Norberto J. Vargas, MD
Pain Medicine Physician · Paris, TX
Norberto J. Vargas, MD is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in Paris, Texas, and NPI 1861410995, issued on Jul 17, 2006. Check the license (Texas L6694, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Norberto J. Vargas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License number
- L6694 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2895 Lewis LN, Paris, TX 75460
- Phone
- (972) 203-3600
- Enumerated
- Jul 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 19, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041028001045); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ponce School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2895 Lewis LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Melanie Albert, FNPPain Medicine Physician1801844741
- John Benavides, DOPain Medicine Physician1750311726
- Alishia Bratcher, APRN, NP-CPain Medicine Physician1417592445
- Vijayakala Mani, PA-CPain Medicine Physician1295988640
- Jenice Martinez, RNFamily Nurse Practitioner1790273464
- Faith Nwawuba, AGACNP-BCGerontology Nurse Practitioner1720642747
Verify Norberto J. Vargas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L6694Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pain medicine physician in 2024
5,020 Medicare Part D claims for 1,207 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. 4,739 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen3,217 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen473 claims
- Fentanyl301 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl244 claims
- Morphine Sulfate Er138 claims
- Hydromorphone Hcl101 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $202.14
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, 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
- Paragon Pain And Rehabilitation PLLCMesquite, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Norberto J. Vargas among 115 pain medicine physician records in Texas
Norberto J. Vargas, 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 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2006 among the 83 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
Pain Medicine Physician providers in Texas
There are 115 pain medicine physician records in Texas.
All 115 in Texas → Every provider in Paris → Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Melanie Albert, FNPParis, TX 754601801844741
- John Benavides, DOParis, TX 754601750311726
- Alishia Bratcher, APRN, NP-CParis, TX 754601417592445
- Vijayakala Mani, PA-CParis, TX 754601295988640
- R. Branch, M. D.Dallas, TX 752481104038512
- Min-Sung Ahn, LACDallas, TX 752401548795388
- Timothy Zoys, MDDallas, TX 752301720119415
- Scott Burlison, MDTyler, TX 757011932303534
Common questions
What is Norberto J. Vargas, MD's NPI number?
Norberto J. Vargas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861410995, issued on Jul 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Norberto J. Vargas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2895 Lewis LN, Paris, TX, 75460. Phone: (972) 203-3600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Norberto J. Vargas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L6694, 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 Norberto J. Vargas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Norberto J. Vargas, MD had 5,020 Medicare Part D claims for 1,207 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Norberto J. Vargas, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.