Elegy Leon Etter, MD
Surgery Physician · Houston, TX
Elegy Leon Etter, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1457302390, issued on May 15, 2006. Check the license (Texas G3336, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Elegy Leon Etter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- G3336 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1315 St Joseph Pkwy, Houston, TX 77002
- Phone
- (713) 772-1200
- Enumerated
- May 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 14, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 759-0786
- Medicaid ID
- 122872807 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060228000736); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Elegy Leon Etter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license G3336Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
111 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 62 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen49 claims
- Minocycline Hcl11 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: $1,143.87
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Southwest Surgical Associates LLPHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Elegy Leon Etter among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas
Elegy Leon Etter, MD is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 208600000X 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 Elegy Leon Etter, MD's NPI number?
Elegy Leon Etter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457302390, issued on May 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Elegy Leon Etter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1315 St Joseph Pkwy, Houston, TX, 77002. Phone: (713) 772-1200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Elegy Leon Etter, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G3336, 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 Elegy Leon Etter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Elegy Leon Etter, MD had 111 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.