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Dr. Benjamin Batson , DO

Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease โ€ข Lubbock, TX

Active NPI 1699296954 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

3621 22nd St Ste 400
Lubbock, TX 794101302

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

3621 22nd St Ste 400

Lubbock, TX 794101302

Telephone 8067918484
Fax 8067918498
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Pulmonory Associates Of Lubbock Llp Facility NPI 1962404327

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Lubbock, TX. See the list

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Covenant Medical Group. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026

Medical School

University Of North Texas Hsc, College Of Osteopathic Med

Graduation Year

2017

Medicare patients

355 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $119,084 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.

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 โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

Paid by Medicare

About $92,718 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

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 โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

30-day fills

891 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

$277,239 in 2024

The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.

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 โ€“ by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2025

All general payments: $2,963.21 across 112 records.

By nature of payment

  • Food and Beverage: $2,552.81 across 109 records.
  • Travel and Lodging: $394.16 across 2 records.
  • Education: $16.24 across 1 record.

Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 16)

  • AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP: $671.90 across 14 records.
  • GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.: $526.58 across 31 records.
  • INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.: $468.46 across 3 records.

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.

See the full table

Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

9 years (graduated 2017)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2017 as the year this clinician finished professional 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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.

NPI first issued

2017

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.

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, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, โ€œDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ€

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Dr. Batson 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.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Dr. Batson 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.

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.

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Lubbock 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 Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Lubbock, TX (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,137. Middle half: 584 to 1,582.

More Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Texas (2024, 730 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 995. Middle half: 375 to 1,872.

Medicare-allowed amount

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Lubbock, TX (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $105,875. Middle half: $58,028 to $123,495.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Texas (2024, 730 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $93,554. Middle half: $42,268 to $187,979.

Paid by Medicare

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Lubbock, TX (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $82,975. Middle half: $45,817 to $96,131.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Texas (2024, 730 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $72,493. Middle half: $32,672 to $145,098.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Lubbock, TX (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 811. Middle half: 192 to 1,228.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Texas (2024, 676 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 762. Middle half: 212 to 1,928.

Part D drug cost

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Lubbock, TX (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $474,435. Middle half: $169,108 to $784,527.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease in Texas (2024, 676 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $429,867. Middle half: $72,110 to $1,195,672.

22 active clinicians are listed under Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease with a practice address in Lubbock, TX (984 in Texas).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Lubbock

9.1% of these 22 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

81.8% of these 22 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, 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

Open Payments ยท Program Year 2025
Disclosure Year:

Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 โ€“ December 31, 2025): 112 records totaling $2,963.21.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
Da Vinci Surgical System General $375.16
Verona Pharma, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Ohtuvayre General $133.48
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
FASENRA General $122.79
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
BREZTRI General $122.79
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
AIRSUPRA General $122.79
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
FASENRA General $121.68
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
OFEV General $99.96
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Da Vinci Surgical System General $74.30
Insmed, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Arikayce General $69.09
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
AIRSUPRA General $35.09
Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Prolastin-C Liquid General $32.91
Insmed, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Arikayce General $30.65
Verona Pharma, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Ohtuvayre General $29.55
Verona Pharma, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Ohtuvayre General $28.37
Viatris Specialty LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
YUPELRI General $27.95
Insmed, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Arikayce General $26.81
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
AIRSUPRA General $26.57
ABIOMED
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
โ€” General $26.27
Verona Pharma, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Ohtuvayre General $26.27
Insmed, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Arikayce General $25.69
Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Prolastin-C Liquid General $25.53
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
DUPIXENT General $25.39
Verona Pharma, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Ohtuvayre General $25.33
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
OFEV General $23.42
Verona Pharma, Inc.
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
Ohtuvayre General $22.96

(top 25 shown)

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B ยท Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

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HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes
253 93 $115.00 $73.88
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
193 125 $177.00 $92.29
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
163 71 $510.00 $202.70
G2211 Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's
120 102 $47.25 $15.62
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes
118 76 $167.00 $112.75
94010 Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume
96 93 $26.00 $7.67
71045 X-ray of chest, 1 view
92 86 $67.00 $7.98
94727 Test to determine lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
78 77 $39.00 $11.19
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
78 78 $285.00 $126.23
94729 Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases
76 75 $28.00 $8.30
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
62 55 $125.00 $62.27
71250 Ct scan of chest without contrast
47 40 $336.00 $77.74
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes
47 47 $405.00 $124.55
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes
38 38 $600.00 $160.96
94618 Test for exercise-induced lung stress
27 26 $117.00 $20.95
32555 Aspiration of fluid from chest cavity using imaging guidance
15 13 $417.00 $99.40

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.

