What is Syed Zaidi's specialty?

Syed Zaidi (NPI 1518933811) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Katy, TX.

Where does Syed Zaidi practice?

Syed Zaidi practices in Katy, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518933811.

How much does Medicare pay Syed Zaidi?

Syed Zaidi (NPI 1518933811) received approximately $980K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 988 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518933811

Syed ZaidiM.D.

PRACTICEOPTIMAL PRIMARY CARE LLCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineKaty, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

5,016

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

13,383

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$970K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,183 Internal Medicine providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 673).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,635

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$332K

Distinct drugs

118

Brand share

17.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium273 claims

Gabapentin185 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium174 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium167 claims

Losartan Potassium159 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$224

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$224

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$224

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Syed Zaidi's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 73 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	298	996
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	153	728
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	54	173
KATY LTC HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	48	276
Robert Salazar Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	48	310
Beatrice Nkwelle Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX	42	573
Rajen Mehta Cardiology · Houston, TX	40	123
Sohail Noor Emergency Medicine · Houston, TX	39	151
Kapil Shroff Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	37	118
Syed Madni Internal Medicine · Katy, TX	37	93
Alicia Romero Nephrology · Katy, TX	35	134
Nam Yu Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	35	75

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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