Michael Lee Sonabend, MD
Specialist · Sugar Land, TX
Michael Lee Sonabend, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Sugar Land, Texas, and NPI 1578696936, issued on Mar 14, 2007. Check the license (Texas M5515, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Lee Sonabend
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- M5515 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7616 Branford PL Ste 240, Sugar Land, TX 77479
- Phone
- (281) 240-4313
- Enumerated
- Mar 14, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jan 18, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 240-3646
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080702000231); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Boston University School Of Medicine, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Lee Sonabend in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license M5515Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
572 Medicare Part D claims for 303 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide78 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate53 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate41 claims
- Ketoconazole37 claims
- Fluocinonide30 claims
- Fluorouracil27 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.2 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $27,997.97
226 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Michael Sonabend MD PAConroe, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Lee Sonabend among 1,716 specialist records in Texas
Michael Lee Sonabend, MD is one of 1,716 specialist records with a practice address in Texas. 31% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 54% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 31% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 18% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 1989 among the 310 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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- Gayle Evans, MOT, OTRSugar Land, TX 774791639290257
- Cullen Hebert, MDSugar Land, TX 774791124014337
- Jesus Hernandez, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774791437183910
- Duc Le, MDSugar Land, TX 774791952313462
- Deanna McDonald, MDSugar Land, TX 774791730191214
Common questions
What is Michael Lee Sonabend, MD's NPI number?
Michael Lee Sonabend, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578696936, issued on Mar 14, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Lee Sonabend, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7616 Branford PL Ste 240, Sugar Land, TX, 77479. Phone: (281) 240-4313. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Lee Sonabend, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M5515, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Michael Lee Sonabend, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Lee Sonabend, MD had 572 Medicare Part D claims for 303 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Lee Sonabend, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.2 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.