Carla Elder Salinas, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Houston, TX
Carla Elder Salinas, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1578930806, issued on Aug 21, 2015. Check the license (Texas 754461, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carla Elder Salinas
- Credential
- CRNA
- Primary taxonomy
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
- License number
- 754461 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7010 Champions Plaza Dr, Houston, TX 77069
- Phone
- (281) 880-9180
- Enumerated
- Aug 21, 2015
- Record last updated
- Nov 2, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150917002195); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carla Elder Salinas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 754461Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 65.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $14.57
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 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 2 group practices
- Northwest Anesthesiology And Pain Services, P.A.Houston, TX
- Usm Anesthesia Associates LLCConroe, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carla Elder Salinas among 6,097 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Texas
Carla Elder Salinas, CRNA is one of 6,097 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in Texas. 81% 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 58% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 58% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2014 among the 4,734 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,127 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Houston
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Common questions
What is Carla Elder Salinas, CRNA's NPI number?
Carla Elder Salinas, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578930806, issued on Aug 21, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carla Elder Salinas, CRNA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7010 Champions Plaza Dr, Houston, TX, 77069. Phone: (281) 880-9180. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carla Elder Salinas, CRNA's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 754461, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Carla Elder Salinas, CRNA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 65.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.