Dr. Sergio Andres Lara , MD
Internal Medicine • Plainview, TX
2606 Yonkers St
Plainview, TX 790721851
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 November 28, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 230 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:
- 99232 — Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 76 service units.
- 99231 — Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day: 45 service units.
- 99238 — Hospital discharge day management: 43 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 5 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 20,126 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:
- Levothyroxine Sodium — 1,079 prescription fills, including refills.
- Atorvastatin Calcium — 1,046 prescription fills, including refills.
- Omeprazole — 617 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 209 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of 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 559 in 2020 to 230 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
2606 Yonkers St
Plainview, TX 790721851
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Covenant Medical Group; Methodist Hospital Plainview Texas. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
1996
What Public CMS Data Show
Internal Medicine: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
60 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 $16,241 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 $12,886 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
36,321 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
$1,045,294 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 $18.16 in 2025
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 2025.
Years since graduation
30 years (graduated 1996)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1996 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.
May accept Medicare assignment
CMS data show this clinician may accept Medicare assignment. Clinicians who do not always accept assignment can decide case by case.
Ask the office before your visit. If a clinician does not accept assignment for a service, they can charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount, and you may be asked to pay the full amount at the visit.
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. Lara 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. Lara 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 Plainview and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Texas (2024, 5,423 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 645. Middle half: 277 to 1,322.
Too few clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Plainview have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of 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.
Too few clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Plainview have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of 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.
Too few clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Plainview have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
More Part D prescriptions than 95% 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.
Too few clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Plainview have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
Part D drug cost
A higher Part D drug cost than 90% of 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.
Too few clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Plainview have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
3 active clinicians are listed under Internal Medicine with a practice address in Plainview, TX (9,191 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
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 59% from 559 in 2020 to 230 in 2024.
- 2020: 559
- 2021: 345
- 2022: 291
- 2023: 196
- 2024: 230
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 56% from $36,744 in 2020 to $16,241 in 2024.
- 2020: $36,744
- 2021: $22,317
- 2022: $17,383
- 2023: $13,764
- 2024: $16,241
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 53% from $27,699 in 2020 to $12,886 in 2024.
- 2020: $27,699
- 2021: $16,987
- 2022: $13,527
- 2023: $10,966
- 2024: $12,886
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions stayed about the same: 19,731 in 2020 and 20,126 in 2024.
- 2020: 19,731
- 2021: 17,878
- 2022: 18,394
- 2023: 18,802
- 2024: 20,126
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30-day fills
30-day fills stayed about the same: 34,672 in 2020 and 36,321 in 2024.
- 2020: 34,672
- 2021: 32,245
- 2022: 33,717
- 2023: 34,353
- 2024: 36,321
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost stayed about the same: $1,130,678 in 2020 and $1,045,294 in 2024.
- 2020: $1,130,678
- 2021: $988,343
- 2022: $1,176,614
- 2023: $1,295,462
- 2024: $1,045,294
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $18.45 in 2019 to $18.16 in 2025.
- 2019: $18.45
- 2020: $27.39
- 2022: $18.57
- 2024: $44.48
- 2025: $18.16
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 $18.16.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Tactile Systems Technology Inc |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Flexitouch Plus | General | $18.16 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. CPT codes, descriptions and other data only are copyright 2016–2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Applicable FARS/HHSARS apply. Descriptions of CPT codes are the AMA's CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors as published by CMS in the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service data, 2017–2024; they are plain-language summaries, not for clinical coding or documentation. HCPCS Level II codes and descriptions are from CMS. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein.
| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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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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76 | 37 | $119.00 | $71.33 |
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99231
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes
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45 | 20 | $87.00 | $44.70 |
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99238
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
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43 | 38 | $145.00 | $73.15 |
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99308
Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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42 | 13 | $80.00 | $67.29 |
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99222
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes
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24 | 22 | $218.00 | $118.22 |
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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| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 1,079 | 72,055 | $8,913.63 | 240 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 1,046 | 70,169 | $8,614.48 | 248 |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 617 | 35,959 | $7,779.98 | 139 |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 582 | 38,494 | $5,585.94 | 143 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 504 | 24,208 | $8,439.46 | 110 |
| Potassium Chloride | Potassium Chloride | 491 | 21,522 | $9,060.13 | 123 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 490 | 33,521 | $3,218.70 | 126 |
| Metformin Hcl | Metformin Hcl | 485 | 34,810 | $3,729.82 | 130 |
| Montelukast Sodium | Montelukast Sodium | 476 | 30,695 | $4,295.84 | 136 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 450 | 25,763 | $4,359.02 | 125 |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 432 | 10,223 | $3,553.75 | 109 |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 432 | 24,985 | $3,517.70 | 106 |
| Eliquis | Apixaban | 429 | 12,768 | $250,036.25 | 62 |
| Meloxicam | Meloxicam | 423 | 15,667 | $1,570.13 | 125 |
| Citalopram Hbr | Citalopram Hydrobromide | 387 | 19,373 | $1,640.11 | 98 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 368 | 25,699 | $2,542.03 | 100 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 351 | 17,307 | $1,686.79 | 90 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 327 | 24,933 | $4,526.57 | 98 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | Doxycycline Hyclate | 317 | 2,948 | $4,014.91 | 196 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 302 | 18,926 | $4,043.25 | 70 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 285 | 7,883 | $10,197.32 | 43 |
| Azithromycin | Azithromycin | 214 | 1,613 | $1,797.83 | 148 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | Hydrochlorothiazide | 208 | 16,109 | $711.08 | 61 |
| Prednisone | Prednisone | 198 | 4,033 | $711.85 | 92 |
| Ozempic | Semaglutide | 198 | 6,606 | $204,666.08 | 35 |
(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: 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.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - INTERNAL MEDICINE
I20041106000195
TX
1557324951
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
Covenant Medical Group
2215 Nashville Ave, Lubbock, TX 794101105
Phone: 8067255844
Methodist Hospital Plainview Texas
2601 Dimmitt Rd, Plainview, TX 790721833
Phone: 8062964251
Covenant Medical Group
3614 23rd St, Lubbock, TX 794101326
Phone: 8067258787
Methodist Hospital Plainview Texas
1208 N, Plainview, TX 790723937
Phone: 8062915112
Methodist Hospital Plainview Texas
2606 Yonkers St, Plainview, TX 790721851
Phone: 8062935113
Methodist Hospital Plainview Texas
1806 Quincy St, Plainview, TX 790724206
Phone: 8062887891
Covenant Medical Group
3612 23rd St, Lubbock, TX 794101326
Phone: 8067938787
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 Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated November 28, 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
Other Internal Medicine Providers in Plainview
Mailing Address
2606 Yonkers St
Plainview, TX 790721851
Phone: 8062915121