Max E. Best, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Castroville, TX
Max E. Best, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Castroville, Texas, and NPI 1497786347, issued on Jul 6, 2006. Check the license (Texas F3975, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Max E. Best
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- F3975 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1501 Houston St, Castroville, TX 78009
- Phone
- (830) 538-3550
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (830) 538-3553
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040510000360); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Max E. Best in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license F3975Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
63 Medicare Part D claims for 38 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin16 claims
- Prednisone12 claims
- Amoxicillin11 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Alsatian Care Enterprises LLCCastroville, TX
- Alsatian Care Enterprises Medical Professionals, PLLCCastroville, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Max E. Best among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Max E. Best, M.D. is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
7 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Castroville
They are 7 of the 88 NPPES records with a practice address in Castroville, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ann Black, MDCastroville, TX 780091750329801
- John Meyer, M.D.Castroville, TX 780091194724625
- Emily Meyer, M.D.Castroville, TX 780091558459446
- Mary Nguyen, M.D.Castroville, TX 780091356339717
- Bobby Pittman, M.D.Castroville, TX 780091053411546
- Lloyd Vanwinkle, MDCastroville, TX 780091306833173
- Bryan Davis, D.O.Center Point, TX 780101578790473
- Lydia Avila, M.D.Boerne, TX 780061982825964
Common questions
What is Max E. Best, M.D.'s NPI number?
Max E. Best, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497786347, issued on Jul 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Max E. Best, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1501 Houston St, Castroville, TX, 78009. Phone: (830) 538-3550. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Max E. Best, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number F3975, 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 Max E. Best, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Max E. Best, M.D. had 63 Medicare Part D claims for 38 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), 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.