NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Larry C. Sears, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Gainesville, TX

Larry C. Sears, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Gainesville, Texas, and NPI 1740395391, issued on Aug 21, 2006. Check the license (Texas E8894, 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
1740395391
Name
Larry C. Sears
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
E8894 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
836 East California, Gainesville, TX 76240
Phone
(940) 665-5566
Enumerated
Aug 21, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 12, 2024
Fax
(940) 665-8663
Medicaid IDs
091912801 TX
091912802 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20101026000840); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 1977
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 836 East California

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Virgil Sears, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1699880344

Verify Larry C. Sears 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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3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024

11,664 Medicare Part D claims for 664 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 574 claims were for opioids.

  1. Larry Sears11,664
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate351 claims
  2. Tamsulosin Hcl344 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium328 claims
  4. Metoprolol Succinate320 claims
  5. Trazodone Hcl317 claims
  6. Meloxicam277 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: $236.97

13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Larry Sears$236.97
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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. Family Practice Associates ,P.A.Gainesville, TX

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

Larry C. Sears among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas

Larry C. Sears, M.D. is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 12% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated1977 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

8 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Gainesville

They are 8 of the 213 NPPES records with a practice address in Gainesville, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mark Gibbs, MDGainesville, TX 762401619959004
  2. Eugene Herzog, DOGainesville, TX 762401215039433
  3. Mark Klein, DOGainesville, TX 762401982686390
  4. Robert McLeroy, MDGainesville, TX 762401356320147
  5. Elizabeth Newman, DOGainesville, TX 762401518457035
  6. Virgil Sears, M.D.Gainesville, TX 762401699880344
  7. Albert Sholakh, MDGainesville, TX 762401538454707
  8. Brandon Atkinson, D.O.Fort Worth, TX 762441619979614

Common questions

What is Larry C. Sears, M.D.'s NPI number?

Larry C. Sears, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740395391, issued on Aug 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Larry C. Sears, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 836 East California, Gainesville, TX, 76240. Phone: (940) 665-5566. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Larry C. Sears, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number E8894, 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 Larry C. Sears, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Larry C. Sears, M.D. had 11,664 Medicare Part D claims for 664 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.