Benson Yu Huang, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Laredo, TX
Benson Yu Huang, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1013956176, issued on Jun 5, 2006. Check the license (Texas J7006, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benson Yu Huang
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- J7006 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1710 E Saunders St, Laredo, TX 78041
- Phone
- (956) 794-8880
- Enumerated
- Jun 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 8, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 794-8882
- Medicaid IDs
- 151708802 TX
123996409 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090831000442); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1710 E Saunders St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Christina Barberena, AUDIOLOGISTAudiologist1922258870
- Dennis Cantu, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1912941873
- Marla Chaires, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1427452838
- Satbir Chhina, MDNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician1881707214
- Leonides Cigarroa, M.D.Adult Medicine Physician1407852494
- Ricardo Cigarroa, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1295774594
Verify Benson Yu Huang in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J7006Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
13,526 Medicare Part D claims for 1,350 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 34% of claims. 34 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta1,769 claims
- Famotidine1,074 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa993 claims
- Montelukast Sodium976 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium899 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate721 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,178.01
65 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Benson YU Huang, M.D, PALaredo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas.
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- Ricardo Abreu, MDWeslaco, TX1265469803
- Emran Abu Atherah, M.DWebster, TX1356570220
- Muhanned Abu-Hijleh, M.D.Texarkana, TX1730133190
- Sherif Abuserewa, MDLubbock, TX1801450630
- Bruce Ackerman, D.O.Garland, TX1932136785
- Mari Adachi, MDPlano, TX1104928340
Common questions
What is Benson Yu Huang, M.D.'s NPI number?
Benson Yu Huang, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013956176, issued on Jun 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benson Yu Huang, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1710 E Saunders St, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 794-8880. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benson Yu Huang, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J7006, 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 Benson Yu Huang, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benson Yu Huang, M.D. had 13,526 Medicare Part D claims for 1,350 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benson Yu Huang, 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.