Laura Elena Garcia, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Harlingen, TX
Laura Elena Garcia, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Harlingen, Texas, and NPI 1902043318, issued on Jan 7, 2009. Check the license (Texas P0586, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Elena Garcia
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- P0586 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2101 Pease St, Harlingen, TX 78550
- Phone
- (956) 296-1491
- Enumerated
- Jan 7, 2009
- Record last updated
- Mar 8, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 389-4603
- Medicaid IDs
- 296280502 TX
296280507 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111229000604); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Laura Elena Garcia in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P0586Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
47 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $21.21
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- SU Clinica FamiliarHarlingen, TX
- University OF Texas Rio Grande ValleyHarlingen, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura Elena Garcia among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Laura Elena Garcia, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal 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 2009, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 54% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
72 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Harlingen
They are 72 of the 2,419 NPPES records with a practice address in Harlingen, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Laura Elena Garcia, M.D.'s NPI number?
Laura Elena Garcia, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902043318, issued on Jan 7, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Elena Garcia, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2101 Pease St, Harlingen, TX, 78550. Phone: (956) 296-1491. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Elena Garcia, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P0586, 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 Laura Elena Garcia, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Elena Garcia, M.D. had 47 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.