Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD
Gastroenterology Physician · Brownsville, TX
Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Brownsville, Texas, and NPI 1386709707, issued on Dec 26, 2006. Check the license (Texas M5886, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlos Roberto Ponce
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
- License numbers
- M5886 TX
051371 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5700 N Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78526
- Phone
- (956) 542-1531
- Enumerated
- Dec 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 16, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 542-0028
- Medicaid IDs
- 191309701 TX
191309702 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070604000632); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5700 N Expressway
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Carlos Roberto Ponce in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M5886Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
20% more Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024
971 Medicare Part D claims for 356 beneficiaries, against an average of 811 among the 16,445 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium373 claims
- Peg-3350 And Electrolytes143 claims
- Metoclopramide Hcl58 claims
- Omeprazole55 claims
- Gavilyte-G52 claims
- Famotidine38 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: $166.94
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. The 13,350 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,015.95 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
- Bhs Physicians Network, IncBrownsville, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carlos Roberto Ponce among 1,478 gastroenterology physician records in Texas
Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD is one of 1,478 gastroenterology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% 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 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2003 among the 1,175 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RG0100X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Gastroenterology Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,478 gastroenterology physician records in Texas.
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The 8 gastroenterology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Roberto Ponce, MDBrownsville, TX 785211174529291
- Subrahmanyam Behara, MDEdinburg, TX 785391447278346
- Ramakrishna Behara, D.O.Edinburg, TX 785391225323397
- Carlos Cardenas, MDEdinburg, TX 785391023030574
- Prateek Harne, MDEdinburg, TX 785391114403433
- Henry Herrera, M.D.Edinburg, TX 785391386961720
- Sarahi Herrera Gonzalez, MDEdinburg, TX 785391912492539
- Asif Zamir, M.D.Edinburg, TX 785391215979596
Common questions
What is Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD's NPI number?
Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386709707, issued on Dec 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5700 N Expressway, Brownsville, TX, 78526. Phone: (956) 542-1531. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M5886, 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 Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carlos Roberto Ponce, MD had 971 Medicare Part D claims for 356 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 811. 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.