Ralph Herring, O.D.
Optometrist · Houston, TX
Ralph Herring, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1417950841, issued on May 31, 2005. Check the license (Texas 3047, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ralph Herring
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License numbers
- 3047 TX
3047T TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4401 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX 77204
- Phone
- (713) 743-2020
- Enumerated
- May 31, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 12, 2022
- Fax
- (713) 743-0963
- Medicaid IDs
- 037179103 TX
037179101 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110112000047); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Houston - College Of Optometry, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ralph Herring in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 3047Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $42.99
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 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
- University OF Houston SystemHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ralph Herring among 5,006 optometrist records in Texas
Ralph Herring, O.D. is one of 5,006 optometrist records with a practice address in Texas. 74% 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, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2010 among the 2,894 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
770 optometrist records list a practice address in Houston
They are 770 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 5,006 optometrist records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Ralph Herring, O.D.'s NPI number?
Ralph Herring, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417950841, issued on May 31, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ralph Herring, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4401 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX, 77204. Phone: (713) 743-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ralph Herring, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 3047, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.