Vivek Choudhary, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · El Paso, TX
Vivek Choudhary, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in El Paso, Texas, and NPI 1427574813, issued on Aug 17, 2017. Check the license (Texas S4455, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vivek Choudhary
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- S4455 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- William Beaumont Army Medical Center (wbamc), El Paso, TX 79920
- Phone
- (915) 742-2180
- Enumerated
- Aug 17, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (915) 742-4363
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200929002503); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vivek Choudhary in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S4455Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
728 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 32 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levofloxacin47 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium33 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium33 claims
- Ondansetron Odt31 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate30 claims
- Famotidine28 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: $90.09
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Biosense Webster, 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 2 group practices
- Hospitalist Medicine Physicians OF Texas PLLCEl Paso, TX
- Sunset Heights Physician Services PAEl Paso, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vivek Choudhary among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Vivek Choudhary, MD 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 2017, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 77% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
262 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in El Paso
They are 262 of the 11,091 NPPES records with a practice address in El Paso, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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- Hasan Dimayuga, DOEl Paso, TX 799201235622630
- Robert Garcia, MDEl Paso, TX 799201649791849
- Daniel Kaplan, MDEl Paso, TX 799201831458298
- Luther Martin, DOEl Paso, TX 799201073659462
- Emilio Marzan, D.O.El Paso, TX 799201700299393
- Pratik Naik, M.D.El Paso, TX 799201023371903
Common questions
What is Vivek Choudhary, MD's NPI number?
Vivek Choudhary, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427574813, issued on Aug 17, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vivek Choudhary, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at William Beaumont Army Medical Center (wbamc), El Paso, TX, 79920. Phone: (915) 742-2180. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vivek Choudhary, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S4455, 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 Vivek Choudhary, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vivek Choudhary, MD had 728 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.