Benny Chu, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · West Orange, NJ
Benny Chu, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in West Orange, New Jersey, and NPI 1851483754, issued on Sep 28, 2006. Check the license (New Jersey 25MB08128800, as entered in NPPES) on the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benny Chu
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 25MB08128800 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 449 Mount Pleasant Ave, West Orange, NJ 07052
- Phone
- (973) 731-7868
- Enumerated
- Sep 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 21, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070117000127); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York College Of Osteo Medicine Of New York Institute Of Technology, 1996
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benny Chu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 25MB08128800Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,742 Medicare Part D claims for 504 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 40 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium559 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate266 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium222 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium175 claims
- Prednisone121 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl121 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: $236.66
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Optum Medical Care OF New Jersey PCBayonne, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benny Chu among 4,632 internal medicine physician records in New Jersey
Benny Chu, DO is one of 4,632 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New Jersey. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2000 among the 3,132 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
36 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in West Orange
They are 36 of the 1,370 NPPES records with a practice address in West Orange, and 4,632 internal medicine physician records in New Jersey.
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Common questions
What is Benny Chu, DO's NPI number?
Benny Chu, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851483754, issued on Sep 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benny Chu, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 449 Mount Pleasant Ave, West Orange, NJ, 07052. Phone: (973) 731-7868. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benny Chu, DO's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 25MB08128800, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners at https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Benny Chu, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benny Chu, DO had 5,742 Medicare Part D claims for 504 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.