Sunil Arun Athavale, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Sunil Arun Athavale, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1669530127, issued on Dec 5, 2006. Check the license (Texas L9609, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sunil Arun Athavale
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- L9609 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9401 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 970-7000
- Enumerated
- Dec 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 26, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 179437204 TX
179437203 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060316000617); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sunil Arun Athavale in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L9609Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,402 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl163 claims
- Risperidone131 claims
- Aripiprazole108 claims
- Sertraline Hcl86 claims
- Haloperidol84 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate65 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.7 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- The Harris Center For Mental Health And IddHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sunil Arun Athavale among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Sunil Arun Athavale, MD is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Sunil Arun Athavale, MD's NPI number?
Sunil Arun Athavale, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669530127, issued on Dec 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sunil Arun Athavale, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9401 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 970-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sunil Arun Athavale, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L9609, 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 Sunil Arun Athavale, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sunil Arun Athavale, MD had 1,402 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sunil Arun Athavale, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.7 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.