Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1679508485, issued on Jul 11, 2006. Check the license (Texas F5827, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Palur V. Balakrishnan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- F5827 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11914 Astoria Blvd, Houston, TX 77089
- Phone
- (281) 484-8339
- Enumerated
- Jul 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 484-2179
- Medicaid ID
- 130834803 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051104000392); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Palur V. Balakrishnan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license F5827Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
42% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
1,772 Medicare Part D claims for 210 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel144 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate131 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium120 claims
- Lisinopril76 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate73 claims
- Furosemide64 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: $356.62
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Penumbra, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Premier Houston Area Family Medical ClinicsPearland, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Palur V. Balakrishnan among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1967 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X 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 Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD's NPI number?
Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679508485, issued on Jul 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11914 Astoria Blvd, Houston, TX, 77089. Phone: (281) 484-8339. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number F5827, 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 Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Palur V. Balakrishnan, MD had 1,772 Medicare Part D claims for 210 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.