Nikhil Iyer, MD
Pain Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Nikhil Iyer, MD is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1326495698, issued on May 17, 2016. Check the license (Texas T6262, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nikhil Iyer
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License numbers
- T6262 TX
036170508 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5373 W Alabama St Ste 204, Houston, TX 77056
- Phone
- (713) 353-3699
- Enumerated
- May 17, 2016
- Record last updated
- Oct 4, 2025
- Fax
- (713) 353-3698
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220523001881); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Michigan Medical School, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nikhil Iyer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T6262Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine physician in 2024
2,138 Medicare Part D claims for 425 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,095 among the 944 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 755 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen467 claims
- Gabapentin249 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl168 claims
- Celecoxib103 claims
- Methocarbamol102 claims
- Pregabalin89 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: $851.37
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 769 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,397.95 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
- U S Anesthesia Partners OF Texas, PATomball, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nikhil Iyer among 115 pain medicine physician records in Texas
Nikhil Iyer, MD is one of 115 pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% 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 81% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 81% of these records are older, 16% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2006 among the 83 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0000X 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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Common questions
What is Nikhil Iyer, MD's NPI number?
Nikhil Iyer, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326495698, issued on May 17, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nikhil Iyer, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5373 W Alabama St Ste 204, Houston, TX, 77056. Phone: (713) 353-3699. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nikhil Iyer, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T6262, 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 Nikhil Iyer, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nikhil Iyer, MD had 2,138 Medicare Part D claims for 425 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. 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.