NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pain Medicine Physician in Texas

115 NPPES records list pain medicine physician with a practice address in Texas, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 20th highest rate of 51. Houston and San Antonio have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search. Page 3 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208VP0000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Houston has the most, 23

  1. Houston23
  2. San Antonio18
  3. Fort Worth6
  4. El Paso5
  5. Paris5

Pain Medicine Physician records in Texas

  1. Scott Thompson, M.D.Granbury, TX 760481407827918
  2. Vu Tran, MDHouston, TX 770771184828774
  3. Carlos Trigo, MDEl Paso, TX 799341487101259
  4. Christian Vangeison, DOHouston, TX 770941578190351
  5. Norberto Vargas, MDParis, TX 754601861410995
  6. Efren Vega, M.D.Orange, TX 776301447461868
  7. Baominh Vinh, MDHouston, TX 770651578707303
  8. Cheryl White, M.DSugar Land, TX 774781659348373
  9. John Williamson, M.D.Huntsville, TX 773401922069186
  10. Charles Willis, MDDesoto, TX 751151336142983
  11. Linda Wilson, M.D.Austin, TX 787041396784815
  12. Scott Worrich, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782491699703066
  13. Alice Ye, MDHouston, TX 770301508326497
  14. Anwar Zaman, M.D.Tyler, TX 757021760773709
  15. Timothy Zoys, MDDallas, TX 752301720119415

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Texas ranks 20 of 51 per resident

  1. Idaho0.4
  2. Nebraska0.4
  3. Wisconsin0.4
  4. Texas0.4
  5. California0.4
  6. Wyoming0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

90.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 82.6% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Texas90.4%
  2. United States82.6%

Pain Medicine Physician records in Texas, measured

  • In a Medicare file104 of 115 · 90.4% here, 82.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file83 · 72.2% here, 66.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more46 · 40.0% here, 46.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 83 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208VP0000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

115 NPPES records list pain medicine physician (208VP0000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 23 of them (20%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Florida117
  2. California140
  3. New York66
  4. Arizona57

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wisconsin0.4
  2. Indiana0.4
  3. Kentucky0.4
  4. Washington0.3

The largest states

  1. California140
  2. Florida117
  3. New York66
  4. Arizona57
  5. Pennsylvania57

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.