Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II, MD

  • Houston, TX
  • Nephrologist
NPI1164685731PAC ID9931232394
Medicare services, 2024
802
Medicare patients, 2024
253
Part D claims, 2024
3,041
MIPS score, 2024
93
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
11665 Fuqua St, Houston, TX 77034
Practice phone
Call (281) 987-7772
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Primary practice

Fresenius Medical Care North Houston

Houston, Texas

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Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II is a nephrologist in Houston, Texas

Dr. Gilbert practices at Fresenius Medical Care North Houston in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Gilbert's NPI, 1164685731, was assigned on July 3, 2008. Dr. Gilbert graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2005. Dr. Gilbert holds Texas license BP10023256.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9931232394
NPI enumeration date
July 3, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(281) 987-7772
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
47
Medical school graduation
2005

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

Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II practices at Fresenius Medical Care North Houston in Houston, Texas

Dr. Gilbert's primary practice is Fresenius Medical Care North Houston, at 11665 Fuqua St, Houston, TX 77034 in Harris County. The practice phone is (281) 987-7772.

  • Fresenius Medical Care North Houston
    11665 Fuqua St, Houston, TX 77034 · Harris CountyPhone(281) 987-7772

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Gilbert's primary practice is Fresenius Medical Care North Houston in Houston, Texas. Dr. Gilbert is also affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital. The medical group on file is Renal Specialists of Houston. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gilbert to 2 more hospitals, 5 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gilbert practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Fresenius Medical Care North HoustonAvailable with a free account
+9 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II is one of 1,045 nephrologists in Texas

Nephrology is Dr. Gilbert's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Gilbert is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Gilbert is licensed in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, TexasPrimaryLicense N5688 · 2010 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RN0300X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances and hypercalcemia among the conditions Dr. Gilbert treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Gilbert

Counts of nephrologists 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. Billy Ray Gilbert II billed Medicare for 802 services in 2024

CMS data shows 802 Medicare services from Dr. Gilbert across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 253 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $115,998 for them.

Medicare services, 2024802
Medicare patients253
Paid by Medicare$115,998
Procedure codes13

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1852024: 377104%
Tests and treatments
2023: 3522024: 3767%
Other services
2023: 02024: 49

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

  • In an office60475%
  • In a facility19825%

Dr. Gilbert compared with the Texas median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Gilbert
  • Texas median
Medicare services
802vs 1,04823% below
Medicare patients
253vs 2779% below
Part D claims
2,749vs 7583.6 times

Medians across 1,017 nephrologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Gilbert'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. Billy Ray Gilbert II treated 253 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 65

CMS counts 253 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gilbert in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 96 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 5.61, 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. Gilbert's median patient age at 66, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024253
Average age65
Average risk score5.61
Also on Medicaid21%

Dr. Gilbert's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Gilbert's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women12047%
  • Men13353%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes64%
  5. Ischemic heart disease60%
  6. Heart failure54%
  7. Atrial fibrillation34%
  8. Arthritis32%

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

Dr. Gilbert's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men50%

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

Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II wrote 3,041 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Gilbert wrote 3,041 Medicare Part D claims for 638 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,749 of them, across 45 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $936,239 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,457 claims across 40 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,041
Drugs named by CMS45
Total drug cost$936,239
Part D patients638

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

  • Generic2,437 claims80%
  • Brand-name and other604 claims20%

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

  • Antibiotics3%99 of 3,041 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: 2,4572024: 2,74912%

Drugs named by CMS: 45 in 2024, 40 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. Billy Ray Gilbert II scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Gilbert for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Gilbert accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Gilbert's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 93of 100Final score
  • 72.8of 100Quality
  • 97of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 84of 100Cost

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. Billy Ray Gilbert II received $1,669 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 138 general payments to Dr. Gilbert from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Relypsa, Inc. paid the most, $763.

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

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

$1.7Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,62297%
  • Education$483%

Companies that paid Dr. Gilbert 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. Billy Ray Gilbert II has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Gilbert, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2012.

Awards and honors for Dr. Gilbert

  1. 2012
    • CMS Stage 1 2012

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Gilbert graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2005.

  1. Medical schoolUT Southwestern Medical Center
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II accepts plans from 21 insurance carriers

Dr. Gilbert is in network with 21 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Gilbert accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. HMO12
  3. Medicare10
  4. POS4
  5. EPO3
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)
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. Billy Ray Gilbert II's NPI number?

Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II's NPI number is 1164685731. It was assigned on July 3, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II?

Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II is a nephrologist in Houston, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II practice?

Dr. Gilbert practices at 11665 Fuqua St, Houston, TX 77034. Dr. Gilbert's primary practice is Fresenius Medical Care North Houston in Houston, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gilbert to 2 hospitals, 5 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Gilbert is (281) 987-7772.

What is Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II's medical license number?

Dr. Gilbert holds Texas license BP10023256.

Which hospitals is Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II affiliated with?

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

What medical group is Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II part of?

Dr. Gilbert is linked to Renal Specialists of Houston.

Does Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Gilbert billed Medicare for 802 services in 2024, and Dr. Gilbert accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II's MIPS score?

Dr. Gilbert's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II see?

CMS counts 253 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gilbert in 2024, with an average age of 65.

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Is Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Gilbert's most billed Medicare services were dialysis (90960), hospital inpatient care (99232) and dialysis (90961).

Where did Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II go to medical school?

Dr. Gilbert graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2005.

What drugs does Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Gilbert's most prescribed drugs by claims were Furosemide, Carvedilol and Sevelamer Carbonate.

Has Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,669 in general payments to Dr. Gilbert from 17 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Relypsa, Inc.

How long has Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II been practicing?

Dr. Gilbert graduated from medical school in 2005, 21 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Billy Ray Gilbert II accept?

Dr. Gilbert is in network with 21 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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