Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS
Surgery Physician · Houston, TX
Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS is a surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1942428784, issued on Apr 24, 2007. Check the license (Texas T9078, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Yee Lee Cheah
- Credential
- MD, FACS
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- T9078 TX
268804 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6550 Fannin St Ste 1601, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (781) 504-9790
- Enumerated
- Apr 24, 2007
- Record last updated
- Dec 15, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221027001735); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6550 Fannin St Ste 1601
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Leonora Meisenbach, RN,ACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1922169515
- Ashish Saharia, MDSurgery Physician1821241571
- Caroline Simon, MDSurgery Physician1790903524
Verify Yee Lee Cheah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T9078Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
192 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Carvedilol23 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium18 claims
- Tacrolimus12 claims
- Atovaquone11 claims
- Gabapentin11 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: $7,244.79
63 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Houston Methodist Specialty PhysiciansHouston, TX
- Tmh Physician Associates PLLCHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Yee Lee Cheah among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas
Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% 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 42% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 42% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2004 among the 1,350 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 208600000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Richard Andrassy, M.D.Houston, TX 770301184665820
- Barbara Bass, M.D., F.A.C.SHouston, TX 770301881632636
- Richard Caplan, M.D.Houston, TX 770301831170166
- Richard Geis, M.D.Houston, TX 770301891756532
- Steven HammermanHouston, TX 770301649268236
- Samer Mattar, MDHouston, TX 770301861466708
- Hemangshu Podder, M.D.Houston, TX 770301407885163
- Patrick Reardon, MDHouston, TX 770301649270265
Common questions
What is Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS's NPI number?
Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942428784, issued on Apr 24, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6550 Fannin St Ste 1601, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (781) 504-9790. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T9078, 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 Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS had 192 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.