Cara Marie Govednik, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Pflugerville, TX
Cara Marie Govednik, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Pflugerville, Texas, and NPI 1356507396, issued on Jul 30, 2008. Check the license (Texas P5633, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Marie Govednik
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- P5633 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2600 E Pflugerville Pkwy Ste 200, Pflugerville, TX 78660
- Phone
- (512) 654-6500
- Enumerated
- Jul 30, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (512) 654-6501
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130917000576); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2600 E Pflugerville Pkwy Ste 200
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Cara Marie Govednik in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P5633Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
53 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen27 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium12 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: $302.96
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Solventum Corporation. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Healthtexas Provider NetworkGrapevine, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cara Marie Govednik among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas
Cara Marie Govednik, M.D. is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 54% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas.
All 2,192 in Texas → Every provider in Pflugerville → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jinnie Bruce, MDPflugerville, TX 786601972502219
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- Paula Williams, MDPflugerville, TX 786601245151026
- John Eckford, MDRound Rock, TX 786641902979008
- Bao Nguyen, MDRound Rock, TX 786641134569023
- Kristin Beard, MDRound Rock, TX 786651104142363
- Travis Isbell, MDRound Rock, TX 786651730344599
- Caitlin Marsh, D.O.Round Rock, TX 786651851871842
Common questions
What is Cara Marie Govednik, M.D.'s NPI number?
Cara Marie Govednik, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356507396, issued on Jul 30, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Marie Govednik, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2600 E Pflugerville Pkwy Ste 200, Pflugerville, TX, 78660. Phone: (512) 654-6500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Marie Govednik, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P5633, 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 Marie Govednik, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Marie Govednik, M.D. had 53 Medicare Part D claims for 43 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.