What is Alak Ray's specialty?

Alak Ray (NPI 1700891009) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Houston, TX.

Where does Alak Ray practice?

Alak Ray practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1700891009.

How much does Medicare pay Alak Ray?

Alak Ray (NPI 1700891009) received approximately $126K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 110 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1700891009

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NephrologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

227

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,312

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$121K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 883 Nephrology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 1,432).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

227

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$62K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

32.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Epoetin Alfa61 claims

Clonidine Hcl35 claims

Alprazolam25 claims

Carvedilol21 claims

Amlodipine Besylate16 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$266

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$266

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$266

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Alak Ray'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). 63 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Nehal Patel Nephrology · Houston, TX	247	1,579
City Of Houston Ambulance Service Provider · Houston, TX	125	351
NPI 1255335535	123	729
William Pfeiffer Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	114	331
Miguel Tan Nephrology · Houston, TX	80	351
Kim Horn Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	77	211
Jose Melendez Pulmonary Disease · Houston, TX	72	271
Mirza Baig Cardiology · Houston, TX	56	169
Patrick Johnson Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	53	108
Pornthep Wattanamano Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA	51	243
Yee-Ming Houston Emergency Medicine · Houston, TX	49	99
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	49	113

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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