Shankar P. Gopinath, MD
Neurological Surgery Physician · Houston, TX
Shankar P. Gopinath, MD is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1316027667, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (Texas 41389, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shankar P. Gopinath
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License number
- 41389 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 873-8890
- Enumerated
- Oct 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 27, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 873-8898
- Medicaid ID
- 160695601 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110103000247); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1504 Taub Loop
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Shankar P. Gopinath in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license 41389Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 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: $128.52
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Globus Medical, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 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
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is Shankar P. Gopinath, MD's NPI number?
Shankar P. Gopinath, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316027667, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shankar P. Gopinath, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 873-8890. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shankar P. Gopinath, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 41389, 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.
What is Shankar P. Gopinath, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 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.