Patrick B. Higdon, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Corpus Christi, TX
Patrick B. Higdon, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Corpus Christi, Texas, and NPI 1003812785, issued on Jun 27, 2005. Check the license (Texas T8836, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Patrick B. Higdon
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- T8836 TX
0101056188 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 805 Morgan Ave, Corpus Christi, TX 78404
- Phone
- (210) 762-3662
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 26, 2023
- Fax
- (361) 730-2172
- Medicaid ID
- 5630592 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230517003627); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Patrick B. Higdon in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T8836Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
23% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
399 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 65 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen53 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium25 claims
- Cefuroxime23 claims
- Clopidogrel16 claims
- Eliquis14 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium14 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $24.28
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Wellmed Networks, Inc.San Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Patrick B. Higdon among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Patrick B. Higdon, M.D. is one of 1,587 hospitalist 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 98% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X 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 Patrick B. Higdon, M.D.'s NPI number?
Patrick B. Higdon, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003812785, issued on Jun 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Patrick B. Higdon, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 805 Morgan Ave, Corpus Christi, TX, 78404. Phone: (210) 762-3662. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Patrick B. Higdon, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T8836, 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 Patrick B. Higdon, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Patrick B. Higdon, M.D. had 399 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Patrick B. Higdon, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.