Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1972752350, issued on Sep 10, 2008. Check the license (Texas N1077, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samuel Josiah Prater
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- N1077 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 500-7882
- Enumerated
- Sep 10, 2008
- Record last updated
- Sep 19, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100831000369); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Samuel Josiah Prater in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N1077Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
17 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 82.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $12.94
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Ambu Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Memorial Hermann Hospital Based Physician GroupHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Samuel Josiah Prater among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D. is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 41% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 41% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D.'s NPI number?
Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972752350, issued on Sep 10, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 500-7882. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N1077, 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 Josiah Prater, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D. had 17 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Samuel Josiah Prater, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.