Frank Joseph Ponce, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Pasadena, TX
Frank Joseph Ponce, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Pasadena, Texas, and NPI 1497956734, issued on May 31, 2007. Check the license (Texas N3996, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Frank Joseph Ponce
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- N3996 TX
0101244085 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7219 Fairmont Pkwy Ste 180, Pasadena, TX 77505
- Phone
- (281) 487-3443
- Enumerated
- May 31, 2007
- Record last updated
- Apr 20, 2026
- Fax
- (281) 487-3461
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090921000447); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Frank Joseph Ponce in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N3996Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
8,683 Medicare Part D claims for 684 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 198 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium538 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium383 claims
- Lisinopril247 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate242 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate241 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate240 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: $894.94
44 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.
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
- Clear Lake Primary Care PLLCWebster, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Frank Joseph Ponce among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Frank Joseph Ponce, MD 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 2007, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
52 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Pasadena
They are 52 of the 1,245 NPPES records with a practice address in Pasadena, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Frank Joseph Ponce, MD's NPI number?
Frank Joseph Ponce, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497956734, issued on May 31, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Frank Joseph Ponce, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7219 Fairmont Pkwy Ste 180, Pasadena, TX, 77505. Phone: (281) 487-3443. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Frank Joseph Ponce, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N3996, 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 Frank Joseph Ponce, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Frank Joseph Ponce, MD had 8,683 Medicare Part D claims for 684 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.