Niru Cepeda-Iruegas, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Harlingen, TX
Niru Cepeda-Iruegas, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Harlingen, Texas, and NPI 1184945875, issued on Jun 16, 2010. Check the license (Texas P6955, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Niru Cepeda-Iruegas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- P6955 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2121 Pease Street, Harlingen, TX 78550
- Phone
- (956) 389-6565
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2010
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 389-6567
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2121 Pease Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Niru Cepeda-Iruegas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P6955Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
6,827 Medicare Part D claims for 678 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 112 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Mounjaro569 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium404 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium348 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium300 claims
- Omeprazole246 claims
- Losartan Potassium243 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: $147.78
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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.
72 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Harlingen
They are 72 of the 2,419 NPPES records with a practice address in Harlingen, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Niru Cepeda-Iruegas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Niru Cepeda-Iruegas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184945875, issued on Jun 16, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Niru Cepeda-Iruegas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2121 Pease Street, Harlingen, TX, 78550. Phone: (956) 389-6565. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Niru Cepeda-Iruegas, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P6955, 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 Niru Cepeda-Iruegas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Niru Cepeda-Iruegas, M.D. had 6,827 Medicare Part D claims for 678 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.