NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D.

Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician · Houston, TX

Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D. is a sports medicine (family medicine) physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1952780140, issued on May 21, 2015. Check the license (Texas R3587, 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
1952780140
Name
Joel Esteban Rodriguez
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician 207QS0010X
License number
R3587 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9180 Katy Fwy Ste 200, Houston, TX 77055
Phone
(813) 984-1400
Enumerated
May 21, 2015
Record last updated
Jul 18, 2022
Fax
(713) 984-0544
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190711002668); may accept Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina, 2014
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 9180 Katy Fwy Ste 200

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Verify Joel Esteban Rodriguez 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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93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average sports medicine (family medicine) physician in 2024

64 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries, against an average of 855 among the 2,237 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.

  1. Joel Rodriguez64
  2. Specialty average855

Most prescribed

  1. Meloxicam30 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

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

Industry payments in 2024: $361.72

13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 1,218 providers of this specialty with any payment received $781.49 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Joel Rodriguez$361.72
  2. Specialty average$781.49

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. Orthopaedic Institute For Spinal Disorders P AHouston, TX

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

Joel Esteban Rodriguez among 198 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records in Texas

Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D. is one of 198 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 60% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 60% of these records are older, 36% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • Graduated2014 · median 2013 among the 149 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 38% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207QS0010X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician providers in Texas

There are 198 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records in Texas.

All 198 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician nationwide →

The 8 sports medicine (family medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Matthew Higgs, M.D.Houston, TX 770581588828800
  2. David Wallace, D.O.Houston, TX 770581437349479
  3. Trieu-Mi Dao, MDHouston, TX 770651275113375
  4. Anupsinh ChauhanHouston, TX 770701982341962
  5. Jeremy Fleeks, MDHouston, TX 770701518452911
  6. Magen Luhn, MDHouston, TX 770701790312833
  7. Steven Munassi, DOHouston, TX 770701639874076
  8. Ijeoma Nwaeze, MDHouston, TX 770701477547826

Common questions

What is Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D.'s NPI number?

Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1952780140, issued on May 21, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9180 Katy Fwy Ste 200, Houston, TX, 77055. Phone: (813) 984-1400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number R3587, 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 Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D. had 64 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries; the average among sports medicine (family medicine) physician prescribers was 855. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Joel Esteban Rodriguez, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.