Zahida Samad, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Lubbock, TX
Zahida Samad, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Lubbock, Texas, and NPI 1396834875, issued on Oct 12, 2006. Check the license (Texas H8553, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Zahida Samad
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- H8553 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6104 Avenue Q South Dr, Lubbock, TX 79412
- Phone
- (806) 472-3420
- Enumerated
- Oct 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (806) 472-3521
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240605002253); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Zahida Samad in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license H8553Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
20% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,203 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate133 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er106 claims
- Olanzapine102 claims
- Lorazepam100 claims
- Risperidone81 claims
- Aripiprazole77 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Health And Human Services CommissionLubbock, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Zahida Samad among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Zahida Samad, M.D. is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
77 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Lubbock
They are 77 of the 5,735 NPPES records with a practice address in Lubbock, and 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Zahida Samad, M.D.'s NPI number?
Zahida Samad, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396834875, issued on Oct 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Zahida Samad, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6104 Avenue Q South Dr, Lubbock, TX, 79412. Phone: (806) 472-3420. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Zahida Samad, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number H8553, 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 Zahida Samad, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Zahida Samad, M.D. had 1,203 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.