NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Paraag Kumar, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Austin, TX

Paraag Kumar, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1265751192, issued on May 17, 2010. Check the license (Texas P8686, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1265751192
Name
Paraag Kumar
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
P8686 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
319 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701
Phone
(888) 663-6331
Enumerated
May 17, 2010
Record last updated
Mar 17, 2025
Fax
(415) 252-7176
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20150211001608); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

192 Medicare Part D claims for 37 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Paraag Kumar192
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium17 claims
  2. Gabapentin11 claims
  3. Zolpidem Tartrate11 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: $637.23

23 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.

  1. Paraag Kumar$637.23
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Seton Family OF DoctorsAustin, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Paraag Kumar among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas

Paraag Kumar, M.D. 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 2010, is newer than 62% of them.

  • NPI issued2010 · 62% of these records are older, 36% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2009 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 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).

544 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Austin

They are 544 of the 26,585 NPPES records with a practice address in Austin, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Samer Arab, MDAustin, TX 787011639353576
  2. Adam Barta, M.D.Austin, TX 787011386690477
  3. Terrell Benold, M.D.Austin, TX 787011245252576
  4. Margaret Brown, M.D.Austin, TX 787011124213020
  5. Matthew Carlberg, M.D.Austin, TX 787011871630525
  6. Walter Caven, M.D.Austin, TX 787011306966916
  7. Daniel Firer, M.D.Austin, TX 787011093944134
  8. John Lufkin, M.D.Austin, TX 787011659500858

Common questions

What is Paraag Kumar, M.D.'s NPI number?

Paraag Kumar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265751192, issued on May 17, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Paraag Kumar, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 319 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, 78701. Phone: (888) 663-6331. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Paraag Kumar, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number P8686, 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 Paraag Kumar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Paraag Kumar, M.D. had 192 Medicare Part D claims for 37 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.