Jose Fernando Escobar, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Edinburg, TX
Jose Fernando Escobar, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Edinburg, Texas, and NPI 1144424920, issued on Jun 13, 2007. Check the license (Texas M5150, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Fernando Escobar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- M5150 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5513 Doctors Dr, Edinburg, TX 78539
- Phone
- (956) 362-8570
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 13, 2024
- Fax
- (956) 362-8572
- Medicaid IDs
- 194031404 TX
194031403 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080724000733); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5513 Doctors Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Mohammad AzzamGerontology Nurse Practitioner1427576735
- Veronica Deleon, RD,LDRegistered Dietitian1205954013
- Zeus DeleonCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1023895281
- Robert Fraser, DCOccupational Health Chiropractor1235269432
- Juan Joya Gomez, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1538877345
- Daniel Martinez, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1932135779
Verify Jose Fernando Escobar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M5150Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
1% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician in 2024
100 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 101 among the 2,587 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel39 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75.3 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,588.43
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Texas Health Physicians GroupDenton, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose Fernando Escobar among 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas
Jose Fernando Escobar, MD is one of 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% 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 55% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 55% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 1996 among the 309 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 208G00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Texas
There are 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas.
All 484 in Texas → Every provider in Edinburg → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Daniel Martinez, MDEdinburg, TX 785391932135779
- Victor Reis, M.D.Edinburg, TX 785391841586484
- Filiberto Rodriguez Salinas, M.D.McAllen, TX 785041750352456
- Amit Taggarse, MBBSMcAllen, TX 785041629491246
- Francisco Bracamontes, MDMcAllen, TX 785031912004425
- Lester Dyke, M.D.McAllen, TX 785031528030426
- Jaime Villarreal, MDMcAllen, TX 785011396766838
- Okezika Okereke, M.D. P.A.San Benito, TX 785861740264571
Common questions
What is Jose Fernando Escobar, MD's NPI number?
Jose Fernando Escobar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144424920, issued on Jun 13, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Fernando Escobar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5513 Doctors Dr, Edinburg, TX, 78539. Phone: (956) 362-8570. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Fernando Escobar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M5150, 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 Fernando Escobar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Fernando Escobar, MD had 100 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries; the average among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician prescribers was 101. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jose Fernando Escobar, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.3 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.