Cara Ryan Downey, M.D.
Plastic Surgery Physician · Houston, TX
Cara Ryan Downey, M.D. is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1013142165, issued on May 19, 2009. Check the license (Texas 390200000X, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Ryan Downey
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
- License number
- 390200000X TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2500 West Loop S, Houston, TX 77027
- Phone
- (713) 496-2427
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2009
- Record last updated
- Oct 20, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cara Ryan Downey in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license 390200000XCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average plastic surgery physician in 2024
81 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries, against an average of 93 among the 3,527 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Hcl14 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: $870.06
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Revance Therapeutics, 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.
Cara Ryan Downey among 374 plastic surgery physician records in Texas
Cara Ryan Downey, M.D. 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 2009, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 64% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 40% of these records are
- Record last updated2014 · 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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The 8 plastic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kristy Hamilton, M.D.Houston, TX 770271629496443
- Norborne Powell, M.D.Houston, TX 770271881775393
- Abigail Rodriguez, M.D.Houston, TX 770271629489620
- Janak Parikh, MDHouston, TX 770261639221013
- Kausar Mukhi, MDHouston, TX 770251780189183
- Liliana Rueda-Castrillon, M.D.Houston, TX 770251922330869
- Joseph Agris, M.D. DDS F.A.C.SHouston, TX 770301851384226
- Christian Arroyo Alonso, MDHouston, TX 770241902191307
Common questions
What is Cara Ryan Downey, M.D.'s NPI number?
Cara Ryan Downey, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013142165, issued on May 19, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Ryan Downey, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2500 West Loop S, Houston, TX, 77027. Phone: (713) 496-2427. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Ryan Downey, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 390200000X, 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 Cara Ryan Downey, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Ryan Downey, M.D. had 81 Medicare Part D claims for 16 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.