Dr. Ronald R Buescher , MD
General Practice • Houston, TX
10021 S Main St, Suite B-4
Houston, TX 770255224
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Dr. Ronald Buescher is listed in NPPES under General Practice.
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NPI assigned on July 11, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 540 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99214 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 243 service units.
- J3301 — Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg: 104 service units.
- 99213 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 60 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 8 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 3,227 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen) — 197 prescription fills, including refills.
- Alprazolam — 152 prescription fills, including refills.
- Lorazepam — 91 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 105 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Houston, TX (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 223. Middle half: 73 to 747.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under General Practice in Texas (2024, 172 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 341. Middle half: 100 to 1,551.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 901 in 2020 to 540 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
10021 S Main St
Suite B-4
Houston, TX 770255224
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Baylor College Of Medicine
1980
What Public CMS Data Show
General Practice: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
80 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $41,670 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $27,132 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
5,230 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$596,427 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $43.98 across 2 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $43.98 across 2 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: $25.26 across 1 record.
- Novo Nordisk Inc: $18.72 across 1 record.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
46 years (graduated 1980)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1980 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Buescher has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Buescher as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Houston and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Houston, TX (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 223. Middle half: 73 to 747.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under General Practice in Texas (2024, 172 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 341. Middle half: 100 to 1,551.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Houston, TX (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,660. Middle half: $9,422 to $74,378.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under General Practice in Texas (2024, 172 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $28,596. Middle half: $8,918 to $83,485.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 60% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Houston, TX (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $14,270. Middle half: $6,534 to $56,228.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under General Practice in Texas (2024, 172 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $19,146. Middle half: $6,451 to $65,134.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
More Part D prescriptions than 75% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Houston, TX (2024, 36 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 577. Middle half: 85 to 2,785.
More Part D prescriptions than 75% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Texas (2024, 221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 452. Middle half: 78 to 2,858.
Part D drug cost
A higher Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Houston, TX (2024, 36 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,647. Middle half: $2,458 to $392,192.
A higher Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under General Practice in Texas (2024, 221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,804. Middle half: $993 to $222,529.
133 active clinicians are listed under General Practice with a practice address in Houston, TX (1,066 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Houston
6.8% of these 133 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
30.1% of these 133 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 40% from 901 in 2020 to 540 in 2024.
- 2020: 901
- 2021: 506
- 2022: 617
- 2023: 609
- 2024: 540
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount stayed about the same: $45,512 in 2020 and $41,670 in 2024.
- 2020: $45,512
- 2021: $34,216
- 2022: $40,778
- 2023: $48,878
- 2024: $41,670
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare stayed about the same: $29,023 in 2020 and $27,132 in 2024.
- 2020: $29,023
- 2021: $21,904
- 2022: $27,292
- 2023: $33,370
- 2024: $27,132
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions varied from year to year: 3,471 in 2020 and 3,227 in 2024.
- 2020: 3,471
- 2021: 2,798
- 2022: 2,619
- 2023: 2,544
- 2024: 3,227
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30-day fills
30-day fills varied from year to year: 4,920 in 2020 and 5,230 in 2024.
- 2020: 4,920
- 2021: 4,135
- 2022: 4,055
- 2023: 3,978
- 2024: 5,230
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost increased 150% from $238,383 in 2020 to $596,427 in 2024.
- 2020: $238,383
- 2021: $262,057
- 2022: $486,500
- 2023: $244,882
- 2024: $596,427
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $16.57 in 2020 to $43.98 in 2025.
- 2020: $16.57
- 2022: $13.25
- 2023: $236.33
- 2024: $60.57
- 2025: $43.98
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $43.98.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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AZMIRO | General | $25.26 |
| Novo Nordisk Inc |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Ozempic | General | $18.72 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99214
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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243 | 75 | $145.00 | $128.47 |
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J3301
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
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104 | 14 | $10.00 | $0.96 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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60 | 32 | $105.00 | $91.53 |
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36415
Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
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40 | 29 | $12.00 | $8.65 |
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99441
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes
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35 | 24 | $72.00 | $56.31 |
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96372
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle
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24 | 14 | $30.00 | $14.27 |
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99442
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes
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20 | 14 | $116.00 | $90.81 |
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G0008
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
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14 | 14 | $28.00 | $27.44 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 197 | 5,107 | $5,800.96 | 25 |
| Alprazolam | Alprazolam | 152 | 5,574 | $919.44 | 29 |
| Lorazepam | Lorazepam | 91 | 3,180 | $848.22 | 14 |
| Methylprednisolone | Methylprednisolone | 88 | 600 | $661.65 | 39 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 81 | 6,200 | $713.54 | 22 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 79 | 3,103 | $759.96 | 20 |
| Donepezil Hcl | Donepezil Hcl | 70 | 3,180 | $1,208.92 | 13 |
| Azithromycin | Azithromycin | 69 | 498 | $430.91 | 40 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 68 | 5,160 | $565.59 | 19 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 64 | 5,096 | $810.88 | 19 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 64 | 4,620 | $317.19 | 21 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 60 | 4,320 | $629.08 | 21 |
| Trazodone Hcl | Trazodone Hcl | 58 | 1,800 | $199.25 | — |
| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 57 | 1,354 | $816.56 | — |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 51 | 4,410 | $444.23 | 19 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 49 | 3,520 | $511.54 | 16 |
| Clonazepam | Clonazepam | 47 | 1,386 | $686.24 | — |
| Ozempic | Semaglutide | 46 | 1,562 | $47,902.92 | — |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 45 | 3,030 | $473.39 | 11 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | Escitalopram Oxalate | 45 | 1,890 | $245.25 | — |
| Synthroid | Levothyroxine Sodium | 44 | 3,645 | $4,502.43 | 11 |
| Eszopiclone | Eszopiclone | 42 | 1,277 | $930.50 | — |
| Vitamin D2 | Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 41 | 2,721 | $471.36 | — |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 40 | 925 | $349.21 | — |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | Zolpidem Tartrate | 39 | 1,782 | $455.32 | — |
(top 25 shown)
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208D00000X
A physician who specializes in the general practice of diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with a variety of illnesses and conditions.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - GENERAL PRACTICE
I20040806000622
TX
7012989593
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated July 11, 2006.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
10021 S Main St, Suite B-4
Houston, TX 770255224
Phone: 7136679100