Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1417944943, issued on Sep 30, 2005. Check the license (Texas L6012, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mingfang Annie Cheng
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- L6012 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 925 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77008
- Phone
- (713) 486-7200
- Enumerated
- Sep 30, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2022
- Fax
- (713) 486-7201
- Medicaid IDs
- 187296201 TX
159736105 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041117000449); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mingfang Annie Cheng in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L6012Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,767 Medicare Part D claims for 444 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 91 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium177 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate108 claims
- Gabapentin93 claims
- Lisinopril80 claims
- Metformin Hcl76 claims
- Carvedilol71 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: $67.57
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 Family Physicians PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mingfang Annie Cheng among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD is one of 9,175 internal 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD's NPI number?
Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417944943, issued on Sep 30, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 925 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX, 77008. Phone: (713) 486-7200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L6012, 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 Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mingfang Annie Cheng, MD had 2,767 Medicare Part D claims for 444 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.