Donald F. Gardner, MD
Specialist · Houston, TX
Donald F. Gardner, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1174616619, issued on Oct 2, 2006. Check the license (Texas G5909, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald F. Gardner
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- G5909 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1140 Business Center Dr, Houston, TX 77043
- Phone
- (713) 984-8200
- Enumerated
- Oct 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 3, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 984-1113
- Medicaid ID
- 114356202 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050518000409); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Donald F. Gardner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license G5909Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
5,783 Medicare Part D claims for 596 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 50% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium761 claims
- Ozempic357 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er302 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium297 claims
- Synthroid284 claims
- Mounjaro234 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,891.75
82 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Memorial Endocrinology And DiabetesHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Donald F. Gardner among 1,716 specialist records in Texas
Donald F. Gardner, MD is one of 1,716 specialist records with a practice address in Texas. 31% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 31% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 18% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 1989 among the 310 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Donald F. Gardner, MD's NPI number?
Donald F. Gardner, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174616619, issued on Oct 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald F. Gardner, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1140 Business Center Dr, Houston, TX, 77043. Phone: (713) 984-8200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald F. Gardner, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G5909, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Donald F. Gardner, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald F. Gardner, MD had 5,783 Medicare Part D claims for 596 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Donald F. Gardner, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.