Bruce Kendall Smith, MD
Plastic Surgery Physician · Houston, TX
Bruce Kendall Smith, MD is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1821191859, issued on Sep 6, 2006. Check the license (Texas H2788, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bruce Kendall Smith
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
- License number
- H2788 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1315 St. Joseph Pkwy, Houston, TX 77002
- Phone
- (713) 659-2700
- Enumerated
- Sep 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 650-8702
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120511000505); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bruce Kendall Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license H2788Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average plastic surgery physician in 2024
26 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries, against an average of 93 among the 3,527 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin11 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: $551.88
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tela Bio, Inc. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 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.
Bruce Kendall Smith among 374 plastic surgery physician records in Texas
Bruce Kendall Smith, MD is one of 374 plastic surgery 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2003 among the 151 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Plastic Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 374 plastic surgery physician records in Texas.
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- Mary Shinn, MDHouston, TX 770041326130279
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Common questions
What is Bruce Kendall Smith, MD's NPI number?
Bruce Kendall Smith, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821191859, issued on Sep 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bruce Kendall Smith, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1315 St. Joseph Pkwy, Houston, TX, 77002. Phone: (713) 659-2700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bruce Kendall Smith, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number H2788, 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 Bruce Kendall Smith, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bruce Kendall Smith, MD had 26 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries; the average among plastic surgery physician prescribers was 93. 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.