Ting-Chi Lu, MD
Nephrology Physician · Austin, TX
Ting-Chi Lu, MD is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1649378787, issued on Sep 20, 2006. Check the license (Texas N0232, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ting-Chi Lu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- N0232 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 321 W Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
- Phone
- (512) 451-5800
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 4, 2023
- Fax
- (512) 459-1399
- Medicaid ID
- 194975202 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080826000374); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 321 W Ben White Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ting-Chi Lu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N0232Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
1,325 Medicare Part D claims for 198 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide80 claims
- Losartan Potassium80 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate78 claims
- Carvedilol75 claims
- Jardiance68 claims
- Farxiga65 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: $560.71
24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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
- Austin Kidney Associates PAAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Ting-Chi Lu, MD's NPI number?
Ting-Chi Lu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649378787, issued on Sep 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ting-Chi Lu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 321 W Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX, 78704. Phone: (512) 451-5800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ting-Chi Lu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N0232, 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 Ting-Chi Lu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ting-Chi Lu, MD had 1,325 Medicare Part D claims for 198 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ting-Chi Lu, MD'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.