Christopher Tanabe, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Christopher Tanabe, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1316569320, issued on May 12, 2020. Check the license (Texas U5535, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Tanabe
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- U5535 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6565 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 790-3311
- Enumerated
- May 12, 2020
- Record last updated
- Dec 28, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Tanabe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U5535Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
59 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 27% of 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: $62.06
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Christopher Tanabe among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Christopher Tanabe, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 85% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 85% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 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 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
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Common questions
What is Christopher Tanabe, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Tanabe, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316569320, issued on May 12, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Tanabe, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6565 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 790-3311. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Tanabe, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U5535, 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 Christopher Tanabe, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Tanabe, MD had 59 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.