Melissa J. Carranza, ACNP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX
Melissa J. Carranza, ACNP is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1700882511, issued on Jun 27, 2005. Check the license (Texas AP112055, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa J. Carranza
- Credential
- ACNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
- License numbers
- AP112055 TX
636052 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5115 Fannin St Ste 801, Houston, TX 77004
- Phone
- (713) 790-0841
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 26, 2026
- Fax
- (713) 790-9663
- Medicaid ID
- 1700882511 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100924000850); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5115 Fannin St Ste 801
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Kimberly Albright, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1760657043
- Abhijeet Basu, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1902853666
- Sanket Borgaonkar, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1720408032
- Mohamed El-Beheary, M.D., FACCCardiovascular Disease Physician1275578544
- Donald Foster, RN,APRN,ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1811363286
- Tiana Gronberg-Carey, ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1437117165
Verify Melissa J. Carranza in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license AP112055Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024
137 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel29 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate11 claims
- Eliquis11 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: $38.95
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tactile Systems Technology Inc. The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 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
- Houston Cardiovascular Assoc PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
712 acute care nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Houston
They are 712 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 3,239 acute care nurse practitioner records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Melissa J. Carranza, ACNP's NPI number?
Melissa J. Carranza, ACNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700882511, issued on Jun 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa J. Carranza, ACNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5115 Fannin St Ste 801, Houston, TX, 77004. Phone: (713) 790-0841. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa J. Carranza, ACNP's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number AP112055, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melissa J. Carranza, ACNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa J. Carranza, ACNP had 137 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries; the average among acute care nurse practitioner prescribers was 594. 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.