NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D.

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D. is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1174910392, issued on Apr 26, 2015. Check the license (Texas S5875, 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
1174910392
Name
Bilal Ahmad Dar
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
License number
S5875 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(713) 873-8890
Enumerated
Apr 26, 2015
Record last updated
Feb 11, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200623002589); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2015
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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Also registered at 1504 Taub Loop

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

  1. Kelechi AbarikwuEmergency Medicine Physician1316527609
  2. Robert Abbitt, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1588165765
  3. Waleed Abdellatif, MBBCH, MSC, MSHPEDiagnostic Radiology Physician1629737770
  4. Roba Abousaway, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1396689360
  5. Shiny AbrahamNurse Practitioner1669857124
  6. Christina Ackerman-Banks, MDMaternal & Fetal Medicine Physician1568840494

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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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2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024

5,040 Medicare Part D claims for 959 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 3,314 claims were for opioids.

  1. Bilal Dar5,040
  2. Specialty average2,306

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen2,328 claims
  2. Gabapentin424 claims
  3. Tizanidine Hcl341 claims
  4. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen339 claims
  5. Naloxone Hcl191 claims
  6. Tramadol Hcl172 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: $1,308.45

53 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Bilal Dar$1,308.45
  2. Specialty average$3,889.53

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. Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
  2. Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX

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

Bilal Ahmad Dar among 301 interventional pain medicine physician records in Texas

Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D. is one of 301 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 83% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 83% of these records are older, 15% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 250 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0014X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Texas

There are 301 interventional pain medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. William Lane, M.D.Houston, TX 770301366805558
  2. Michael McCann, MDHouston, TX 770301013982453
  3. Kent Nouri, M.D.Houston, TX 770301083840581
  4. Mehran Rahbar, M.D.Houston, TX 770301649362328
  5. Samir Fahed, M.D.Houston, TX 770311063698645
  6. Nelson Bond, MDHouston, TX 770321548208192
  7. George Atallah, D.O.Houston, TX 770241093940694
  8. Jeffrey Charnov, M.D.Houston, TX 770241629060405

Common questions

What is Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D.'s NPI number?

Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174910392, issued on Apr 26, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 873-8890. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number S5875, 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 Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Bilal Ahmad Dar, M.D. had 5,040 Medicare Part D claims for 959 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. 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.