Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai, MD

  • Huntsville, TX
  • Nephrologist
NPI1265552145PAC ID4880745017
Medicare services, 2024
3,014
Medicare patients, 2024
870
Part D claims, 2024
1,626
Publications
4
MIPS score, 2024
86
Practice address
119 Medical Park Ln Ste D, Huntsville, TX 77340
Practice phone
Call (936) 277-1000
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Primary practice

Pulse Physician Organization

Surgery Center - Not Medicare-Certified · Huntsville, Texas

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Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai is a nephrologist in Huntsville, Texas

Dr. Tabatabai practices at Pulse Physician Organization in Huntsville, Texas.

Dr. Tabatabai's NPI, 1265552145, was assigned on April 2, 2007. Dr. Tabatabai graduated from Albany Medical College in 2004. Dr. Tabatabai holds Texas license Q4310.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4880745017
NPI enumeration date
April 2, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(936) 277-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
48
Medical school graduation
2004

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

Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai practices at Pulse Physician Organization in Huntsville, Texas

Dr. Tabatabai's primary practice is Pulse Physician Organization, at 119 Medical Park Ln Ste D, Huntsville, TX 77340. The practice phone is (936) 277-1000.

  • Pulse Physician Organization
    119 Medical Park Ln Ste D, Huntsville, TX 77340Phone(936) 277-1000

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Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Tabatabai's primary practice is Pulse Physician Organization in Huntsville, Texas. Dr. Tabatabai is also affiliated with Huntsville Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Pulse Healthcare System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tabatabai to 2 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 dialysis centers and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account. Dr. Tabatabai's employer is on file too: a surgery center (asc).

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Pulse Physician OrganizationAvailable with a free account
+8 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai is one of 1,045 nephrologists in Texas

Nephrology is Dr. Tabatabai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Tabatabai is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Tabatabai's licenses on file in 3 states: Texas, New York and Maryland.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, TexasPrimaryLicense Q4310 · 2015 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • New York licenseLicense 264726-1 · 2012 to 2015
  • Maryland license2007 to 2013

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, kidney cysts and kidney disease among the conditions Dr. Tabatabai treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Tabatabai

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

1,045nephrologists in Texas
2nephrologists in Huntsville

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

Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai billed Medicare for 3,014 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,014 Medicare services from Dr. Tabatabai across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 870 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $297,491 for them.

Medicare services, 20243,014
Medicare patients870
Paid by Medicare$297,491
Procedure codes13

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,7912024: 1,6836%
Other services
2023: 02024: 770
Tests and treatments
2023: 4212024: 56133%

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

  • In an office2,36378%
  • In a facility65122%

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

  • Dr. Tabatabai
  • Texas median
Medicare services
3,014vs 1,0482.9 times
Medicare patients
870vs 2773.1 times
Part D claims
1,399vs 75885% above

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

Dr. Tabatabai'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. Sayed A. Tabatabai treated 870 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 870 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tabatabai in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 359 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.72, 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. Tabatabai's median patient age at 71, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024870
Average age75
Average risk score2.72
Also on Medicaid6%

Dr. Tabatabai's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Tabatabai's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women43450%
  • Men43650%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Arthritis50%
  5. Diabetes49%
  6. Ischemic heart disease46%
  7. Heart failure33%
  8. Atrial fibrillation30%

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

Dr. Tabatabai's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

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. Sayed A. Tabatabai wrote 1,626 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Tabatabai wrote 1,626 Medicare Part D claims for 337 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,399 of them, across 36 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $506,022 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,192 claims across 28 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,626
Drugs named by CMS36
Total drug cost$506,022
Part D patients337

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

  • Generic1,366 claims84%
  • Brand-name260 claims16%

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

  • Antibiotics5%75 of 1,626 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: 1,1922024: 1,39917%

Drugs named by CMS: 36 in 2024, 28 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. Sayed A. Tabatabai scored 86 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Tabatabai for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Tabatabai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Tabatabai's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 86of 100Final score
  • 67.9of 100Quality
  • 87of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 79of 100Cost

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

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

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Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai has 4 publications on record

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Tabatabai, published from 2009 to 2014. The most frequent topics are Kidney Diseases. Dr. Tabatabai's most frequent co-authors are Mohamed G. Atta, MD, Essam F. Elsayed, MD and Derek Michael Fine, MD.

Papers4
Years published2009 to 2014

Dr. Tabatabai's papers by year, 2009 to 2014

Topics Dr. Tabatabai writes about most

  • Kidney Diseases

Dr. Tabatabai's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Tabatabai

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

Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai received $9,336 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 421 general payments to Dr. Tabatabai from 36 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. paid the most, $1,930.

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

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

$9.3Kin total
  • Food and beverage$9,318100%
  • Education$180%

Companies that paid Dr. Tabatabai 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. Sayed A. Tabatabai has 1 award and honors on record

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

Awards and honors for Dr. Tabatabai

  1. 2012
    • CMS Stage 1 2012

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai graduated from Albany Medical College

Dr. Tabatabai graduated from Albany Medical College in 2004.

  1. Medical schoolAlbany Medical College
  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. Sayed A. Tabatabai accepts plans from 24 insurance carriers

Dr. Tabatabai is in network with 24 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 15. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Tabatabai accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO15
  2. HMO14
  3. Medicare12
  4. POS7
  5. EPO5
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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. Sayed A. Tabatabai's NPI number?

Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai's NPI number is 1265552145. It was assigned on April 2, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai?

Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai is a nephrologist in Huntsville, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai practice?

Dr. Tabatabai practices at 119 Medical Park Ln Ste D, Huntsville, TX 77340. Dr. Tabatabai's primary practice is Pulse Physician Organization in Huntsville, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tabatabai to 2 hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 dialysis centers and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Tabatabai is (936) 277-1000.

What is Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai's medical license number?

Dr. Tabatabai holds Texas license Q4310, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Tabatabai in Texas (2015 to 2026), New York (2012 to 2015) and Maryland (2007 to 2013).

Which hospitals is Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai affiliated with?

Dr. Tabatabai is affiliated with Huntsville Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Tabatabai to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai part of?

Dr. Tabatabai is linked to Pulse Healthcare System. Dmand AI links Dr. Tabatabai to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Tabatabai billed Medicare for 3,014 services in 2024, and Dr. Tabatabai accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai's MIPS score?

Dr. Tabatabai's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 86 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai see?

CMS counts 870 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tabatabai in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Tabatabai's most billed Medicare services were medicare service (G2211), office visit, established patient (99214) and dialysis (90960).

Where did Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai go to medical school?

Dr. Tabatabai graduated from Albany Medical College in 2004.

What drugs does Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Tabatabai's most prescribed drugs by claims were Losartan Potassium, Calcitriol and Amlodipine Besylate.

Has Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $9,336 in general payments to Dr. Tabatabai from 36 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai been practicing?

Dr. Tabatabai graduated from medical school in 2004, 22 years ago.

Does Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai do research?

Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Tabatabai, published from 2009 to 2014.

Who does Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai publish with?

Dr. Tabatabai's most frequent co-authors are Mohamed G. Atta, MD (1 shared paper), Essam F. Elsayed, MD (1 shared paper) and Derek Michael Fine, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Sayed A. Tabatabai accept?

Dr. Tabatabai is in network with 24 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 15. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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