Ara Airapetian, MD
General Practice Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Ara Airapetian, MD is a general practice physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1578543443, issued on Jan 18, 2006. Check the license (California A86421, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ara Airapetian
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- A86421 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1704 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041
- Phone
- (323) 256-4116
- Enumerated
- Jan 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 13, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (323) 478-9454
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040609000792); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1704 Colorado Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Scott Foust, MDPediatrics Physician1992958524
Verify Ara Airapetian in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A86421Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average general practice physician in 2024
11,507 Medicare Part D claims for 253 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate852 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium446 claims
- Losartan Potassium410 claims
- Metformin Hcl396 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium394 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium374 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: $388.24
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Comprehensive Community Health Centers IncLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Ara Airapetian, MD's NPI number?
Ara Airapetian, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578543443, issued on Jan 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ara Airapetian, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1704 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90041. Phone: (323) 256-4116. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ara Airapetian, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A86421, 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 Ara Airapetian, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ara Airapetian, MD had 11,507 Medicare Part D claims for 253 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. 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.