Madhu B. Challapalli, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · San Antonio, TX
Madhu B. Challapalli, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1609847029, issued on Feb 1, 2006. Check the license (Texas L0999, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Madhu B. Challapalli
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- L0999 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1139 E Sonterra Blvd Ste 520, San Antonio, TX 78258
- Phone
- (210) 490-6000
- Enumerated
- Feb 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 13, 2025
- Fax
- (210) 490-4658
- Medicaid ID
- 165060803 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251122000605); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1139 E Sonterra Blvd Ste 520
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Tana Austin, FNPNurse Practitioner1194328773
- Kathleen Hubbard, FNPNurse Practitioner1073015293
- Jean Liu, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1003886409
- Devang Patel, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1306952627
- Martha ValdezNurse Practitioner1477063915
Verify Madhu B. Challapalli in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L0999Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
55% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
1,384 Medicare Part D claims for 225 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate170 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium120 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate110 claims
- Eliquis103 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium101 claims
- Ezetimibe93 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: $662.97
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Challapalli Cardiology PCReno, NV
- Christus Trinity ClinicNew Braunfels, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Madhu B. Challapalli, MD's NPI number?
Madhu B. Challapalli, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609847029, issued on Feb 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Madhu B. Challapalli, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1139 E Sonterra Blvd Ste 520, San Antonio, TX, 78258. Phone: (210) 490-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Madhu B. Challapalli, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L0999, 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 Madhu B. Challapalli, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Madhu B. Challapalli, MD had 1,384 Medicare Part D claims for 225 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.