NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Physician Assistant · Edinburg, TX

Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is a physician assistant with a practice address in Edinburg, Texas, and NPI 1144845249, issued on Jun 15, 2020. Check the license with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1144845249
Name
Carlos Humberto Salas
Credential
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
Practice location
315 E Palm Dr Suite B, Edinburg, TX 78539
Phone
(956) 362-6890
Enumerated
Jun 15, 2020
Record last updated
Oct 3, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20211012003505); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this professionCheck the board
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72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

233 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.

  1. Carlos Salas233
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Gabapentin18 claims
  2. Hydroxyurea18 claims
  3. Potassium Chloride17 claims
  4. Anastrozole16 claims
  5. Revlimid14 claims
  6. Prednisone12 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.

The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.4 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score75.9
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,391.86

30 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Daiichi Sankyo Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Carlos Salas$1,391.86
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

  1. Texas Oncology PAMcAllen, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Carlos Humberto Salas among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas

Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 65% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 65% of these records are older, 31% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

140 physician assistant records list a practice address in Edinburg

They are 140 of the 2,724 NPPES records with a practice address in Edinburg, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mohammed Ahmed, PA-CEdinburg, TX 785391235153396
  2. Hilda Baesa, PA-CEdinburg, TX 785391003936386
  3. Vicente Bautista, PAEdinburg, TX 785391124038336
  4. David Cantu, PA-CEdinburg, TX 785391205999448
  5. Dina Dennis, PAEdinburg, TX 785391710930656
  6. Scott Foxworth, PA-CEdinburg, TX 785391255350708
  7. Cynthia Garcia, PAEdinburg, TX 785391366639379
  8. Kimberly Gonzalez, PA-CEdinburg, TX 785391871774117

Common questions

What is Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's NPI number?

Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144845249, issued on Jun 15, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 315 E Palm Dr Suite B, Edinburg, TX, 78539. Phone: (956) 362-6890. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's license?

Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT had 233 Medicare Part D claims for 128 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Carlos Humberto Salas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.4 of 100. 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.