NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Stephen A. Turner, M.D.

Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Corpus Christi, TX

Stephen A. Turner, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Corpus Christi, Texas, and NPI 1508866252, issued on Jul 22, 2005. Check the license (Texas J1581, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1508866252
Name
Stephen A. Turner
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
License number
J1581 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
601 Texan Trl Ste 300, Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Phone
(361) 887-9000
Enumerated
Jul 22, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 12, 2024
Fax
(361) 887-0942
Medicaid ID
099346101 TX
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 601 Texan Trl Ste 300

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

  1. Rafael Berio-Muniz, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1760403620
  2. Srikanth Damaraju, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1790785442
  3. Jon EspinozaPhysical Therapy Assistant1356984876
  4. Alana Flores, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1962035139
  5. Raymond Graf, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1972503605
  6. Christina Johnson, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1447089065

Verify Stephen A. Turner in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
    Search for license J1581
    Check the board
  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
Open the Texas license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

55% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024

4,767 Medicare Part D claims for 735 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.

  1. Stephen Turner4,767
  2. Specialty average3,078

Most prescribed

  1. Eliquis472 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate440 claims
  3. Metoprolol Succinate373 claims
  4. Atorvastatin Calcium321 claims
  5. Furosemide285 claims
  6. Lisinopril221 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: $344.74

18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Stephen Turner$344.74
  2. Specialty average$3,819.56

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Stephen A. Turner among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas

Stephen A. Turner, M.D. is one of 1,603 cardiovascular 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 80% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 76% of these records are
  • Record last updated2024 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas

There are 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas.

The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rafael Berio-Muniz, M.D.Corpus Christi, TX 784111760403620
  2. Shamim Mawji, M.D.Corpus Christi, TX 784111871593525
  3. Gregg Silverman, M.D.Corpus Christi, TX 784111003816638
  4. Thomas Alexander, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784041033191838
  5. Milton Beato, M.D.Corpus Christi, TX 784041770577439
  6. Lawrence Brenner, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784041225010317
  7. Kasi Chekuri, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784041093797193
  8. Christel CuevasCorpus Christi, TX 784041366735375

Common questions

What is Stephen A. Turner, M.D.'s NPI number?

Stephen A. Turner, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508866252, issued on Jul 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Stephen A. Turner, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 601 Texan Trl Ste 300, Corpus Christi, TX, 78411. Phone: (361) 887-9000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Stephen A. Turner, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number J1581, 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 A. Turner, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Stephen A. Turner, M.D. had 4,767 Medicare Part D claims for 735 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Stephen A. Turner, M.D.'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.