NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cynthia Banwell

Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX

Cynthia Banwell is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1124704911, issued on Jun 26, 2023. Check the license (Texas PA16876, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1124704911
Name
Cynthia Banwell
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
PA16876 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9601 Jones Road Suite 238, Houston, TX 77095
Phone
(281) 779-4718
Enumerated
Jun 26, 2023
Record last updated
Jun 26, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240531001014); 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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  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
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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85% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

1,854 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.

  1. Cynthia Banwell1,854
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Bupropion Xl144 claims
  2. Trazodone Hcl134 claims
  3. Quetiapine Fumarate120 claims
  4. Fluoxetine Hcl116 claims
  5. Sertraline Hcl95 claims
  6. Clonazepam94 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: $1,131.20

56 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Cynthia Banwell$1,131.20
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

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. Ajinder S. Dhatt, MD, P.A.Houston, TX

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

Cynthia Banwell among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas

Cynthia Banwell 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 2023, is newer than 95% of them.

  • NPI issued2023 · 95% of these records are older, 4% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
  • Graduated2023 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
  • 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 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.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Paul Butler, D.O.Houston, TX 770951831454644
  2. Matthew Hinthorn, M. D.Houston, TX 770951922316462
  3. Paul Homsy, M.D., M.P.H.Houston, TX 770951801899455
  4. Neha Patel, DOHouston, TX 770951457335069
  5. Yenis Pineda, PMHNP-BCHouston, TX 770951982586178
  6. Asma Virani, PA-CHouston, TX 770951407611577
  7. Tony Cao, PSYDHouston, TX 770941063077014
  8. Franklin GittessHouston, TX 770961932572245

Common questions

What is Cynthia Banwell's NPI number?

Cynthia Banwell's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124704911, issued on Jun 26, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Cynthia Banwell located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9601 Jones Road Suite 238, Houston, TX, 77095. Phone: (281) 779-4718. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Cynthia Banwell's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number PA16876, 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 Cynthia Banwell prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Cynthia Banwell had 1,854 Medicare Part D claims for 101 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.