Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Lubbock, TX
Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lubbock, Texas, and NPI 1700268059, issued on Jun 23, 2015. Check the license (Texas R5943, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stephen Blake Tanner
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- R5943 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11011 Slide RD Ste 2140W, Lubbock, TX 79424
- Phone
- (806) 472-6699
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2015
- Record last updated
- Jan 21, 2026
- Fax
- (806) 472-6698
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200518001282); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2015
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 11011 Slide RD Ste 2140W
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Stephen Blake Tanner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license R5943Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,576 Medicare Part D claims for 305 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril171 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate159 claims
- Losartan Potassium111 claims
- Furosemide99 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl83 claims
- Carvedilol74 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: $91.50
1 payment: education; the largest payer was Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, 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
- Umc PhysiciansLubbock, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stephen Blake Tanner among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 71% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lubbock
They are 116 of the 5,735 NPPES records with a practice address in Lubbock, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D.'s NPI number?
Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700268059, issued on Jun 23, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11011 Slide RD Ste 2140W, Lubbock, TX, 79424. Phone: (806) 472-6699. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number R5943, 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 Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stephen Blake Tanner, M.D. had 1,576 Medicare Part D claims for 305 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.