Dr. Steven Christopher Ugbarugba, MD

Dr. Ugbarugba practices at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of Houston Methodist.

Dr. Ugbarugba's NPI, 1417069246, was assigned on August 31, 2006. Dr. Ugbarugba graduated from University of Benin Faculty of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Ugbarugba holds Texas license L6203.

Dr. Ugbarugba's primary practice is Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, at 18220 State Highway 249, Houston, TX 77070 in Harris County. The practice phone is (281) 477-1000.

Dr. Ugbarugba's primary practice is Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of Houston Methodist. Dr. Ugbarugba is also affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ugbarugba to 1 more hospital and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ugbarugba practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Ugbarugba's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Ugbarugba is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Ugbarugba's licenses on file in 3 states: Texas, Florida and Georgia.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cirrhosis of the liver, colonoscopy, fatty liver, gastroenteritis and gastrointestinal bleeding among the conditions Dr. Ugbarugba treats.

CMS data shows 3,092 Medicare services from Dr. Ugbarugba across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 500 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $306,313 for them.

CMS counts 500 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ugbarugba in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 182 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 26% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.80, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ugbarugba's median patient age at 72, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ugbarugba wrote 1,048 Medicare Part D claims for 357 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 901 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $286,020 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 911 claims across 26 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Ugbarugba for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Ugbarugba accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ugbarugba as offering telehealth. CMS counts 446 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Ugbarugba, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Ugbarugba. Dr. Ugbarugba's most frequent co-authors are Ramprasad Gopalan, MD and Harold Gene Stringer, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 51 general payments to Dr. Ugbarugba from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $225.

Dr. Ugbarugba graduated from University of Benin Faculty of Medicine in 1988.

Dr. Ugbarugba is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.