Jose Cantu, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Texas City, TX
Jose Cantu, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Texas City, Texas, and NPI 1366627523, issued on Jan 7, 2008. Check the license (Texas M5657, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Cantu
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- M5657 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6807 Emmett F Lowry Expy, Texas City, TX 77591
- Phone
- (409) 935-2995
- Enumerated
- Jan 7, 2008
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (409) 935-3433
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120612000304); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 2005
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest pulmonary disease physician records → All 967 in Texas → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 6807 Emmett F Lowry Expy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michael Abrego, PA-CCritical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner1396040903
- Bruce Baethge, M.D.Rheumatology Physician1710071956
- Pamela Cable, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1043532344
- Kodlipet Dharmashankar, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1154405116
- James Dowling, MDFamily Medicine Physician1639373293
- Fan Li, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1659368330
Verify Jose Cantu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M5657Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
2,729 Medicare Part D claims for 417 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 52% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta557 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa432 claims
- Prednisone287 claims
- Breztri Aerosphere162 claims
- Furosemide103 claims
- Montelukast Sodium94 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,604.32
157 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Mainland Pulmonary Associates PLLCTexas City, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose Cantu among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Jose Cantu, M.D. is one of 967 pulmonary disease 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 2008, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 59% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas.
All 967 in Texas → Every provider in Texas City → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- David Nickeson, MDTexas City, TX 775911831151208
- Joseph Prince, M.D.Texas City, TX 775911477518314
- Imtiaz Ahmed, MD MCPS FACP FCCPWebster, TX 775981215108907
- Majd Alnas, MDWebster, TX 775981396944658
- Mohammad Baba, MDWebster, TX 775981699764811
- Maher Dahdel, MDWebster, TX 775981104001031
- Mahmood Dweik, M.D.Webster, TX 775981245228741
- Niranjan Iyer, M.D.Webster, TX 775981174583751
Common questions
What is Jose Cantu, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jose Cantu, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366627523, issued on Jan 7, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Cantu, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6807 Emmett F Lowry Expy, Texas City, TX, 77591. Phone: (409) 935-2995. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Cantu, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M5657, 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 Jose Cantu, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Cantu, M.D. had 2,729 Medicare Part D claims for 417 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jose Cantu, 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.
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.