Top Internal Medicine in Texas by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top internal medicine practitioners in Texas by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $21,575,723 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Texas
$21,575,723
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$938,040
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Internal Medicine by Total Industry Payments — Texas

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Webster, TX
$2,066,724
50 2018–2024
2
Colleyville, TX
$1,759,063
72 2018–2024
3
Dallas, TX
$1,665,815
57 2018–2024
4
Bedford, TX
$1,495,250
25 2018–2024
5
Houston, TX
$1,481,918
14 2018–2024
6
El Paso, TX
$1,329,574
50 2018–2024
7
Plano, TX
$1,262,674
52 2018–2024
8
Edinburg, TX
$986,807
41 2018–2024
9
Mesquite, TX
$970,329
67 2018–2024
10
Houston, TX
$938,040
37 2018–2024
11
Dallas, TX
$905,895
19 2018–2024
12
Temple, TX
$901,393
47 2018–2024
13
Houston, TX
$804,900
25 2018–2024
14
Dallas, TX
$783,464
58 2018–2024
15
Houston, TX
$747,593
37 2018–2024
16
Plano, TX
$744,902
53 2018–2024
17
Dallas, TX
$726,673
62 2018–2024
18
Dallas, TX
$715,545
25 2018–2024
19
Houston, TX
$699,433
45 2018–2024
20
Dallas, TX
$589,731
41 2018–2024

State payment context — Internal Medicine in Texas

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 8,386 internal medicine providers in Texas have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $71,674,033 (2018–2024).

The median internal medicine provider in Texas received $556 in total payments, versus a national median of $406 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Texas peaked in 2024, when $13,004,603 changed hands across 123,952 transactions. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP has been the largest single payer over the period, and Houston leads all Texas cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Internal Medicine providers in Texas

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $4,094,633 3,550 54,176
Abbott Laboratories $3,775,717 2,383 30,211
Novo Nordisk Inc $3,346,128 2,672 64,262
Lilly USA, LLC $2,836,458 2,489 40,600
Amgen Inc. $2,553,546 2,890 40,162
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $1,851,323 286 2,211
PFIZER INC. $1,839,529 3,653 37,167
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $1,826,079 2,287 33,404

Industry payments to Internal Medicine providers in Texas by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $9,858,490 5,098 140,433
2019 $10,412,912 5,067 130,358
2020 $6,015,347 4,097 77,429
2021 $8,701,591 4,435 101,578
2022 $11,447,433 4,995 112,611
2023 $12,233,656 5,353 121,584
2024 $13,004,603 5,497 123,952

Top Texas cities for Internal Medicine industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Houston $21,586,902 1,604 145,226
Dallas $10,260,531 892 75,536
San Antonio $4,068,965 646 63,791
El Paso $3,025,643 219 27,641
Webster $2,751,857 78 11,671
Plano $2,645,423 180 24,363
Colleyville $1,779,694 10 5,627
Fort Worth $1,730,418 337 25,451
Methodology Providers filtered to Texas-licensed internal medicine practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 207R00000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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