Luis Guillermo Echeverri, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Houston, TX
Luis Guillermo Echeverri, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1457351777, issued on Jul 28, 2005. Check the license (Texas K2453, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Luis Guillermo Echeverri
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- K2453 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Texas Surgical Associates, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 776-3402
- Enumerated
- Jul 28, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 776-1069
- Medicaid ID
- 1297251-06 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091210000711); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at Texas Surgical Associates
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Robert Baldwin, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1154321487
Verify Luis Guillermo Echeverri in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K2453Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician in 2024
441 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries, against an average of 101 among the 2,587 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 80 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel105 claims
- Tramadol Hcl70 claims
- Mupirocin34 claims
- Chlorhexidine Gluconate25 claims
- Gabapentin21 claims
- Furosemide17 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: $1,626.57
37 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Hendrick Provider NetworkAbilene, TX
- Tsa-Texas Surgical Associates LLPHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Luis Guillermo Echeverri among 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas
Luis Guillermo Echeverri, MD is one of 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 86% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 1996 among the 309 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 208G00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Texas
There are 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas.
All 484 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Robert Baldwin, MDHouston, TX 770741154321487
- Dharmraj Chauhan, M.D.Houston, TX 770741568775096
- Gonzalo Vargas, MDHouston, TX 770741265432314
- Lucas Duvall, MDHouston, TX 770701598975898
- Henry Hansen, MDHouston, TX 770701104881945
- Fernando Ramirez Del Val, MDHouston, TX 770701144753526
- Robert McKowen, M.D.Houston, TX 770821861534828
- Michael Lopez, D.O.Houston, TX 770891285096271
Common questions
What is Luis Guillermo Echeverri, MD's NPI number?
Luis Guillermo Echeverri, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457351777, issued on Jul 28, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Luis Guillermo Echeverri, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Texas Surgical Associates, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 776-3402. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Luis Guillermo Echeverri, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K2453, 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 Guillermo Echeverri, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Luis Guillermo Echeverri, MD had 441 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries; the average among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician prescribers was 101. 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.