NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gabriel Lucas Apfel

Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Gabriel Lucas Apfel is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1801424353, issued on Mar 31, 2020. Check the license (Texas BP10072129, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1801424353
Name
Gabriel Lucas Apfel
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
BP10072129 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1 Baylor Plz, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(713) 798-5928
Enumerated
Mar 31, 2020
Record last updated
Mar 29, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230316002049); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2020
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1 Baylor Plz

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

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  2. Fouad Abdole, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1073196317
  3. Danny Abdullah, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1336843226
  4. Lama AbdurrahmanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1881530681
  5. Dany Abou Issa, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982547725
  6. Amin Aboutaj, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1790629426

Verify Gabriel Lucas Apfel in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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58% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

357 Medicare Part D claims for 230 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 54 claims were for opioids.

  1. Gabriel Apfel357
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Ondansetron Odt53 claims
  2. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen32 claims
  3. Cefdinir24 claims
  4. Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro20 claims
  5. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass19 claims
  6. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl19 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Travis County Emergency Physicians PAHouston, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Gabriel Lucas Apfel among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

Gabriel Lucas Apfel is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 84% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 84% of these records are older, 12% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Bentley Bobrow, M.D.Houston, TX 770301528040276
  2. Jack Butler, M.D.Houston, TX 770301962491035
  3. Pamela Carmain, M.D.Houston, TX 770301285636266
  4. Crystal Cassidy, M.D.Houston, TX 770301316948599
  5. Robert Dickson, MDHouston, TX 770301609866391
  6. Swapan Dubey, M.D.Houston, TX 770301497756175
  7. Bhushan Kukkalli, M.D.Houston, TX 770301871579276
  8. Kelly Larkin, M.D.Houston, TX 770301144205683

Common questions

What is Gabriel Lucas Apfel's NPI number?

Gabriel Lucas Apfel's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801424353, issued on Mar 31, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Gabriel Lucas Apfel located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Baylor Plz, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 798-5928. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Gabriel Lucas Apfel's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number BP10072129, 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 Gabriel Lucas Apfel prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Gabriel Lucas Apfel had 357 Medicare Part D claims for 230 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.