Dr. Ali Masud, MD

  • Houston, TX
  • Interventional cardiologist
NPI1952588535PAC ID0749452258
Medicare services, 2024
2,035
Medicare patients, 2024
621
Part D claims, 2024
3,980
Publications
11
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
6550 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
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Primary practice

Texas Children's Hospital - Mfm the Methodist Hospital - HOPD

Childrens Hospital outpatient department · Houston, Texas

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Dr. Ali Masud is an interventional cardiologist in Houston, Texas

Dr. Masud practices at Texas Children's Hospital - Mfm the Methodist Hospital - HOPD in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Masud's NPI, 1952588535, was assigned on January 26, 2008. Dr. Masud graduated from King Edward Medical University in 2001. Dr. Masud holds Texas license Q5696.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0749452258
NPI enumeration date
January 26, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

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

Dr. Ali Masud practices at Texas Children's Hospital - Mfm the Methodist Hospital - HOPD in Houston, Texas

Dr. Masud's primary practice is Texas Children's Hospital - Mfm the Methodist Hospital - HOPD, at 6550 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030.

  • Texas Children's Hospital - Mfm the Methodist Hospital - HOPD
    6550 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030

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Dr. Ali Masud is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 7 medical groups

Dr. Masud's primary practice is Texas Children's Hospital - Mfm the Methodist Hospital - HOPD in Houston, Texas. Dr. Masud is also affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital. The medical group on file is Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Masud to 2 more hospitals, 6 medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ali Masud's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Masud practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Texas Children's Hospital - Mfm the Methodist Hospital - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 6 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Ali Masud is one of 650 interventional cardiologists in Texas

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Masud's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Masud is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Masud's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Interventional cardiology, TexasPrimaryLicense Q5696 · 2015 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RI0011X
  • Internal medicine, New YorkLicense 261244 · 2011 to 2026 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists angioplasty and cardiac catheterization among the conditions Dr. Masud treats.

Interventional cardiologists near Dr. Masud

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

Dr. Ali Masud billed Medicare for 2,035 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,035 Medicare services from Dr. Masud across 25 procedure codes in 2024, for 621 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $191,611 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,035
Medicare patients621
Paid by Medicare$191,611
Procedure codes25

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9042024: 9637%
Tests and treatments
2023: 9002024: 9081%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1562024: 8844%
Imaging
2023: 622024: 4134%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 35
Other services
2023: 642024: 0100%

Where Dr. Masud's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,30364%
  • In a facility73236%

Dr. Masud compared with the Texas median for interventional cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Masud
  • Texas median
Medicare services
2,035vs 2,041Close to median
Medicare patients
621vs 6545% below
Part D claims
3,755vs 2,42055% above

Medians across 640 interventional cardiologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Masud'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. Ali Masud treated 621 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 621 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Masud in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 300 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.68, 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. Masud's median patient age at 75, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024621
Average age75
Average risk score1.68
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Masud's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Masud's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women29948%
  • Men32252%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Ischemic heart disease71%
  4. Arthritis55%
  5. Chronic kidney disease38%
  6. Atrial fibrillation36%
  7. Heart failure36%
  8. Diabetes35%

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

Dr. Masud's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men51%

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

Dr. Ali Masud wrote 3,980 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Masud wrote 3,980 Medicare Part D claims for 635 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,755 of them, across 33 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $409,691 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,223 claims across 27 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,980
Drugs named by CMS33
Total drug cost$409,691
Part D patients635

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

  • Generic3,515 claims88%
  • Brand-name465 claims12%

Dr. Masud'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. Masud's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics0%16 of 3,980 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: 2,2232024: 3,75569%

Drugs named by CMS: 33 in 2024, 27 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. Ali Masud ranks in the 79th percentile for coronary angioplasty and stenting in Medicare

Dr. Masud accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 43 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Masud, more than 79% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Masud ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Coronary angioplasty and stenting
79th percentile43 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Ali Masud has 11 publications on record

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Masud, published from 2007 to 2023. 2021 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Apoptosis, Caspase 3 and Caspase 7. Dr. Masud has published most often in ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. Dr. Masud's most frequent co-authors are Irteza Bin Inayat, MD, Saquib Ali Lakhani, MD and Christopher Michael Stafford, MD.

Papers11
Years published2007 to 2023

Dr. Masud's papers by year, 2007 to 2023

Topics Dr. Masud writes about most

  • Apoptosis
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspase 7
  • Fibroblasts
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mitochondria

Dr. Masud's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Masud

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Ali Masud received $14,769 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 454 general payments to Dr. Masud from 57 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 75% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $3,561.

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

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

$14.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$11,13375%
  • Travel and lodging$3,51324%
  • Education$1221%

Companies that paid Dr. Masud 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. Ali Masud has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Masud.

Awards and honors for Dr. Masud

  1. Undated
    • ACC Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ali Masud graduated from King Edward Medical University

Dr. Masud graduated from King Edward Medical University in 2001. Dr. Masud is a member of ACC.

  1. Medical schoolKing Edward Medical University
  2. Board certified in cardiovascular diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in interventional cardiologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ali Masud accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Masud is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Highmark
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Plan types Dr. Masud accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. Medicare10
  3. EPO6
  4. HMO6
  5. POS5
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Ali Masud'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 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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. Ali Masud's NPI number?

Dr. Ali Masud's NPI number is 1952588535. It was assigned on January 26, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ali Masud?

Dr. Ali Masud is an interventional cardiologist in Houston, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Interventional Cardiology Physician (taxonomy code 207RI0011X).

Where does Dr. Ali Masud practice?

Dr. Masud practices at 6550 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030. Dr. Masud's primary practice is Texas Children's Hospital - Mfm the Methodist Hospital - HOPD in Houston, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Masud to 2 hospitals, 6 medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Ali Masud's medical license number?

Dr. Masud holds Texas license Q5696, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Ali Masud been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Masud in Texas (2015 to 2026) and New York (2011 to 2026).

Which hospitals is Dr. Ali Masud affiliated with?

Dr. Masud is affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Masud to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Ali Masud part of?

Dr. Masud is linked to Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Masud to 6 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Ali Masud accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Masud billed Medicare for 2,035 services in 2024, and Dr. Masud accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ali Masud see?

CMS counts 621 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Masud in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Ali Masud board certified?

Yes. Dr. Masud is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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What services does Dr. Ali Masud bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Masud's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), heart test or procedure (93306) and office visit, new patient (99204).

Where did Dr. Ali Masud go to medical school?

Dr. Masud graduated from King Edward Medical University in 2001.

What drugs does Dr. Ali Masud prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Masud's most prescribed drugs by claims were Metoprolol Succinate, Atorvastatin Calcium and Rosuvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Ali Masud received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $14,769 in general payments to Dr. Masud from 57 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic, Inc.

How long has Dr. Ali Masud been practicing?

Dr. Masud graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

Does Dr. Ali Masud do research?

Dmand AI links 11 publications to Dr. Masud, published from 2007 to 2023.

Who does Dr. Ali Masud publish with?

Dr. Masud's most frequent co-authors are Irteza Bin Inayat, MD (2 shared papers), Saquib Ali Lakhani, MD (2 shared papers) and Christopher Michael Stafford, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Ali Masud accept?

Dr. Masud is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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