NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ndifreke Ekpa, MD

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · Kingwood, TX

Ndifreke Ekpa, MD is a student in an organized health care education/training program with a practice address in Kingwood, Texas, and NPI 1245811710, issued on Apr 16, 2021. Check the license (Texas U1889, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1245811710
Name
Ndifreke Ekpa
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program 390200000X
License number
U1889 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
22999 Highway 59 N, Kingwood, TX 77339
Phone
(281) 348-8934
Enumerated
Apr 16, 2021
Record last updated
Dec 28, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240821001952); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Pennsylvania State University College Of Medicine, 2021
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 22999 Highway 59 N

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

  1. Darra Aguilar, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1043713134
  2. Kweku Agyepong, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1649118837
  3. Renat AhatovDermatology Physician1346986692
  4. Syeda Ahmed, PT, DPT, NCSPhysical Therapist1710589288
  5. Genesis Albarran, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1114875358
  6. Maureen AliruRadiation Oncology Physician1184252553

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
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30% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average student in an organized health care education/training program in 2024

129 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries, against an average of 185 among the 59,748 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Ndifreke Ekpa129
  2. Specialty average185

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: $24.28

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 13,278 providers of this specialty with any payment received $608.08 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ndifreke Ekpa$24.28
  2. Specialty average$608.08

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

  1. Wellmed Networks, Inc.San Antonio, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ndifreke Ekpa among 17,605 student in an organized health care education/training program records in Texas

Ndifreke Ekpa, MD is one of 17,605 student in an organized health care education/training program records with a practice address in Texas. 23% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 14% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 14% of these records are older, 80% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 23% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 2% of these records are
  • Graduated2021 · median 2019 among the 295 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 15% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 390200000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

215 student in an organized health care education/training program records list a practice address in Kingwood

They are 215 of the 1,799 NPPES records with a practice address in Kingwood, and 17,605 student in an organized health care education/training program records in Texas.

The 8 student in an organized health care education/training program records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Haris AhmedKingwood, TX 773391861021867
  2. Bilal Ashraf, MDHuston, TX 773391477180685
  3. Natalia Cavagnaro-Barba, DOKingwood, TX 773391043898430
  4. Rainna Coelho, MDKingwood, TX 773391871121293
  5. Galvin Dhaliwal, MDKingwood, TX 773391831726231
  6. Mohammed Khan, DOKingwood, TX 773391821516485
  7. Kangmin Kim, MDKingwood, TX 773391114503281
  8. Keyon Mohebzad, MDKingwood, TX 773391982233409

Common questions

What is Ndifreke Ekpa, MD's NPI number?

Ndifreke Ekpa, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245811710, issued on Apr 16, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ndifreke Ekpa, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 22999 Highway 59 N, Kingwood, TX, 77339. Phone: (281) 348-8934. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ndifreke Ekpa, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number U1889, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Ndifreke Ekpa, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ndifreke Ekpa, MD had 129 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries; the average among student in an organized health care education/training program prescribers was 185. 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.