Ricardo A. Alaniz, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Harlingen, TX
Ricardo A. Alaniz, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Harlingen, Texas, and NPI 1477549533, issued on Sep 23, 2005. Check the license (Texas L4848, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo A. Alaniz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- L4848 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1706 Treasure Hills Blvd, Harlingen, TX 78550
- Phone
- (956) 365-6750
- Enumerated
- Sep 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 170036101 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041230000216); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo A. Alaniz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L4848Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,949 Medicare Part D claims for 351 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 130 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium426 claims
- Lisinopril418 claims
- Metformin Hcl321 claims
- Losartan Potassium170 claims
- Omeprazole170 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate168 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- SU Clinica FamiliarBrownsville, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo A. Alaniz among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Ricardo A. Alaniz, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 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).
68 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Harlingen
They are 68 of the 2,419 NPPES records with a practice address in Harlingen, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Ricardo A. Alaniz, MD's NPI number?
Ricardo A. Alaniz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477549533, issued on Sep 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo A. Alaniz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1706 Treasure Hills Blvd, Harlingen, TX, 78550. Phone: (956) 365-6750. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo A. Alaniz, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L4848, 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 Ricardo A. Alaniz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo A. Alaniz, MD had 5,949 Medicare Part D claims for 351 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.