Richard Alex Benavides, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Dallas, TX
Richard Alex Benavides, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1497893754, issued on Feb 1, 2007. Check the license (Texas F9189, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Alex Benavides
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- F9189 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7920 Belt Line RD, Dallas, TX 75254
- Phone
- (972) 331-8100
- Enumerated
- Feb 1, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 16, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040329000664); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7920 Belt Line RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard Alex Benavides in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license F9189Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
135 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl57 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate22 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim16 claims
- Cephalexin13 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11 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: $52.66
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was PolyNovo North America LLC. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Premier Provider Health PAFort Worth, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Alex Benavides among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas
Richard Alex Benavides, M.D. is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 42% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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 208600000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas.
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- Allen Baskind, M.D.Dallas, TX 752521992906267
- Maximilian ChoiDallas, TX 752521023647864
- Robert Connally, MDDallas, TX 752521245762848
- Richard Eller, M.D.Dallas, TX 752521972502896
- Arnold Fikkert, DODallas, TX 752521023050754
- Christopher Foote, MDDallas, TX 752521821550906
Common questions
What is Richard Alex Benavides, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Alex Benavides, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497893754, issued on Feb 1, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Alex Benavides, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7920 Belt Line RD, Dallas, TX, 75254. Phone: (972) 331-8100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Alex Benavides, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number F9189, 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 Richard Alex Benavides, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Alex Benavides, M.D. had 135 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.