NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Joseph Edward Prince, M.D.

Pulmonary Disease Physician · Texas City, TX

Joseph Edward Prince, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Texas City, Texas, and NPI 1477518314, issued on Apr 20, 2006. Check the license (Texas J9601, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1477518314
Name
Joseph Edward Prince
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
License number
J9601 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6409 Memorial Dr, Texas City, TX 77591
Phone
(409) 935-2995
Enumerated
Apr 20, 2006
Record last updated
Aug 20, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(409) 935-3433
Medicaid ID
101603205 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20041130000115); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Missouri, Columbia School Of Medicine, 1994
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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  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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45% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024

2,068 Medicare Part D claims for 296 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 40% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.

  1. Joseph Prince2,068
  2. Specialty average1,425

Most prescribed

  1. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa255 claims
  2. Montelukast Sodium209 claims
  3. Trelegy Ellipta203 claims
  4. Prednisone188 claims
  5. Azithromycin114 claims
  6. Breztri Aerosphere99 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: $12,588.59

147 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. 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.

  1. Joseph Prince$12,589
  2. Specialty average$5,160

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. 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).

Joseph Edward Prince among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas

Joseph Edward Prince, 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 2006, is newer than 16% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 52% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • Graduated1994 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 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.

The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jose Cantu, M.D.Texas City, TX 775911366627523
  2. David Nickeson, MDTexas City, TX 775911831151208
  3. Imtiaz Ahmed, MD MCPS FACP FCCPWebster, TX 775981215108907
  4. Majd Alnas, MDWebster, TX 775981396944658
  5. Mohammad Baba, MDWebster, TX 775981699764811
  6. Maher Dahdel, MDWebster, TX 775981104001031
  7. Mahmood Dweik, M.D.Webster, TX 775981245228741
  8. Niranjan Iyer, M.D.Webster, TX 775981174583751

Common questions

What is Joseph Edward Prince, M.D.'s NPI number?

Joseph Edward Prince, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477518314, issued on Apr 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Joseph Edward Prince, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6409 Memorial Dr, Texas City, TX, 77591. Phone: (409) 935-2995. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Joseph Edward Prince, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number J9601, 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 Joseph Edward Prince, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Joseph Edward Prince, M.D. had 2,068 Medicare Part D claims for 296 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Joseph Edward Prince, 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.