Alap Upendra Patel, MD
Plastic Surgery Physician · San Francisco, CA
Alap Upendra Patel, MD is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1639707086, issued on Mar 31, 2020. Check the license (California 4824, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alap Upendra Patel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
- License number
- 4824 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Ucsf Department OF Surgery, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Phone
- (415) 476-1239
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2020
- Record last updated
- Dec 16, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at Ucsf Department OF Surgery
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Verify Alap Upendra Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 4824Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average plastic surgery physician in 2024
51 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries, against an average of 93 among the 3,527 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin24 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $4,399.74
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Alap Upendra Patel among 894 plastic surgery physician records in California
Alap Upendra Patel, MD is one of 894 plastic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 95% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 95% of these records are older, 3% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 39% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Plastic Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 894 plastic surgery physician records in California.
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- Mary McGrath, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431912965781
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Common questions
What is Alap Upendra Patel, MD's NPI number?
Alap Upendra Patel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639707086, issued on Mar 31, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alap Upendra Patel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Ucsf Department OF Surgery, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 476-1239. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alap Upendra Patel, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 4824, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alap Upendra Patel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alap Upendra Patel, MD had 51 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries; the average among plastic surgery physician prescribers was 93. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.