Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Nathan Bender, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Nathan Bender, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1629206180, issued on Jun 23, 2009. Check the license on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, loaded Aug 27, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordas of Aug 27, 2026
1629206180
Name
Nathan Bender
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
Practice location
9105 N Wayside Dr, Houston, TX 77028
Phone
(713) 633-2020
Enumerated
Jun 23, 2009
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 9105 N Wayside Dr

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Adwoa Aboagye, PHARMDAmbulatory Care Pharmacist1609309202
  2. Sylvester Agbahiwe, PHARM.D.Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1447430640
  3. Latrell Darwin, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1225449424
  4. Frances Ebo Anagor, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1144751538
  5. Arthur Harrison, R.PH.Pharmacist1356535801
  6. Gerald Heisler, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1245310168

Verify Nathan Bender in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical BoardCheck the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
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37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

2,217 Medicare Part D claims for 164 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,519 among the 111,126 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 105 claims were for opioids.

  1. Nathan Bender2,217
  2. Specialty average3,519

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium141 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate88 claims
  3. Tramadol Hcl73 claims
  4. Gabapentin68 claims
  5. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa65 claims
  6. Lisinopril56 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 82.4 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score79.2
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%58.5
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $40.70

2 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc.. The 53,013 providers of this specialty with any payment received $861.30 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Nathan Bender$40.70
  2. Specialty average$861.30

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

One hospital or facility affiliation

  1. UT PhysiciansHouston, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.

1,087 family medicine physician records list a Houston practice address

They are 1,087 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a Houston practice address, and 10,592 family medicine physician records in Texas.

Other family medicine physician records in Texas

  1. Srinivasa Aaluri, MDEl Paso, TX1265566509
  2. Maira Aamir, MDShenandoah, TX1932660859
  3. Fakhrudin Aaseemah Mohamed, M.DAllen, TX1952782518
  4. So Abad, MDWichita Falls, TX1184624694
  5. Yoseph AbadiRichardson, TX1700742640
  6. Marcus Abadie, M.D.Athens, TX1104821107
  7. Montserrat Abadie Sole, M.D.Fort Worth, TX1245437078
  8. Sarah Abang-Hayes, M.D.San Antonio, TX1326244724
  9. Syed Abbas, M.D.Houston, TX1821267477
  10. Lisa Abbott, M.D.Mansfield, TX1700847779

Common questions

What is Nathan Bender, M.D.'s NPI number?

Nathan Bender, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629206180, issued on Jun 23, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Nathan Bender, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9105 N Wayside Dr, Houston, TX, 77028. Phone: (713) 633-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Nathan Bender, M.D.'s license?

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 Nathan Bender, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Nathan Bender, M.D. had 2,217 Medicare Part D claims for 164 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,519. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Nathan Bender, M.D.'s Medicare quality score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.4 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), loaded Aug 27, 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.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.