Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele
Plastic Surgery Physician · Corpus Christi, TX
Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Corpus Christi, Texas, and NPI 1497940951, issued on Sep 7, 2007. Check the license (Texas M9865, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele
- Primary taxonomy
- Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
- License number
- M9865 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5642 Esplanade Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414
- Phone
- (361) 888-7417
- Enumerated
- Sep 7, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jun 4, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (361) 651-1489
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080806000343); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Albany Medical College Of Union University, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M9865Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average plastic surgery physician in 2024
24 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 93 among the 3,527 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $234.07
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 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
- Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PACorpus Christi, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele among 374 plastic surgery physician records in Texas
Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele is one of 374 plastic surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 44% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 44% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2003 among the 151 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Plastic Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 374 plastic surgery physician records in Texas.
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The 8 plastic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kevin Hopkins, M.D.Corpus Christi, TX 784111578514303
- Robert Fernandez, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784041114927258
- Herve Gentile, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784041750351102
- Julio Rivera, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784041578547030
- Khalid Soleja, MDBrownsville, TX 785211417025438
- Filiberto Rodriguez, MDBrownsville, TX 785261881880748
- David Lee, MDEdinburg, TX 785391538153275
- Giovanna Ghafoori, MDHarlingen, TX 785501043211162
Common questions
What is Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele's NPI number?
Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497940951, issued on Sep 7, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5642 Esplanade Dr, Corpus Christi, TX, 78414. Phone: (361) 888-7417. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M9865, 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 Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele had 24 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among plastic surgery physician prescribers was 93. 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.
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.