NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ankur Bakshi, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Los Angeles, CA

Ankur Bakshi, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1932546074, issued on May 30, 2013. Check the license (California 172633, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1932546074
Name
Ankur Bakshi
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License numbers
172633 CA
R5075 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
127 S San Vicente Blvd Ste A3600, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone
(310) 423-3851
Enumerated
May 30, 2013
Record last updated
Sep 13, 2023
Fax
(310) 423-0246
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210902003319); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 2013
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 127 S San Vicente Blvd Ste A3600

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Donald Baril, MDVascular Surgery Physician1659576452
  2. Brian Bergeron, N.P.Acute Care Nurse Practitioner1306239660
  3. Sunita Boparai, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1275295479
  4. Katherine Brandmeyer, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1386422855
  5. Eric Braunstein, M.D.Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician1952728222
  6. Susan Cheng, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1154418291

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.7 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score80.9
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%49.4
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%99.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,984.34

8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ankur Bakshi$1,984.34
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. San Diego Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgeons IncSan Diego, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ankur Bakshi among 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California

Ankur Bakshi, MD is one of 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 82% of them.

  • NPI issued2013 · 82% of these records are older, 16% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2013 · median 1997 among the 408 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in California

There are 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Francisco Arabia, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481194702159
  2. Michael Bowdish, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481992988422
  3. Pedro Catarino, MDWest Hollywood, CA 900481922292069
  4. Wen Cheng, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481073597043
  5. Joanna Chikwe, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481467601187
  6. Joshua Chung, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481528245644
  7. Dominic Emerson, MDWest Hollywood, CA 900481295050441
  8. Clark Fuller, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481790890341

Common questions

What is Ankur Bakshi, MD's NPI number?

Ankur Bakshi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932546074, issued on May 30, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ankur Bakshi, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 127 S San Vicente Blvd Ste A3600, Los Angeles, CA, 90048. Phone: (310) 423-3851. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ankur Bakshi, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number 172633, 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.

What is Ankur Bakshi, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.