Alexander Cera Sones, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Alexander Cera Sones, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1861998130, issued on Apr 4, 2018. Check the license (California A163339, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alexander Cera Sones
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A163339 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2730 Wilshire Blvd Ste 325, Santa Monica, CA 90403
- Phone
- (424) 405-6186
- Enumerated
- Apr 4, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jun 12, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2730 Wilshire Blvd Ste 325
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Alexander Cera Sones in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A163339Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
135 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate22 claims
- Gabapentin16 claims
- Clozapine15 claims
- Lamotrigine13 claims
- Ziprasidone Hcl13 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: $161.82
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Alexander Cera Sones among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Alexander Cera Sones, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 38% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
78 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Santa Monica
They are 78 of the 5,151 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Monica, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Alexander Cera Sones, MD's NPI number?
Alexander Cera Sones, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861998130, issued on Apr 4, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alexander Cera Sones, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2730 Wilshire Blvd Ste 325, Santa Monica, CA, 90403. Phone: (424) 405-6186. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alexander Cera Sones, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A163339, 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 Alexander Cera Sones, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alexander Cera Sones, MD had 135 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.