Melissa Benavides, PA
Physician Assistant · Carrollton, TX
Melissa Benavides, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Carrollton, Texas, and NPI 1356360101, issued on Jul 19, 2006. Check the license (Texas PA04048, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Benavides
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA04048 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3020 E Hebron Pkwy Ste 100, Carrollton, TX 75010
- Phone
- (972) 492-2776
- Enumerated
- Jul 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 6, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (972) 939-0971
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051104000337); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3020 E Hebron Pkwy Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jose Burbano De Lara, MDFamily Medicine Physician1689604647
Verify Melissa Benavides in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA04048Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
4,733 Medicare Part D claims for 466 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium331 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium231 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium231 claims
- Metformin Hcl173 claims
- Lisinopril166 claims
- Losartan Potassium157 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: $750.01
40 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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 one group practice
- Texas Health Physicians GroupBedford, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melissa Benavides among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Melissa Benavides, PA is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 86% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
40 physician assistant records list a practice address in Carrollton
They are 40 of the 1,706 NPPES records with a practice address in Carrollton, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Benavides, PA's NPI number?
Melissa Benavides, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356360101, issued on Jul 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Benavides, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3020 E Hebron Pkwy Ste 100, Carrollton, TX, 75010. Phone: (972) 492-2776. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Benavides, PA's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA04048, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa Benavides, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa Benavides, PA had 4,733 Medicare Part D claims for 466 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.