NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD

Pulmonary Disease Physician · Victoria, TX

Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Victoria, Texas, and NPI 1063774198, issued on Jun 14, 2012. Check the license (Texas Q9796, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1063774198
Name
Samuel Wellington Copeland
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
License number
Q9796 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2705 Hospital Dr Ste 402, Victoria, TX 77901
Phone
(361) 574-1780
Enumerated
Jun 14, 2012
Record last updated
Jul 11, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(361) 574-1785
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20161109002537); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2012
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2705 Hospital Dr Ste 402

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Zachary BarberFamily Nurse Practitioner1366098915
  2. Richard Rogers, MDGastroenterology Physician1598837684

Verify Samuel Wellington Copeland in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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17% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024

1,661 Medicare Part D claims for 289 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 62% of claims.

  1. Samuel Copeland1,661
  2. Specialty average1,425

Most prescribed

  1. Trelegy Ellipta361 claims
  2. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa272 claims
  3. Montelukast Sodium154 claims
  4. Breo Ellipta129 claims
  5. Symbicort80 claims
  6. Breztri Aerosphere62 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $420.19

19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Samuel Copeland$420.19
  2. Specialty average$5,159.88

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

  1. Citizens Medical Center County OF VictoriaVictoria, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Samuel Wellington Copeland among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas

Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD is one of 967 pulmonary 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 2012, is newer than 75% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 75% of these records are older, 22% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas

There are 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas.

The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robin Adams, M.D.Victoria, TX 779011992815070
  2. Juan Llompart, MDVictoria, TX 779011790893576
  3. Joseph Brading, M.D.College Station, TX 778451780819920
  4. Rakin Choudhury, MDCollege Station, TX 778451922454917
  5. Patricia Copley, MDCollege Station, TX 778451619912979
  6. Rajesh Harrykissoon, MDCollege Station, TX 778451285647727
  7. Nader Hijazi, MDCollege Station, TX 778451609812775
  8. Wilmary Rodriguez- Collado, M.D.College Station, TX 778451750582573

Common questions

What is Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD's NPI number?

Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063774198, issued on Jun 14, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2705 Hospital Dr Ste 402, Victoria, TX, 77901. Phone: (361) 574-1780. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number Q9796, 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 Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD had 1,661 Medicare Part D claims for 289 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Samuel Wellington Copeland, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.