NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Arturo A. Garza, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Laredo, TX

Arturo A. Garza, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1528090578, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license (Texas J7494, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1528090578
Name
Arturo A. Garza
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
J7494 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1700 E Saunders St, Laredo, TX 78041
Phone
(956) 728-0107
Enumerated
Jul 7, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1700 E Saunders St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Hector Acosta Tapia, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1386669661
  2. Christian Agudelo, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1639872278
  3. Elizabeth AguileraEmergency Registered Nurse1558187377
  4. Ngozi Ajoku, MD/DOInternal Medicine Physician1306422944
  5. Amanda AmadorMedical-Surgical Registered Nurse1427841170
  6. Yuliana AnMedical-Surgical Registered Nurse1609769538

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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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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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39% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

137 Medicare Part D claims for 98 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 24 claims were for opioids.

  1. Arturo Garza137
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Levofloxacin29 claims
  2. Acetaminophen-Codeine22 claims
  3. Methylprednisolone15 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: $16.06

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Arturo Garza$16.06
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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

Arturo A. Garza among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

Arturo A. Garza, MD is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% 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 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 67% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 57% of these records are
  • Record last updated2007 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Texas

There are 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Hector Acosta Tapia, MDLaredo, TX 780411386669661
  2. Eutimio Calixto-Lopez, MDLaredo, TX 780411184644882
  3. Omar Diaz, MDLaredo, TX 780411548765845
  4. Guadalupe Duran, MDLaredo, TX 780411013303916
  5. Carlos Garza, M.D.Laredo, TX 780411366422792
  6. Hannah Morales, DOLaredo, TX 780411366070781
  7. Gregory Roth, MDLaredo, TX 780411023031150
  8. Jeffry Shellenberger, M.D.Laredo, TX 780411356547640

Common questions

What is Arturo A. Garza, MD's NPI number?

Arturo A. Garza, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528090578, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Arturo A. Garza, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1700 E Saunders St, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 728-0107. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Arturo A. Garza, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number J7494, 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 Arturo A. Garza, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Arturo A. Garza, MD had 137 Medicare Part D claims for 98 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.