Oscar Benavides, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Laredo, TX
Oscar Benavides, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1356493977, issued on Jan 16, 2007. Check the license (Texas H9039, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Oscar Benavides
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- H9039 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 209 W Village Blvd, Laredo, TX 78041
- Phone
- (956) 725-5210
- Enumerated
- Jan 16, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 17, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 717-1708
- Medicaid IDs
- 1371882-02 TX
1924631-01 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040421000963); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Oscar Benavides in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license H9039Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,536 Medicare Part D claims for 299 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 359 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium265 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen232 claims
- Metformin Hcl143 claims
- Gabapentin138 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium131 claims
- Enalapril Maleate127 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: $645.32
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Oscar Benavides among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Oscar Benavides, MD is one of 11,119 family 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 2007, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
70 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Laredo
They are 70 of the 2,290 NPPES records with a practice address in Laredo, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Oscar Benavides, MD's NPI number?
Oscar Benavides, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356493977, issued on Jan 16, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Oscar Benavides, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 209 W Village Blvd, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 725-5210. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Oscar Benavides, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number H9039, 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 Oscar Benavides, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Oscar Benavides, MD had 4,536 Medicare Part D claims for 299 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.