Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX
Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1346869260, issued on Apr 10, 2020. Check the license (Texas U1680, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brent Michael Gudenkauf
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- U1680 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6770 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (832) 355-3792
- Enumerated
- Apr 10, 2020
- Record last updated
- Nov 14, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251125003796); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brent Michael Gudenkauf in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U1680Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
87 Medicare Part D claims for 42 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 31% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium15 claims
- Clopidogrel14 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: $1,957.52
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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.
Brent Michael Gudenkauf among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 80% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 80% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD's NPI number?
Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346869260, issued on Apr 10, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6770 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (832) 355-3792. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U1680, 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 Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brent Michael Gudenkauf, MD had 87 Medicare Part D claims for 42 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.