Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Pasadena, TX
Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Pasadena, Texas, and NPI 1194765743, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (Texas J8389, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Durga Prasad Sunkara
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- J8389 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6243 Fairmont Pkwy Ste 203&204, Pasadena, TX 77505
- Phone
- (281) 487-3111
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2024
- Fax
- (832) 243-4362
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Durga Prasad Sunkara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J8389Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
290 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril23 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium18 claims
- Metformin Hcl17 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium16 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate12 claims
- Carvedilol12 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: $122.61
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Durga Prasad Sunkara among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD is one of 9,175 internal 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 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 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 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
32 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Pasadena
They are 32 of the 1,245 NPPES records with a practice address in Pasadena, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD's NPI number?
Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194765743, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6243 Fairmont Pkwy Ste 203&204, Pasadena, TX, 77505. Phone: (281) 487-3111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J8389, 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 Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Durga Prasad Sunkara, MD had 290 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.