Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Vivekkumar Patel, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1649531617

Vivekkumar Patel, MD practises Cardiac Surgery in The Woodlands, Texas. Graduated from Texas a & M University System, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with Baylor College of Medicine, a 1,218-clinician group, works from 3 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
14
Trained at
Texas a & M University System, Hsc, College of Medicine
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2012
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

17350 St Lukes Way Ste 330
The Woodlands, TX 77384-4103
Phone: (713) 798-7717
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 1 Baylor Plz, Houston, TX 77030-3411 — (713) 798-4951
  • 7200 Cambridge St Fl 10, Houston, TX 77030-4202 — (713) 798-1750

Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence S3926 (TX)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence BP10043017 (TX)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence S3926 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1649531617
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 6, 2012
Last updated in NPPESApril 4, 2024
Certification dateApril 4, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyCARDIAC SURGERY
Also practisesTHORACIC SURGERY
Medical schoolTEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, HSC, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice Baylor College Of Medicine — 1218 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 26 times · 78th percentile
Removal of tissue 14 times · 65th percentile
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients65
Services billed 173 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age77

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Travel and Lodging $1,491 4 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $422 7 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1218 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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