Luis Benavides, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Laredo, TX
Luis Benavides, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1780656686, issued on Feb 3, 2006. Check the license (Texas F1378, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Luis Benavides
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- F1378 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7215 Mcpherson RD, Laredo, TX 78041
- Phone
- (956) 724-9091
- Enumerated
- Feb 3, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 7215 Mcpherson RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Ramiro Delbosque, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1144851882
- Vicente Dominguez, MSN, APRN, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1699311704
- Carolina Gomez-Salinas, PA-CPhysician Assistant1215637871
- Roberto Gomez-Vazquez, M.D.Surgery Physician1245397694
- Erica Nava, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1033761515
Verify Luis Benavides in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license F1378Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
6.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
21,599 Medicare Part D claims for 905 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 519 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium976 claims
- Losartan Potassium692 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium656 claims
- Alprazolam574 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate551 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium535 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: $354.98
13 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Bolton Medical 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.
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
- Monzer H Yazji MD And Associates PLLCLaredo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
70 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Laredo
They are 70 of the 2,290 NPPES records with a practice address in Laredo, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Luis Benavides, MD's NPI number?
Luis Benavides, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780656686, issued on Feb 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Luis Benavides, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7215 Mcpherson RD, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 724-9091. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Luis Benavides, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number F1378, 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 Luis Benavides, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Luis Benavides, MD had 21,599 Medicare Part D claims for 905 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), loaded Aug 27, 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) 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 27, 2026.