NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Borhan Darmal

Psychiatry Physician · Costa Mesa, CA

Borhan Darmal is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Costa Mesa, California, and NPI 1679065536, issued on Jun 5, 2018. Check the license (California A196580, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1679065536
Name
Borhan Darmal
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License numbers
A196580 CA
ME157036 FL
2022-02255 NC
0101270967 VA
1679065536 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3151 Airway Ave Ste G1, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone
(714) 545-5550
Enumerated
Jun 5, 2018
Record last updated
Aug 15, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230524002088); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 3151 Airway Ave Ste G1

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

  1. Shiva Ahmadi, FNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1356873715
  2. Alejandro Alva, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1801816764
  3. Tyler Burns, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCHPhysician Assistant1609654755
  4. Deborah Du, RPA-CPsychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist1992054456
  5. Thomas Grayden, MDPsychiatry Physician1700942117
  6. Victoria Heglar, PA-CPhysician Assistant1407468515

Verify Borhan Darmal in five checks

  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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52% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

480 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.

  1. Borhan Darmal480
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Clonazepam43 claims
  2. Gabapentin36 claims
  3. Risperidone33 claims
  4. Quetiapine Fumarate23 claims
  5. Diazepam21 claims
  6. Olanzapine20 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: $124.46

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. 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.

  1. Borhan Darmal$124.46
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

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

  1. Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists IncCosta Mesa, CA
  2. PsychwellnowWilmington, NC

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

Borhan Darmal among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California

Borhan Darmal 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 fileYes · 38% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 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).

Psychiatry Physician providers in California

There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Tina Allee, M.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926261386960904
  2. Alejandro Alva, M.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926261801816764
  3. Daniel Amen, M.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926261831121375
  4. Britton Arey, MDCosta Mesa, CA 926261295833374
  5. Robert Bota, MDCosta Mesa, CA 926261407990773
  6. Karen Chen, M.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926261598023103
  7. Daniel Emina, M.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926261861633786
  8. Jennifer Farrell, M.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926261558577403

Common questions

What is Borhan Darmal's NPI number?

Borhan Darmal's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679065536, issued on Jun 5, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Borhan Darmal located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3151 Airway Ave Ste G1, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626. Phone: (714) 545-5550. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Borhan Darmal's license?

NPPES lists California license number A196580, 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 Borhan Darmal prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Borhan Darmal had 480 Medicare Part D claims for 70 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.