NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Carlos Viesca, MD

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · El Paso, TX

Carlos Viesca, MD is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in El Paso, Texas, and NPI 1609856194, issued on Jan 19, 2006. Check the license (Texas L5602, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1609856194
Name
Carlos Viesca
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
License number
L5602 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1000 N Mesa St, El Paso, TX 79902
Phone
(915) 857-4130
Enumerated
Jan 19, 2006
Record last updated
Jun 23, 2026
Fax
(915) 857-4135
Medicaid ID
153972804 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20041105000759); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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Also registered at 1000 N Mesa St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Vanessa Maldonado, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1861797573
  2. Jennifer Perez, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1639516222
  3. Ivan SandovalFamily Nurse Practitioner1013853977

Verify Carlos Viesca in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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4.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024

9,718 Medicare Part D claims for 1,032 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 5,091 claims were for opioids.

  1. Carlos Viesca9,718
  2. Specialty average2,306

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen2,542 claims
  2. Tramadol Hcl890 claims
  3. Gabapentin839 claims
  4. Pregabalin633 claims
  5. Diazepam603 claims
  6. Tizanidine Hcl526 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: $6,027.81

134 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Carlos Viesca$6,027.81
  2. Specialty average$3,889.53

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

  1. EL Paso Physical Therapy Specialists LLCEl Paso, TX
  2. EL Paso Therapy Services, Inc.El Paso, TX

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

Carlos Viesca among 301 interventional pain medicine physician records in Texas

Carlos Viesca, MD is one of 301 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 91% 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, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • Graduated1993 · median 2004 among the 250 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0014X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Texas

There are 301 interventional pain medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Efrain Rivera, M.D.El Paso, TX 799021780780858
  2. Quazi Haque, M.D.El Paso, TX 799051063413193
  3. Anthony Valdez, M.D.El Paso, TX 799071750324604
  4. Jose Villarreal, M.D.El Paso, TX 799121548231848
  5. Adrian Escontrias, M.D.El Paso, TX 799251316044050
  6. Ezekiel Sanchez, RN, MSN, PMHNP-BCEl Paso, TX 799301306817424
  7. Sai Gundlapalli, M.D.Odessa, TX 797611447271366
  8. Johnny White, MDOdessa, TX 797611336252477

Common questions

What is Carlos Viesca, MD's NPI number?

Carlos Viesca, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609856194, issued on Jan 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Carlos Viesca, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 N Mesa St, El Paso, TX, 79902. Phone: (915) 857-4130. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Carlos Viesca, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number L5602, 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 Viesca, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Carlos Viesca, MD had 9,718 Medicare Part D claims for 1,032 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. 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.