Thomas R. Lux, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Thomas R. Lux, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1003834409, issued on Jul 17, 2006. Check the license (Texas J0083, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas R. Lux
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- J0083 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1701 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX 77005
- Phone
- (713) 526-5511
- Enumerated
- Jul 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 9, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 520-4755
- Medicaid ID
- 136913411 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060814000385); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 1990
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas R. Lux in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J0083Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
76% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,585 Medicare Part D claims for 364 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. 205 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium200 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate166 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium149 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium141 claims
- Lisinopril136 claims
- Alprazolam127 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $344.11
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Medical Clinic OF Houston, LLPHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas R. Lux among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Thomas R. Lux, 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
- Graduated1990 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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 Thomas R. Lux, M.D.'s NPI number?
Thomas R. Lux, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003834409, issued on Jul 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas R. Lux, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1701 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX, 77005. Phone: (713) 526-5511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas R. Lux, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J0083, 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 Thomas R. Lux, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas R. Lux, M.D. had 5,585 Medicare Part D claims for 364 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thomas R. Lux, 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.