Erwin Charles Winkel, MD
Urology Physician · Houston, TX
Erwin Charles Winkel, MD is a urology physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1093874331, issued on Dec 6, 2006. Check the license (Texas H8520, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Erwin Charles Winkel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License number
- H8520 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1140A Cypress Station Dr Ste 200, Houston, TX 77090
- Phone
- (281) 444-7077
- Enumerated
- Dec 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 22, 2026
- Fax
- (281) 444-5799
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080828000074); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Erwin Charles Winkel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license H8520Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average urology physician in 2024
4,260 Medicare Part D claims for 1,030 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 77 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl1,393 claims
- Finasteride783 claims
- Oxybutynin Chloride Er339 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er136 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl135 claims
- Methenamine Hippurate131 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 74.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $935.11
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 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 2 group practices
- Millennium Physicians Association PLLCKingwood, TX
- Spring Creek Urology Specialists LLCHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Erwin Charles Winkel among 960 urology physician records in Texas
Erwin Charles Winkel, MD is one of 960 urology 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 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Urology Physician providers in Texas
There are 960 urology physician records in Texas.
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The 8 urology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Howard Lippman, M.D.Houston, TX 770901194724286
- Arnold Skor, MDHouston, TX 770901215016514
- Stuart Zykorie, M.D.Houston, TX 770901588663678
- Bilal Farhan, MDHouston, TX 770891609329101
- Pulin Pandya, M.D.Houston, TX 770911558330498
- Monty Aghazadeh, MDHouston, TX 770941134439086
- Michael Brooks, M.D.Houston, TX 770941861760969
Common questions
What is Erwin Charles Winkel, MD's NPI number?
Erwin Charles Winkel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093874331, issued on Dec 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Erwin Charles Winkel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1140A Cypress Station Dr Ste 200, Houston, TX, 77090. Phone: (281) 444-7077. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Erwin Charles Winkel, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number H8520, 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 Erwin Charles Winkel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Erwin Charles Winkel, MD had 4,260 Medicare Part D claims for 1,030 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Erwin Charles Winkel, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.