Zubeida Charania
General Practice Physician · Houston, TX
Zubeida Charania is a general practice physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1043204514, issued on Sep 9, 2005. Check the license (Texas G9077, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Zubeida Charania
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- G9077 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6644 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 977-7300
- Enumerated
- Sep 9, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 10, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 977-7308
- Medicaid ID
- 136605610 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060816000283); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Zubeida Charania in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license G9077Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
182 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metformin Hcl12 claims
- Simvastatin11 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: $136.62
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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
- Apex Physician Associates OF TexasHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Zubeida Charania among 1,062 general practice physician records in Texas
Zubeida Charania is one of 1,062 general practice physician records with a practice address in Texas. 44% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 44% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 21% of these records are
- Graduated1976 · median 2000 among the 222 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208D00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Zubeida Charania's NPI number?
Zubeida Charania's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043204514, issued on Sep 9, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Zubeida Charania located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6644 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 977-7300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Zubeida Charania's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G9077, 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 Zubeida Charania prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Zubeida Charania had 182 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. 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.