NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Nephrology Physician NPI 1932244506 MD
Verify on CMS → Peter Hines, MD
Nephrology Physician in Cedar Park, Texas.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 10,806 in Nephrology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
1K
Medicare Part D claims · 217 beneficiaries · Nephrology Physician avg: 2K
Generic prescribing
88%
generic claims · 12% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
75/100
CMS neutral threshold · no category scores published
Industry payments
$479.81
22 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Peter Hines, MD carries the neutral CMS MIPS final score of 75/100, assigned where no category was scored - and filed 1,374 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 75/100
- CMS neutral score · not measured
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 88%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Peter Hines, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1932244506), first enumerated 02/21/2007.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,374 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
CMS assigned a neutral MIPS final score of 75/100 where no performance category was scored — not a measured quality rank.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$479.81 in reported industry payments (22 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Texas statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Peter Hines, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: TMB annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1932244506 · Nephrology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-MID · MIPS-NEUTRAL · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1932244506
- ENUM-MID 2007
- TAX-MID 11K Nephrology Physician
- MIPS-NEUTRAL 75/100
- RX-MID 1,374
- BOOK-LIGHT 896 in Texas
- PHOTO-ENUM Peter Santos, D.O. · 2007
Peter Hines, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
1,374 ≥ 79th percentile 79% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Peter Hines, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Peter Hines, MD?
CMS neutral score, not measuredPrimary specialty
Nephrology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,374 9% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
75/100
Specialty distribution in Texas
How Nephrology Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers
MIPS score not measured
CMS assigned a neutral 75/100 threshold
CMS did not publish any Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, or Improvement Activities category score for this clinician. This administrative threshold is not comparable with the national average of clinicians whose MIPS score was measured.
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1932244506 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Nephrology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 02/21/2007 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
75
Final Score
CMS neutral threshold · not measured
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Peter Hines, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Austin Kidney Associates PA
Austin, TX
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Peter Hines, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$480
Largest payer
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Peter Hines, MD. To verify Peter Hines, MD's current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases
TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Peter Hines, MD - brand share 12.0%
Nephrology Physician average
12% brand-name claims vs 88% generic, on 1,374 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,374
Total Claims
$121K
Total Drug Cost
217
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 3,104.967
- Total Day Supply
- 92,362
- Brand vs Generic
- 12% brand / 88% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $93K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $27K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 16
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.4 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 4.01
- Gender Split
- 48% female / 52% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 34, 65-74: 65, 75-84: 91, 85+: 27
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Peter Hines, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Furosemide
Furosemide
177 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate
Amlodipine Besylate
116 claims
- Losartan Potassium
Losartan Potassium
105 claims
- Calcitriol
Calcitriol
90 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
82 claims
- Prednisone 62
Prednisone
62 claims
- Farxiga 49
Farxiga
49 claims
- Sevelamer Carbonate 42
Sevelamer Carbonate
42 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Furosemide | 177 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 116 |
| Losartan Potassium | 105 |
| Calcitriol | 90 |
| Lisinopril | 82 |
| Prednisone | 62 |
| Farxiga Dapagliflozin Propanediol | 49 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 42 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 33 |
| Allopurinol | 32 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Nephrology Physician Overview
How Peter Hines, MD fits within the Nephrology Physician landscape nationally.
10,806
Nephrology Physician Providers in US
55
States with Nephrology Physician
1,511
Avg Claims per Provider
Peter Hines, MD's 1,374 claims are below the specialty average of 1,511.
Nationwide Nephrology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Hines, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (75 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2007)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Nephrology Physician Providers in Texas
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Hines.
One of 896 Nephrology Physician providers enrolled in Texas, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Bernardino Abaya
M.D.
Houston, TX
Dr. Aisha Abbasi
MD
Conroe, TX
Dr. Mohammed Abdulaziz
MD
Laredo, TX
Dr. Mai Abouelsaad
M.D.
Houston, TX
Dr. Fadi Abouzahr
MD
San Antonio, TX
Compare Nephrology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Peter Hines, MD's specialty? ▼
Peter Hines, MD specializes in Nephrology Physician and practices in Cedar Park, Texas. Credentials: MD.
How much does Peter Hines, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Peter Hines, MD wrote 1,374 Medicare Part D claims totaling $121K in drug costs for 217 beneficiaries.
What is Peter Hines, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Peter Hines, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75/100. CMS published no Quality, Promoting Interoperability, Improvement Activity or Cost score for this clinician, so the final score is the neutral performance threshold CMS assigns rather than a measured result. The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Peter Hines, MD located? ▼
Peter Hines, MD is located at 1720 E WHITESTONE BLVD, Cedar Park, TX, 78613. Phone: (512) 451-5800.
What is Peter Hines, MD's NPI number? ▼
Peter Hines, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932244506, issued on 02/21/2007.
Does Peter Hines, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Peter Hines, MD's prescribing is 12% brand-name and 88% generic drugs by claim count, with $93K in brand drug costs.
How many Nephrology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 10,806 Nephrology Physician providers across 55 states in the US. The average Nephrology Physician provider writes 1,511 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Peter Hines, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Peter Hines, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Furosemide, Amlodipine Besylate, Losartan Potassium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Peter Hines, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Peter Hines, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,374 Part D claims and 217 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Peter Hines, MD's credentials? ▼
Peter Hines, MD's NPI is 1932244506 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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