NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D

Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1679738355, issued on Jul 22, 2008. Check the license (Texas R6364, 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
1679738355
Name
Dinesh Chaudhary
Credential
M.D
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License numbers
R6364 TX
4301091545 MI
55039 MN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6400 Hillcroft St Ste 100, Houston, TX 77081
Phone
(713) 988-3921
Enumerated
Jul 22, 2008
Record last updated
May 5, 2022
Fax
(713) 771-8552
Medicaid ID
1679738355 MN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180821000354); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine, 2012
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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Also registered at 6400 Hillcroft St Ste 100

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Stephen Choy, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1952310849
  2. Forough Farizani, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1770583411
  3. Ifeoma Nwosu, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1518380781
  4. Jameea Ward, PA-CPhysician Assistant1427721703

Verify Dinesh Chaudhary in five checks

  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
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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35% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

4,778 Medicare Part D claims for 242 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 128 claims were for opioids.

  1. Dinesh Chaudhary4,778
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium199 claims
  2. Metformin Hcl176 claims
  3. Lisinopril165 claims
  4. Fluticasone Propionate152 claims
  5. Omeprazole134 claims
  6. Amlodipine Besylate133 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: $234.53

13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dexcom, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Dinesh Chaudhary$234.53
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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. Hillcroft Physicians PAHouston, TX

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

Dinesh Chaudhary among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas

Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D is one of 11,119 family 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 2008, is newer than 55% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 55% of these records are older, 41% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,123 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 1,123 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ramona Burdine, MDHouston, TX 770811306914007
  2. Forough Farizani, D.O.Houston, TX 770811770583411
  3. Anna Sophia Fields, MDHouston, TX 770811275115834
  4. Leslie Garb, M.D.Houston, TX 770811245239672
  5. Jaime Gutierrez, M.D.Houston, TX 770811750535563
  6. Mannie Magid, M.D.Houston, TX 770811780683110
  7. Leslie Nowitz, M.D.Houston, TX 770811326047754
  8. Austin Orette, M.D.Houston, TX 770811982683108

Common questions

What is Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D's NPI number?

Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679738355, issued on Jul 22, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6400 Hillcroft St Ste 100, Houston, TX, 77081. Phone: (713) 988-3921. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number R6364, 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 Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Dinesh Chaudhary, M.D had 4,778 Medicare Part D claims for 242 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.