Robert Talbot Baldwin, MD

NPI 1154321487ActiveIndividual· Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)· Houston, TX

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (MD) in Houston, Texas, trained at Baylor College of Medicine (class of 1985). 190 Medicare patients in 2024, $175,513 paid; nearly all of their 97 Part D prescriptions were generic (99%). Edwards Lifesciences Corporation was the largest of 7 companies reporting payments in 2025, $818.63 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI	1154321487
Status	Active
Entity type	Individual
Credential	MD
Sole proprietor	No
NPI issued	Jul 28, 2005
Last updated in NPPES	Jul 24, 2009

Specialties and licenses

Taxonomy	Code	License	State
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Primary	208G00000X	II0154	TX

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Exclusion screening

List	Result	Details
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026	No match	Checked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026	No match	—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026	No match	—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026	No match	—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026	No match	—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026	No match	—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)	Enrolled Practitioner - Cardiac Surgery (TX)
Accepts assignment	Yes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients	190
Services billed	1,153 across 101 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare	$175,513

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)	97 · 121 30-day fills
Patients	59
Total drug cost	$750.56
Generic share	99% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical school	Baylor College of Medicine
Graduation year	1985
Medicare specialty	Cardiac Surgery
Secondary specialties	General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery