Rupa Puttappa, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Humble, TX
Rupa Puttappa, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Humble, Texas, and NPI 1205910601, issued on Oct 24, 2006. Check the license (Texas M5450, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rupa Puttappa
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- M5450 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8233 N Sam Houston Pkwy E, Humble, TX 77396
- Phone
- (713) 442-2000
- Enumerated
- Oct 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 15, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 194498503 TX
194498504 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070305000226); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8233 N Sam Houston Pkwy E
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Rupa Puttappa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M5450Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
100% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
6,144 Medicare Part D claims for 863 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis731 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium454 claims
- Carvedilol412 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate407 claims
- Furosemide377 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate366 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: $232.37
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group, PLLCHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rupa Puttappa among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Rupa Puttappa, MD is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
24 cardiovascular disease physician records list a practice address in Humble
They are 24 of the 1,933 NPPES records with a practice address in Humble, and 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Rupa Puttappa, MD's NPI number?
Rupa Puttappa, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205910601, issued on Oct 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rupa Puttappa, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8233 N Sam Houston Pkwy E, Humble, TX, 77396. Phone: (713) 442-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rupa Puttappa, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M5450, 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 Rupa Puttappa, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rupa Puttappa, MD had 6,144 Medicare Part D claims for 863 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.