Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Darlene Erica Gou, MD

Individual provider Dermatology Physician · NPI 1245627082

Dr. Darlene Erica Gou, MD practises Dermatology in Plano, Texas. Graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 2015, 11 years ago. Practices with Healthtexas Provider Network, a 2,539-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
11
Trained at
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2015
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

8080 Independence Pkwy Ste 150
Plano, TX 75025-4006
Phone: (214) 919-3500
Fax: (214) 842-8055
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 5655 W Spring Creek Pkwy Ste 105, Plano, TX 75024-4176 — (214) 919-3500

Specialties & licences

Dermatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence S1107 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1245627082
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedApril 20, 2015
Last updated in NPPESJuly 29, 2025
Certification dateJuly 29, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL AT DALLAS
Graduated 2015 (11 years in practice)
Group practice Healthtexas Provider Network — 2539 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Skin biopsy 278 times · 89th percentile
Removal of skin lesions 391 times · 84th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 32 times · 81st percentile
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients343
Services billed 1,788 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $4,214 224 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $10 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Colleagues at Healthtexas Provider Network

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2539 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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