Dr. Robert W. Bender, MD

Dr. Bender practices at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of Memorial Hermann Health System.

Dr. Bender's NPI, 1225424849, was assigned on April 9, 2015. Dr. Bender holds Texas license S9264.

Dr. Bender's primary practice is Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, at 1635 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008 in Harris County. The practice phone is (713) 448-6796.

Dr. Bender's primary practice is Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of Memorial Hermann Health System. The medical group on file is Memorial Hermann Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bender to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bender practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Dr. Bender's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Bender is licensed in Texas.

CMS data shows 416 Medicare services from Dr. Bender across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 151 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $36,333 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 151 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bender in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 50 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 31% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.39, 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. Bender's median patient age at 73, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bender wrote 415 Medicare Part D claims for 209 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 193 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $949 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 193 claims across 12 drugs.

Dr. Bender accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Bender, published from 2012 to 2017. The most frequent topics are Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II, Early Diagnosis and Mass Screening. Dr. Bender has published most often in Pathology. Dr. Bender's most frequent co-authors are James Thomas Albright, MD, Joseph Lindsay Edmonds, MD and Apurva A. Thekdi, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Bender from 2 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abiomed paid the most, $143.