CMS Part D ยท Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Trelegy Ellipta Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter 238 8,362 $172,105.24 57
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa Albuterol Sulfate 95 3,293 $2,616.66 40
Breztri Aerosphere Budesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol 39 1,530 $30,970.76 12
Azithromycin Azithromycin 37 875 $476.17 11
Fluticasone-Salmeterol Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol 31 930 $2,537.28 11
Symbicort Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate 30 1,200 $9,204.41 โ€”
Doxycycline Hyclate Doxycycline Hyclate 26 325 $269.03 24
Montelukast Sodium Montelukast Sodium 24 1,589 $255.04 โ€”
Ventolin Hfa Albuterol Sulfate 22 505 $1,328.70 โ€”
Prednisone Prednisone 20 308 $58.88 19
Anoro Ellipta Umeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr 16 870 $11,516.75 โ€”
Spiriva Handihaler Tiotropium Bromide 15 870 $14,118.56 โ€”
Breyna Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate 15 426 $2,892.30 โ€”
Levofloxacin Levofloxacin 14 153 $52.69 12
Breo Ellipta Fluticasone/Vilanterol 14 420 $5,559.52 โ€”
Stiolto Respimat Tiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl 14 420 $6,040.41 โ€”
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav 12 251 $219.17 12
Ipratropium Bromide Ipratropium Bromide 11 508 $359.20 โ€”
Spiriva Respimat Tiotropium Bromide 11 810 $13,883.35 โ€”
Wixela Inhub Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol 11 930 $2,774.67 โ€”

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

Self-certified to NPPES: 2023-08-07
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X

License # reported to NPPES TX S1561

An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.

Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X

License # reported to NPPES TX S1561

An internist who diagnoses, treats and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff and other specialists.

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Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - PULMONARY DISEASE

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20191009001265

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

TX

PECOS Control ID

4284969262

Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Eligible

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026

Covenant Medical Group

3621 22nd St, Lubbock, TX 794101301

Phone: 8067918484

Secondary Practice Locations

3601 4th St # Ms 9410

Lubbock, TX 794300002

Phone: 8067433381

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

14 listed
Christopher Ackerman , NP

Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care

NPI 1790220028

Nurse Practitioner

Dr. Naidu Chekuru , MD

Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease

NPI 1073515433

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Michelle Coffey , AGACNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care

NPI 1417407149

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Board Certified)

Dr. Marque Hunter , MD

Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease

NPI 1568485258

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Mark Johnson , MD

Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease

NPI 1205838653

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Srinivas Kadiyala , MD

Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease

NPI 1275535635

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Career & Practice History Timeline

Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status

16 Historical Events
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Updated Practice Location August 07, 2023

Registered at 3621 22ND ST STE 400, LUBBOCK, TX 794101302 (Tel: 8067918484)

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Updated Business Mailing Address August 07, 2023

Registered at 2215 NASHVILLE AVE, LUBBOCK, TX 794101105 (Tel: 8067255844)

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Secondary Practice Location Registered August 07, 2023

Additional practice office at 3601 4th St # MS 9410, Lubbock, TX 794300002

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) August 07, 2023

Internal Medicine (license number reported to NPPES: TX S1561)

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NPI Profile Active October 03, 2017

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Updated Practice Location October 03, 2017

Registered at 3601 4TH ST # MS 9410, LUBBOCK, TX 794300002 (Tel: (806) 743-3381)

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Updated Business Mailing Address October 03, 2017

Registered at 3601 4TH ST # MS 9410, LUBBOCK, TX 794300002 (Tel: 8067433381)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated October 03, 2017

Recorded as BENJAMIN BATSON, DO

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) October 03, 2017

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (license number reported to NPPES: TX BP10059579)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated August 10, 2017

Recorded as BENJAMIN BATSON, DO

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NPI Profile Active July 10, 2017

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Practice Location (Initial Record) July 10, 2017

Registered at 3601 4TH ST # MS 9410, LUBBOCK, TX 794300002 (Tel: (806) 743-3381)

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Business Mailing Address (Initial Record) July 10, 2017

Registered at 3601 4TH ST # MS 9410, LUBBOCK, TX 794300002 (Tel: 8067433381)

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Provider Name / Credentials (Initial Record) July 10, 2017

Recorded as BENJAMIN BATSON, MD

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) July 10, 2017

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (license number reported to NPPES: TX BP10059579)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration June 27, 2017

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1699296954
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: June 27, 2017
Last Update: August 07, 2023
Sole Proprietor: Yes

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Mailing Address

2215 Nashville Ave

Lubbock, TX 794101105

Phone: 8067255844

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.