Araz M. Melkonian, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Glendale, CA
Araz M. Melkonian, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Glendale, California, and NPI 1710423405, issued on Jan 18, 2017. Check the license (California A157310, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Araz M. Melkonian
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A157310 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 544 N Glendale Ave Ste B, Glendale, CA 91206
- Phone
- (747) 212-3441
- Enumerated
- Jan 18, 2017
- Record last updated
- Apr 11, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190108000986); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Araz M. Melkonian in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A157310Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,073 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis110 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium64 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl52 claims
- Gabapentin48 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium37 claims
- Donepezil Hcl34 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $99.42
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pulmonx Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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 2 group practices
- Adventist Health Physicians NetworkGlendale, CA
- California Emergency Physicians Medical Group A Professional CorpGlendale, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Araz M. Melkonian among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Araz M. Melkonian, M.D. is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
145 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Glendale
They are 145 of the 4,742 NPPES records with a practice address in Glendale, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Araz M. Melkonian, M.D.'s NPI number?
Araz M. Melkonian, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710423405, issued on Jan 18, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Araz M. Melkonian, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 544 N Glendale Ave Ste B, Glendale, CA, 91206. Phone: (747) 212-3441. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Araz M. Melkonian, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A157310, 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 Araz M. Melkonian, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Araz M. Melkonian, M.D. had 1,073 Medicare Part D claims for 94 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Araz M. Melkonian, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.