Nishi Thakur, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · San Antonio, TX
Nishi Thakur, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1871584078, issued on Nov 4, 2005. Check the license (Texas L9587, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nishi Thakur
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- L9587 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8518 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78251
- Phone
- (210) 910-5550
- Enumerated
- Nov 4, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 25, 2024
- Fax
- (210) 971-9077
- Medicaid ID
- 177379802 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051212000320); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nishi Thakur in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L9587Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,293 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium209 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate163 claims
- Losartan Potassium150 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium132 claims
- Meloxicam130 claims
- Metformin Hcl114 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: $2,645.34
117 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Shivam Medical Group PASan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nishi Thakur among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Nishi Thakur, 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
- Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
657 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Antonio
They are 657 of the 37,749 NPPES records with a practice address in San Antonio, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Nishi Thakur, MD's NPI number?
Nishi Thakur, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871584078, issued on Nov 4, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nishi Thakur, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8518 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX, 78251. Phone: (210) 910-5550. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nishi Thakur, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L9587, 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 Nishi Thakur, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nishi Thakur, MD had 3,293 Medicare Part D claims for 283 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.