Carlos Benjamin Vargas, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Carlos Benjamin Vargas, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1295855377, issued on Mar 30, 2007. Check the license (Texas N9791, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlos Benjamin Vargas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- N9791 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8703 Meadowcroft Dr, Houston, TX 77063
- Phone
- (713) 840-7956
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2007
- Record last updated
- Dec 18, 2024
- Fax
- (281) 972-8349
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carlos Benjamin Vargas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N9791Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
291 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Duloxetine Hcl30 claims
- Clonazepam28 claims
- Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine21 claims
- Sertraline Hcl19 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl16 claims
- Gabapentin14 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: $468.46
22 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Carlos Benjamin Vargas among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Carlos Benjamin Vargas, M.D. is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 35% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 35% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 45% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Carlos Benjamin Vargas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Carlos Benjamin Vargas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295855377, issued on Mar 30, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlos Benjamin Vargas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8703 Meadowcroft Dr, Houston, TX, 77063. Phone: (713) 840-7956. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlos Benjamin Vargas, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N9791, 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 Benjamin Vargas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carlos Benjamin Vargas, M.D. had 291 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.