David Ping Chen, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
David Ping Chen, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1922275627, issued on May 12, 2008. Check the license (Texas N5618, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David Ping Chen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- N5618 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 211 Highland Cross Dr, Houston, TX 77073
- Phone
- (281) 784-1500
- Enumerated
- May 12, 2008
- Record last updated
- Mar 5, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 209-8930
- Medicaid ID
- 216515101 TX
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify David Ping Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N5618Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
81 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11 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: $21.92
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lundbeck LLC. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
David Ping Chen among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
David Ping Chen, MD is one of 4,885 emergency medicine 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 2008, is newer than 41% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 41% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 57% of these records are
- Record last updated2015 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is David Ping Chen, MD's NPI number?
David Ping Chen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922275627, issued on May 12, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David Ping Chen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 211 Highland Cross Dr, Houston, TX, 77073. Phone: (281) 784-1500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David Ping Chen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N5618, 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 David Ping Chen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David Ping Chen, MD had 81 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.