Mario Salvador Escalante, M.D.
Pediatrics Physician · Weslaco, TX
Mario Salvador Escalante, M.D. is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Weslaco, Texas, and NPI 1417964065, issued on Aug 2, 2006. Check the license (Texas K1426, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mario Salvador Escalante
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- K1426 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1313 E 6TH St, Weslaco, TX 78596
- Phone
- (956) 968-3111
- Enumerated
- Aug 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 25, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 968-1113
- Medicaid ID
- 0921355 01 TX
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1313 E 6TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Yolanda Montano, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1568735553
Verify Mario Salvador Escalante in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K1426Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pediatrics physician in 2024
41 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 375 among the 5,609 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 37% of 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: $90.89
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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.
17 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Weslaco
They are 17 of the 775 NPPES records with a practice address in Weslaco, and 5,641 pediatrics physician records in Texas.
All 17 in Weslaco → All 5,641 in Texas → Every provider in Weslaco →
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Common questions
What is Mario Salvador Escalante, M.D.'s NPI number?
Mario Salvador Escalante, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417964065, issued on Aug 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mario Salvador Escalante, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1313 E 6TH St, Weslaco, TX, 78596. Phone: (956) 968-3111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mario Salvador Escalante, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K1426, 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 Mario Salvador Escalante, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mario Salvador Escalante, M.D. had 41 Medicare Part D claims; the average among pediatrics physician prescribers was 375. 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.