NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D.

Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1386179968, issued on Apr 20, 2017. Check the license (Texas S3802, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1386179968
Name
Cheng-Yen Charles Chen
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
S3802 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX 77004
Phone
(713) 527-5000
Enumerated
Apr 20, 2017
Record last updated
Aug 20, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200505001198); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2017
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 1313 Hermann Dr

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

  1. Sara Andeka, NPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1508714684
  2. Scott Bartels, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1124138961
  3. Khurshid Beg, MDInternal Medicine Physician1568577823
  4. Danielle Brown, MDFamily Medicine Physician1306194329
  5. Susie Chiang, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1871607317
  6. Erica Daniels, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1427385624

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

134 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Cheng-Yen Chen134
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Meloxicam23 claims
  2. Ibuprofen11 claims
  3. Methocarbamol11 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: $24.64

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Cheng-Yen Chen$24.64
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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. Travis County Emergency Physicians PAHouston, TX

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

Cheng-Yen Charles Chen among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D. is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 74% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 74% of these records are older, 23% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated2017 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Victoria Alexander, MDHouston, TX 770041295849727
  2. Susie Chiang, DOHouston, TX 770041871607317
  3. Erica Daniels, M.D.Houston, TX 770041427385624
  4. Angel Matos, M.D.Houston, TX 770041740628742
  5. Ernest Nwachukwu, M.D.Houston, TX 770041831503168
  6. Kevin Schulz, MDHouston, TX 770041235431321
  7. Adriana Taylor, M.D.Houston, TX 770041154648111
  8. Beau Briese, MDHouston, TX 770051811221211

Common questions

What is Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D.'s NPI number?

Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386179968, issued on Apr 20, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX, 77004. Phone: (713) 527-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number S3802, 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 Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Cheng-Yen Charles Chen, M.D. had 134 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.