Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Houston, TX
Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1962285411, issued on Aug 17, 2023. Check the license (Texas PA17122, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Luis Cortes
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA17122 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9401 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 970-4326
- Enumerated
- Aug 17, 2023
- Record last updated
- Nov 1, 2023
- Fax
- (713) 970-6021
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231208002809); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose Luis Cortes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA17122Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
419 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl38 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate31 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate29 claims
- Sertraline Hcl24 claims
- Hydroxyzine Hcl21 claims
- Aripiprazole20 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: $183.48
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Tri-County Behavioral HealthcareConroe, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose Luis Cortes among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 82% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,801 physician assistant records list a practice address in Houston
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Common questions
What is Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C's NPI number?
Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962285411, issued on Aug 17, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9401 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 970-4326. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA17122, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Luis Cortes, PA-C had 419 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.