austin, TX 787511760413629
- William Rodriguez, MDAustin, TX 787511821028093
- Malavika Vinta, M.D.Austin, TX 787511518903525
Common questions
What is Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D.'s NPI number?
Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457301764, issued on May 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 405 W 45TH St, Austin, TX, 78751. Phone: (512) 451-5800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L7518, 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 Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D. had 1,270 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Andrew Christian Pelphrey, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.