NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mark Thomas Foster

Surgical Critical Care Physician · San Antonio, TX

Mark Thomas Foster is a surgical critical care physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1053653394, issued on Mar 25, 2013. Check the license (Texas S2774, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1053653394
Name
Mark Thomas Foster
Primary taxonomy
Surgical Critical Care Physician 2086S0102X
License numbers
S2774 TX
278356 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone
(210) 358-4000
Enumerated
Mar 25, 2013
Record last updated
Nov 28, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190806003316); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Indiana University School Of Medicine, 2013
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 4502 Medical Dr

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Aaron Abarbanell, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1245497809
  2. Ayham AbdelAnesthesiology Physician1467147496
  3. Ali Abedi, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1346566312
  4. Jordan Abel, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1417273301
  5. Aesha Aboueisha, MDHospitalist Physician1225527815
  6. Seena Abraham, MDFamily Medicine Physician1306338561

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.9 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score79.4
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%62.9
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $89.60

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 1,092 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,183.62 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Mark Foster$89.60
  2. Specialty average$2,183.62

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

  1. Community Medicine AssociatesSan Antonio, TX
  2. University OF Texas Health Science Center AT San AntonioSan Antonio, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Mark Thomas Foster among 117 surgical critical care physician records in Texas

Mark Thomas Foster is one of 117 surgical critical care physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 68% of them.

  • NPI issued2013 · 68% of these records are older, 28% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • Graduated2013 · median 2010 among the 98 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 26% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2086S0102X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgical Critical Care Physician providers in Texas

There are 117 surgical critical care physician records in Texas.

The 8 surgical critical care physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Nicole Bragg, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291104322668
  2. Christopher Brown, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291295266716
  3. Christopher Crane, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291043538168
  4. Donald Jenkins, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291013988484
  5. Ashley McGinity, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291114212412
  6. Mark Muir, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291134332422
  7. John Myers, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291932110731
  8. Elizabeth Scherer, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291912218900

Common questions

What is Mark Thomas Foster's NPI number?

Mark Thomas Foster's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053653394, issued on Mar 25, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Mark Thomas Foster located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX, 78229. Phone: (210) 358-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Mark Thomas Foster's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number S2774, 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.

What is Mark Thomas Foster's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.