NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sumit Perakathu, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Harlingen, TX

Sumit Perakathu, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Harlingen, Texas, and NPI 1326427782, issued on May 19, 2015. Check the license (Texas BP10052472, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1326427782
Name
Sumit Perakathu
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
BP10052472 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2222 Benwood St, Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone
(956) 389-2448
Enumerated
May 19, 2015
Record last updated
Jul 7, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(956) 389-2498
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20181003002922); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2222 Benwood St

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  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
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38% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

2,206 Medicare Part D claims for 488 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 26 claims were for opioids.

  1. Sumit Perakathu2,206
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium114 claims
  2. Lisinopril97 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium90 claims
  4. Gabapentin84 claims
  5. Ozempic66 claims
  6. Amlodipine Besylate60 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: $117,411.94

106 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Csl Plasma Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Sumit Perakathu$117,412
  2. Specialty average$903

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

  1. Wellmed Medical Group PABrownsville, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Sumit Perakathu among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas

Sumit Perakathu, M.D. is one of 11,119 family 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 75% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 75% of these records are older, 23% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2011 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2015 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

68 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Harlingen

They are 68 of the 2,419 NPPES records with a practice address in Harlingen, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.

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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ricardo Alaniz, MDHarlingen, TX 785501477549533
  2. Raquel Bolado, D.O.Harlingen, TX 785501679567713
  3. Timothy Bothwell, M.D.Harlingen, TX 785501780680850
  4. Robert Holder, MDHarlingen, TX 785501588648075
  5. Thomas Huff, DOHarlingen, TX 785501780676858
  6. Ann Kanaan, D.O.Harlingen, TX 785501972500510
  7. Bruce Leibert, M.D.Harlingen, TX 785501386639672
  8. Juan Maldonado, MDHarlingen, TX 785501114901626

Common questions

What is Sumit Perakathu, M.D.'s NPI number?

Sumit Perakathu, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326427782, issued on May 19, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sumit Perakathu, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2222 Benwood St, Harlingen, TX, 78550. Phone: (956) 389-2448. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sumit Perakathu, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number BP10052472, 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 Sumit Perakathu, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Sumit Perakathu, M.D. had 2,206 Medicare Part D claims for 488 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.