NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · El Paso, TX

Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in El Paso, Texas, and NPI 1720285661, issued on Jul 2, 2007. Check the license (Texas N2442, 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
1720285661
Name
Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
N2442 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
11620 Pellicano Dr., El Paso, TX 79936
Phone
(915) 996-9363
Enumerated
Jul 2, 2007
Record last updated
Jul 26, 2024
Fax
(915) 613-5496
Medicaid ID
211331803 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100518000690); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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Verify Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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12.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

39,763 Medicare Part D claims for 1,609 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 842 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ikedieze Chukwu39,763
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium1,878 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium1,430 claims
  3. Losartan Potassium1,149 claims
  4. Gabapentin983 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl864 claims
  6. Lisinopril832 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: $773.21

42 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.

  1. Ikedieze Chukwu$773.21
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D. 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 2007, is newer than 41% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 41% of these records are older, 50% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • 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).

262 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in El Paso

They are 262 of the 11,091 NPPES records with a practice address in El Paso, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Dwayne Aboud, MDEl Paso, TX 799361437158938
  2. Farooque Ahmed, MDEl Paso, TX 799361164424982
  3. Sonia Alvarez, MDEl Paso, TX 799361538114285
  4. Debra Bogossian, MDEl Paso, TX 799361437175064
  5. Olmer Brooker, M.D.El Paso, TX 799361952304297
  6. Nathaniel Griffith, DOEl Paso, TX 799361811918766
  7. Anabel Lopez-Coronado, MDEl Paso, TX 799361568549657
  8. Michelle Mendoza, M.D.El Paso, TX 799361962468298

Common questions

What is Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720285661, issued on Jul 2, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11620 Pellicano Dr., El Paso, TX, 79936. Phone: (915) 996-9363. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number N2442, 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 Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ikedieze Igwe Chukwu, M.D. had 39,763 Medicare Part D claims for 1,609 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.