Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1194786137, issued on Mar 29, 2006. Check the license (Texas K5966, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- K5966 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11721 Fuqua St, Houston, TX 77034
- Phone
- (281) 484-3500
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 6, 2025
- Fax
- (281) 484-3517
- Medicaid ID
- 138972802 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070905000606); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K5966Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
12,057 Medicare Part D claims for 328 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 210 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium607 claims
- Donepezil Hcl590 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium461 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate452 claims
- Memantine Hcl430 claims
- Eliquis257 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 29.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $200.63
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim 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
- T Gopal And Associates MD PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, 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 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D.'s NPI number?
Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194786137, issued on Mar 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11721 Fuqua St, Houston, TX, 77034. Phone: (281) 484-3500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K5966, 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 Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D. had 12,057 Medicare Part D claims for 328 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thandavarajan Gopalakrishnan, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 29.5 of 100. 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.