Dr. Cleve O. James , MD, PhD
Internal Medicine • Pasadena, TX
4000 Spencer Hwy
Pasadena, TX 775041202
This profile restates public CMS/NPPES data; T-MedInfo gives no medical advice — consult a licensed professional, and call 911 for emergencies.
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NPI assigned on June 12, 2009; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 503 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:
- 99233 — Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 226 service units.
- 99232 — Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 156 service units.
- 99223 — Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making: 64 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.
CPT® only copyright 2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Service names are shortened from CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors (CMS data, 2024). CPT notice
See all 4 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 2,621 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:
- Cephalexin — 204 prescription fills, including refills.
- Metoprolol Tartrate — 188 prescription fills, including refills.
- Famotidine — 145 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 59 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Pasadena, TX (2024, 21 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 774. Middle half: 451 to 1,517.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Texas (2024, 5,423 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 645. Middle half: 277 to 1,322.
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 944 in 2020 to 503 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
4000 Spencer Hwy
Pasadena, TX 775041202
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
Howard University College Of Medicine
2008
What Public CMS Data Show
Internal Medicine: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
77 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 $56,736 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 $45,191 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
2,668 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
$70,033 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.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $15.57 in 2023
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2023.
Years since graduation
18 years (graduated 2008)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2008 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
2009
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. James 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. James 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 Pasadena and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Pasadena, TX (2024, 21 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 774. Middle half: 451 to 1,517.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Texas (2024, 5,423 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 645. Middle half: 277 to 1,322.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Pasadena, TX (2024, 21 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $60,592. Middle half: $33,079 to $120,145.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Texas (2024, 5,423 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $61,221. Middle half: $27,420 to $115,826.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Pasadena, TX (2024, 21 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $50,710. Middle half: $22,690 to $93,658.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Texas (2024, 5,423 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $47,501. Middle half: $20,446 to $90,051.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 65% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Pasadena, TX (2024, 29 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 4,564. Middle half: 829 to 9,211.
More Part D prescriptions than 60% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Texas (2024, 5,674 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 828. Middle half: 121 to 4,824.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Pasadena, TX (2024, 29 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $433,560. Middle half: $34,295 to $709,845.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Texas (2024, 5,674 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $64,859. Middle half: $4,211 to $436,775.
32 active clinicians are listed under Internal Medicine with a practice address in Pasadena, TX (9,191 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Pasadena
21.9% of these 32 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
84.4% of these 32 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 47% from 944 in 2020 to 503 in 2024.
- 2020: 944
- 2021: 510
- 2022: 838
- 2023: 522
- 2024: 503
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 46% from $105,979 in 2020 to $56,736 in 2024.
- 2020: $105,979
- 2021: $57,927
- 2022: $94,262
- 2023: $64,089
- 2024: $56,736
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 45% from $81,558 in 2020 to $45,191 in 2024.
- 2020: $81,558
- 2021: $45,228
- 2022: $74,125
- 2023: $50,981
- 2024: $45,191
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 52% from 5,477 in 2020 to 2,621 in 2024.
- 2020: 5,477
- 2021: 5,497
- 2022: 2,409
- 2023: 2,611
- 2024: 2,621
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 77% from 11,426 in 2020 to 2,668 in 2024.
- 2020: 11,426
- 2021: 10,623
- 2022: 2,988
- 2023: 2,667
- 2024: 2,668
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 73% from $262,291 in 2020 to $70,033 in 2024.
- 2020: $262,291
- 2021: $326,510
- 2022: $95,993
- 2023: $77,144
- 2024: $70,033
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $13.30 in 2019 to $15.57 in 2023.
- 2019: $13.30
- 2022: $12.33
- 2023: $15.57
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2023), 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 2023 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2023): fewer than 11 records totaling $15.57.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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AREXVY | General | $15.57 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2023, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99233
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes
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226 | 57 | $216.00 | $118.71 |
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99232
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes
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156 | 29 | $173.69 | $78.97 |
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99223
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes
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64 | 50 | $280.45 | $173.19 |
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99239
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
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57 | 42 | $286.88 | $114.11 |
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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| Cephalexin | Cephalexin | 204 | 1,372 | $1,133.10 | 198 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | Metoprolol Tartrate | 188 | 5,192 | $679.44 | 155 |
| Famotidine | Famotidine | 145 | 2,903 | $970.20 | 139 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 135 | 2,701 | $557.12 | 93 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 132 | 3,559 | $1,165.67 | 85 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 123 | 3,562 | $1,036.98 | 100 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | Hydralazine Hcl | 118 | 2,030 | $896.36 | 95 |
| Prednisone | Prednisone | 93 | 658 | $160.01 | 70 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | Ondansetron Hcl | 76 | 464 | $605.77 | 70 |
| Eliquis | Apixaban | 75 | 1,723 | $37,629.15 | 56 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | Doxycycline Hyclate | 71 | 550 | $712.64 | 68 |
| Metronidazole | Metronidazole | 67 | 359 | $275.89 | 64 |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 66 | 1,514 | $259.43 | 56 |
| Nifedipine Er | Nifedipine | 65 | 1,659 | $907.91 | 61 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 59 | 1,551 | $420.20 | 41 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 51 | 1,191 | $672.44 | 34 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 48 | 1,159 | $271.90 | 31 |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 46 | 326 | $143.15 | 45 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 40 | 860 | $388.65 | 12 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 40 | 1,076 | $394.76 | 26 |
| Clopidogrel | Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 38 | 1,061 | $378.51 | 31 |
| Azithromycin | Azithromycin | 36 | 119 | $136.67 | 34 |
| Ondansetron Odt | Ondansetron | 34 | 330 | $352.31 | 34 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | Isosorbide Dinitrate | 34 | 763 | $4,580.27 | 20 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | Amiodarone Hcl | 34 | 894 | $639.12 | 30 |
(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
Self-certified to NPPES: 2026-05-05NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - INTERNAL MEDICINE
I20120906000852
TX
8224285283
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.
Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 4000 SPENCER HWY, PASADENA, TX 775041202 (Tel: 8324921884)
Registered at PO BOX 17119, SUGAR LAND, TX 774967119 (Tel: 8324921884)
Registered at 3130 GRANTS LAKE BLVD UNIT 17119, SUGAR LAND, TX 774960853 (Tel: 8324921884)
Registered at 3130 GRANTS LAKE BLVD UNIT 17119, SUGAR LAND, TX 774960853 (Tel: 8324921884)
Internal Medicine (license number reported to NPPES: TX P3358)
Registered at PO BOX 5666, PASADENA, TX 775085666 (Tel: 8328313478)
Internal Medicine (license number reported to NPPES: TX P23933)
Registered at 4102 WOODLAWN AVE, STE 110, PASADENA, TX 775041921 (Tel: 8328313478)
Record officially reactivated for active practice on November 07, 2019
NPPES lists this NPI as deactivated as of October 24, 2019; the reason is not published.
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 4004 WOODLAWN AVE, PASADENA, TX 775041921 (Tel: 8328313478)
Registered at PO BOX 5666, PASADENA, TX 775085666 (Tel: 8328313478)
Recorded as CLEVE JAMES, M.D., PH.D.
Internal Medicine (license number reported to NPPES: MD P23933)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
Po Box 17119
Sugar Land, TX 774967119
Phone: 2819428001