Shi-Tze Lu, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Shi-Tze Lu, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1215932900, issued on Jun 17, 2005. Check the license (Texas K3610, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shi-Tze Lu
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- K3610 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4543 Post Oak Place Dr, Houston, TX 77027
- Phone
- (713) 797-1087
- Enumerated
- Jun 17, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 19, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 797-9814
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040122000507); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 4543 Post Oak Place Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Rebecca HuntHearing Instrument Specialist1275942716
- Florence MaldonadoHearing Instrument Specialist1053671495
- Jr RidgwayHearing Instrument Specialist1235548777
- Michelle StichHearing Instrument Specialist1790194231
Verify Shi-Tze Lu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K3610Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,208 Medicare Part D claims for 600 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 101 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium404 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate223 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium170 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium167 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er136 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate123 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: $144.61
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dexcom, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Villagemd OF Southeast Texas PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
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Common questions
What is Shi-Tze Lu, M.D.'s NPI number?
Shi-Tze Lu, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215932900, issued on Jun 17, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shi-Tze Lu, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4543 Post Oak Place Dr, Houston, TX, 77027. Phone: (713) 797-1087. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shi-Tze Lu, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K3610, 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 Shi-Tze Lu, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shi-Tze Lu, M.D. had 5,208 Medicare Part D claims for 600 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.