NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez, MD

Surgery Physician · Houston, TX

Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1477895282, issued on Mar 19, 2013. Check the license (Texas U5081, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1477895282
Name
Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License numbers
U5081 TX
B200-432-87-867-0 FL
ME137796 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
11920 Astoria Blvd Ste 460, Houston, TX 77089
Phone
(713) 486-7650
Enumerated
Mar 19, 2013
Record last updated
Oct 3, 2023
Fax
(865) 328-0686
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20231030002213); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 2013
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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Also registered at 11920 Astoria Blvd Ste 460

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

  1. Tamara Crawford-Fields, APRNAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1720568702
  2. Michael Trahan, M.D.Surgery Physician1083726376

Verify Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez 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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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 82.4 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score79.2
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%58.5
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $381.41

8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ethicon US, LLC. 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.

  1. Jessica Buicko Lopez$381.41
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

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

  1. UT PhysiciansPearland, TX

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

Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas

Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez, 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 2013, is newer than 71% of them.

  • NPI issued2013 · 71% of these records are older, 27% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated2013 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 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).

Surgery Physician providers in Texas

There are 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Farzaneh Banki, MDHouston, TX 770891710081914
  2. Glen Garner, MDHouston, TX 770891558364588
  3. Aquileo Hernandez, M.D.Houston, TX 770891215932991
  4. Kenneth Hollis, MDHouston, TX 770891689649899
  5. Hoang Le, M.D.Houston, TX 770891497993141
  6. Michael Trahan, M.D.Houston, TX 770891083726376
  7. Khawaja Azimuddin, M.D.Houston, TX 770901811946478
  8. Victoria ChangHouston, TX 770901760827752

Common questions

What is Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez, MD's NPI number?

Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477895282, issued on Mar 19, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11920 Astoria Blvd Ste 460, Houston, TX, 77089. Phone: (713) 486-7650. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number U5081, 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.

What is Jessica Lynn Buicko Lopez, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.4 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.