NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician NPI 1215293808 M.D.
Verify on CMS → Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician in Houston, Texas.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 4,094 in Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
438
Medicare Part D claims · 160 beneficiaries · Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician avg: 2K
Generic prescribing
97%
generic claims · 3% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$128.73
6 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. filed 438 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician in Houston, Texas, prescribing 97% generic.
- 438
- Part D claims, 2024
- 97%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥61st
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1215293808), first enumerated 04/08/2012.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 438 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$128.73 in reported industry payments (6 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Texas statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: TMB annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1215293808 · Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-NARROW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1215293808
- ENUM-MID 2012
- TAX-NARROW 4,094
- RX-LIGHT 438
- BOOK-THIN 369 in Texas
- PHOTO-ENUM Clinton Olsen · 2012
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
438 ≥ 61st percentile 61% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
Medicare Part D claims
438 75% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Texas
How Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1215293808 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 04/08/2012 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians
Houston, TX
Tmh Physician Associates PLLC
Houston, TX
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$129
Largest payer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.. To verify Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases
TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Generic-heavy
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. - brand share 3.0%
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician average
3% brand-name claims vs 97% generic, on 438 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
438
Total Claims
$10K
Total Drug Cost
160
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 627.8
- Total Day Supply
- 17,483
- Brand vs Generic
- 3% brand / 97% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $988
- Generic Drug Cost
- $9K
- Opioid Claims
- 156 (35.6% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.1 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.93
- Gender Split
- 70% female / 30% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 17, 65-74: 72, 75-84: 53, 85+: 18
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Gabapentin
Gabapentin
109 claims
- Pregabalin
Pregabalin
65 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetam…
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
60 claims
- Lidocaine 42
Lidocaine
42 claims
- Tramadol Hcl 38
Tramadol Hcl
38 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl 18
Tizanidine Hcl
18 claims
- Acetaminophen-Code… 13
Acetaminophen-Codeine
13 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl 13
Oxycodone Hcl
13 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 109 |
| Pregabalin | 65 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 60 |
| Lidocaine | 42 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 38 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine Acetaminophen With Codeine | 13 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician Overview
How Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. fits within the Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician landscape nationally.
4,094
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician Providers in US
53
States with Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
1,731
Avg Claims per Provider
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s 438 claims are below the specialty average of 1,731.
Nationwide Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Fitzgerald, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2012)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician Providers in Texas
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Fitzgerald.
One of 369 Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers enrolled in Texas, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Basem Abdelfattah
M.D.
Dallas, TX
Dr. Mena Abdelmalak
MD
College Station, TX
Dr. Salahadin Abdi
MD
Houston, TX
Dr. Amre Aboul-Fettouh
DO
Garland, TX
Dr. Clayton Adams
M.D.
Austin, TX
Compare Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. specializes in Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician and practices in Houston, Texas. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. wrote 438 Medicare Part D claims totaling $10K in drug costs for 160 beneficiaries.
Where is Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. located? ▼
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. is located at 13300 HARGRAVE RD STE 505, Houston, TX, 77070. Phone: (281) 737-1167.
What is Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215293808, issued on 04/08/2012.
Does Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s prescribing is 3% brand-name and 97% generic drugs by claim count, with $988 in brand drug costs.
Does Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. had 156 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 35.6%.
How many Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 4,094 Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician provider writes 1,731 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Gabapentin, Pregabalin, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 438 Part D claims and 160 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Cole Fitzgerald, M.D.'s NPI is 1215293808 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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