NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen, MD

Plastic Surgery Physician · Houston, TX

Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen, MD is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1275128027, issued on Mar 3, 2021. Check the license (Texas S9759, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1275128027
Name
Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
License number
S9759 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(713) 792-6161
Enumerated
Mar 3, 2021
Record last updated
Oct 31, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
427943201 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210720003982); 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 1515 Holcombe Blvd

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

  1. Ashley Aaroe, MDNeurology Physician1902295793
  2. Linda Abad, PA-CPhysician Assistant1063928240
  3. Cynthia Abarado, RN, GNPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1851471049
  4. Hussein Abbas, MD, PHDInternal Medicine Physician1609220532
  5. James Abbruzzese, M.D.Medical Oncology Physician1134233224
  6. Karim Abdeldaem, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1558056200

Verify Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen 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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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.4 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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 score81.3
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%50.0
  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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $702.69

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Acera Surgical, Inc. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Christopher Hieu Nguyen$702.69
  2. Specialty average$5,316.31

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. Physicians Referral ServiceHouston, TX

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

Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen among 374 plastic surgery physician records in Texas

Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen, MD is one of 374 plastic surgery 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 2021, is newer than 97% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 97% of these records are older, 1% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2003 among the 151 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Plastic Surgery Physician providers in Texas

There are 374 plastic surgery physician records in Texas.

The 8 plastic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. David Adelman, M.D. PH.D.Houston, TX 770301457541500
  2. Joseph Agris, M.D. DDS F.A.C.SHouston, TX 770301851384226
  3. Donald Baumann, M.D.Houston, TX 770301417971409
  4. Edward Berzin, MDHouston, TX 770301962448241
  5. Steven Blackwell, MDHouston, TX 770301427158773
  6. Elizabeth Craig, MDHouston, TX 770301841467503
  7. Jonathan Dora, M.D.Houston, TX 770301124195656
  8. Steven Hamilton, M.D.Houston, TX 770301316045545

Common questions

What is Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen, MD's NPI number?

Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275128027, issued on Mar 3, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 792-6161. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number S9759, 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.

What is Christopher Hieu Minh Nguyen, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.