Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1104408145, issued on Apr 27, 2021. Check the license (Texas V7656, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda
- Credential
- MD PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- V7656 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2800 S Macgregor Way, Houston, TX 77021
- Phone
- (713) 741-5000
- Enumerated
- Apr 27, 2021
- Record last updated
- Dec 4, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20260102003489); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2021
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2800 S Macgregor Way
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license V7656Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
131 Medicare Part D claims for 38 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate14 claims
- Bupropion Xl13 claims
- Buspirone Hcl11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- UT PhysiciansHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD 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 2021, is newer than 89% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 89% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas
There are 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Katherine Cowan, M.D.Houston, TX 770211114908464
- Jose Fernandez, M.D.Houston, TX 770211437130788
- Jonathan Findley, M.D.Houston, TX 770211720213135
- Nelson Gruber, M.D.Houston, TX 770211679554158
- Pushpa Gummattira, M.D.Houston, TX 770211316928815
- Nesreen Ibrahim, MDHouston, TX 770211134384860
- Svetlana Malkina, M.D.Houston, TX 770211972585057
- Ann Saunders, M.D.Houston, TX 770211891777819
Common questions
What is Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD's NPI number?
Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104408145, issued on Apr 27, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2800 S Macgregor Way, Houston, TX, 77021. Phone: (713) 741-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number V7656, 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 Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Claudia Alejandra Soto De La Cerda, MD PHD had 131 Medicare Part D claims for 38 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.