Louis Eugene Varela, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Louis Eugene Varela, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1720002561, issued on Jul 26, 2006. Check the license (Texas G0572, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Louis Eugene Varela
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G0572 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 14755 North Fwy, Houston, TX 77090
- Phone
- (281) 876-2500
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 5, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 876-2574
- Medicaid ID
- Z04511537 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050222001013); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Creighton University School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 14755 North Fwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Louis Eugene Varela in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license G0572Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
76% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
849 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate55 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium51 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate36 claims
- Lisinopril35 claims
- Gabapentin34 claims
- Metformin Hcl33 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: $63.95
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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.
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 Alliance Medical Group PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Louis Eugene Varela among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Louis Eugene Varela, 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
- Graduated1980 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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).
1,123 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,123 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Louis Eugene Varela, M.D.'s NPI number?
Louis Eugene Varela, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720002561, issued on Jul 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Louis Eugene Varela, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14755 North Fwy, Houston, TX, 77090. Phone: (281) 876-2500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Louis Eugene Varela, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G0572, 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 Louis Eugene Varela, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Louis Eugene Varela, M.D. had 849 Medicare Part D claims for 144 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.