Ray Samuel Cortez, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Galveston, TX
Ray Samuel Cortez, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Galveston, Texas, and NPI 1346084282, issued on Jun 25, 2024. Check the license (Texas BP10089878, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ray Samuel Cortez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- BP10089878 TX
1346084282 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- University OF Texas Medical Branch 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555
- Phone
- (409) 747-1883
- Enumerated
- Jun 25, 2024
- Record last updated
- Jul 2, 2025
- Fax
- (409) 747-8579
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ray Samuel Cortez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license BP10089878Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
42 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $199.25
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Ray Samuel Cortez among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Ray Samuel Cortez, MD is one of 9,175 internal 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 2024, is newer than 97% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 97% of these records are older, 2% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
218 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Galveston
They are 218 of the 2,532 NPPES records with a practice address in Galveston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Ray Samuel Cortez, MD's NPI number?
Ray Samuel Cortez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346084282, issued on Jun 25, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ray Samuel Cortez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at University OF Texas Medical Branch 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77555. Phone: (409) 747-1883. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ray Samuel Cortez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number BP10089878, 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 Ray Samuel Cortez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ray Samuel Cortez, MD had 42 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.