Dr. Michael Esantsi, MD

  • Houston, TX
  • Internist
NPI1447260518PAC ID9830102565
Medicare services, 2024
979
Medicare patients, 2024
213
Part D claims, 2024
10,532
MIPS score, 2024
100
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
18220 State Highway 249, Houston, TX 77070
Practice phone
Call (281) 477-1000
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Primary practice

Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

Hospital · Houston, Texas

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Dr. Michael Esantsi is an internist in Houston, Texas

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

Dr. Esantsi's NPI, 1447260518, was assigned on August 9, 2006. Dr. Esantsi graduated from University of Ghana Medical School in 1987. Dr. Esantsi holds Texas license K0737.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9830102565
NPI enumeration date
August 9, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(281) 477-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
65
Medical school graduation
1987

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Michael Esantsi practices at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas

Dr. Esantsi'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.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Michael Esantsi is affiliated with 8 sites of care

Dr. Esantsi's primary practice is Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of Houston Methodist. Dr. Esantsi is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Esantsi to 3 more hospitals, 2 home health agencies and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Michael Esantsi's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Esantsi practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalAvailable with a free account
+7 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Michael Esantsi is one of 8,437 internists in Texas

Internal medicine is Dr. Esantsi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Esantsi is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Esantsi's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Michigan.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, TexasPrimaryLicense K0737 · 1996 to 2027 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • Michigan license1996 to 1997

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute gastroduodenitis, acute sinusitis, acute skin infection, alzheimer's disease, aneurysm, anxiety and arteritis among the conditions Dr. Esantsi treats.

Internists near Dr. Esantsi

Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Michael Esantsi billed Medicare for 979 services in 2024

CMS data shows 979 Medicare services from Dr. Esantsi across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 213 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $77,447 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024979
Medicare patients213
Paid by Medicare$77,447
Procedure codes8

Dr. Esantsi's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8682024: 8126%
Other services
2023: 1922024: 14425%
Tests and treatments
2023: 422024: 2345%

Dr. Esantsi compared with the Texas median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Esantsi
  • Texas median
Medicare services
979vs 53982% above
Medicare patients
213vs 19012% above
Part D claims
9,612vs 28933.3 times

Medians across 7,794 internists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Esantsi's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Michael Esantsi treated 213 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 213 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Esantsi in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 100 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.67, 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. Esantsi's median patient age at 72, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024213
Average age74
Average risk score1.67
Also on Medicaid7%

Dr. Esantsi's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Esantsi's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women12056%
  • Men9344%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Esantsi's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Diabetes58%
  4. Arthritis49%
  5. Ischemic heart disease37%
  6. Chronic kidney disease31%
  7. Heart failure28%
  8. Atrial fibrillation22%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Esantsi's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men46%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Michael Esantsi wrote 10,532 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Esantsi wrote 10,532 Medicare Part D claims for 614 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 9,612 of them, across 155 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,280,349 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 9,622 claims across 158 drugs.

Part D claims, 202410,532
Drugs named by CMS155
Total drug cost$1.3M
Part D patients614

Dr. Esantsi's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic8,596 claims82%
  • Brand-name1,838 claims17%
  • Other98 claims1%

Dr. Esantsi's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Esantsi's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids2%261 of 10,532 claims
  • Antibiotics2%246 of 10,532 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%26 of 10,532 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 9,6222024: 9,612No change

Drugs named by CMS: 155 in 2024, 158 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Michael Esantsi scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Esantsi for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Esantsi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Esantsi as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Esantsi's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 95.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Michael Esantsi received $8,620 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 493 general payments to Dr. Esantsi from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $2,086.

General payments to Dr. Esantsi by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Esantsi by kind, 2016 to 2025

$8.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$8,13294%
  • Travel and lodging$3614%
  • Education$1271%

Companies that paid Dr. Esantsi the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Michael Esantsi graduated from University of Ghana Medical School

Dr. Esantsi graduated from University of Ghana Medical School in 1987.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Ghana Medical School
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Michael Esantsi accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Esantsi is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Esantsi accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO10
  2. PPO10
  3. Medicare6
  4. POS5
  5. EPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Michael Esantsi's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Michael Esantsi's NPI number?

Dr. Michael Esantsi's NPI number is 1447260518. It was assigned on August 9, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Michael Esantsi?

Dr. Michael Esantsi is an internist in Houston, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Michael Esantsi practice?

Dr. Esantsi practices at 18220 State Highway 249, Houston, TX 77070. Dr. Esantsi's primary practice is Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of Houston Methodist. Dmand AI also links Dr. Esantsi to 3 hospitals, 2 home health agencies and 1 physician office.

What is Dr. Michael Esantsi's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Esantsi is (281) 477-1000.

What is Dr. Michael Esantsi's medical license number?

Dr. Esantsi holds Texas license K0737, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Michael Esantsi been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Esantsi in Texas (1996 to 2027) and Michigan (1996 to 1997).

Which hospitals is Dr. Michael Esantsi affiliated with?

Dr. Esantsi practices at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Esantsi is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Esantsi to 3 more hospitals.

Does Dr. Michael Esantsi accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Esantsi billed Medicare for 979 services in 2024, and Dr. Esantsi accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Michael Esantsi offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Esantsi as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Michael Esantsi's MIPS score?

Dr. Esantsi's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Michael Esantsi see?

CMS counts 213 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Esantsi in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Michael Esantsi board certified?

Yes. Dr. Esantsi is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Michael Esantsi bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Esantsi's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), care management and other visits (99443) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Michael Esantsi go to medical school?

Dr. Esantsi graduated from University of Ghana Medical School in 1987.

What drugs does Dr. Michael Esantsi prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Esantsi's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Rosuvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Michael Esantsi received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $8,620 in general payments to Dr. Esantsi from 43 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.

How long has Dr. Michael Esantsi been practicing?

Dr. Esantsi graduated from medical school in 1987, 39 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Michael Esantsi accept?

Dr. Esantsi is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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