Who prescribes GLP‑1 medication in Houston

1454 clinicians in Houston, TX prescribed GLP-1 medication to Medicare patients, by drug and specialty.

By Sam Reed · Founder and data lead

1,454

clinicians

146,911

claims

products

What clinicians in Houston prescribe

Medication	Prescribers	Claims
Ozempic	1,302	85,659
Mounjaro	735	35,179
Trulicity	584	18,359
Rybelsus	250	7,366
Wegovy	15	337
Byetta	1	11

Medicare Part D, 2024

Counts include only clinicians with 11 or more claims of a drug — CMS does not publish smaller counts, so the real number is higher. These are Medicare prescriptions. A clinician counted here is not necessarily treating weight loss, accepting new patients, or able to prescribe for you.

Which specialties prescribe

Most GLP-1 prescriptions come from primary care, not endocrinology.

Family Practice	448
Internal Medicine	423
Nurse Practitioner	243
Endocrinology	85
Physician Assistant	78
Cardiology	51
Nephrology	16
Interventional Cardiology	12

Two ways to get a prescription in Houston, TX

In person

The clinicians counted above prescribe from their own practices. Booking usually means insurance, a referral in some cases, and whatever the local wait happens to be.

Online

A telehealth provider can assess eligibility in a short online visit, without insurance. Availability and price vary by state.

Data sources · cited with retrieval dates

CMS NADACNational Average Drug Acquisition Cost, weekly file
CMS Medicare Part DPrescriber public use file, by geography and drug
CMS State Drug UtilizationQuarterly Medicaid prescription and reimbursement data

NADAC figures are pharmacy acquisition costs, not retail prices and not what you will pay. This content is educational and is not medical advice.