Paul Carothers, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Austin, TX
Paul Carothers, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1205103132, issued on Nov 21, 2011. Check the license on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Carothers
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- MD2013-0195 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2400 Cedar Bend Dr, Austin, TX 78758
- Phone
- (512) 901-4026
- Enumerated
- Nov 21, 2011
- Record last updated
- Sep 18, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (512) 901-3926
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161215000446); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paul Carothers in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
20% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,239 Medicare Part D claims for 290 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 58 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium227 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium225 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate183 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er112 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl99 claims
- Gabapentin97 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: $219.45
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- The Austin Diagnostic Clinic PLLCAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paul Carothers among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Paul Carothers, 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 2011, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 64% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · 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).
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.
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Common questions
What is Paul Carothers, MD's NPI number?
Paul Carothers, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205103132, issued on Nov 21, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Carothers, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2400 Cedar Bend Dr, Austin, TX, 78758. Phone: (512) 901-4026. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Carothers, MD's license?
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 Paul Carothers, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Carothers, MD had 4,239 Medicare Part D claims for 290 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.