Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX
Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1073065025, issued on Oct 25, 2016. Check the license (Texas AP132742, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mercedita Lei Refugio
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- AP132742 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9000 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (630) 803-9456
- Enumerated
- Oct 25, 2016
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2022
- Fax
- (832) 288-5200
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190924003262); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mercedita Lei Refugio in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license AP132742Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
35% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,760 Medicare Part D claims for 281 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 268 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin293 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl218 claims
- Tramadol Hcl142 claims
- Pregabalin130 claims
- Meloxicam122 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl122 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: $165.14
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Minivasive Pain Specialists,pllcStafford, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mercedita Lei Refugio among 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas
Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP is one of 21,242 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 31% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 31% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2018 among the 11,286 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 38% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2,588 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Houston
They are 2,588 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP's NPI number?
Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073065025, issued on Oct 25, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9000 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (630) 803-9456. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number AP132742, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mercedita Lei Refugio, FNP had 1,760 Medicare Part D claims for 281 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.