NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Granada Hills, CA

Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Granada Hills, California, and NPI 1104003458, issued on Jan 29, 2008. Check the license (California A99851, 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
1104003458
Name
Brian Barrios Ayuste
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A99851 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
10605 Balboa Blvd, Granada Hills, CA 91344
Phone
(818) 366-4626
Enumerated
Jan 29, 2008
Record last updated
Jan 28, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(818) 366-4630
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110927000244); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Loyola University Of Chicago, Stritch School Of Medicine, 2005
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 10605 Balboa Blvd

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

  1. Elena AdranedaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1699950196
  2. Michael Alba, PSY.D.Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist1043399959
  3. Herbert Anderson Jr.Day Training/Habilitation Specialist1578642062
  4. Vinod Assomull, MDNephrology Physician1982619359
  5. Patricia Attalla, R.N.Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1609934215
  6. Carla AvalosClinical Social Worker1437485646

Verify Brian Barrios Ayuste 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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8% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

2,921 Medicare Part D claims for 339 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.

  1. Brian Ayuste2,921
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Hydralazine Hcl266 claims
  2. Tamsulosin Hcl166 claims
  3. Furosemide138 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate132 claims
  5. Allopurinol118 claims
  6. Nifedipine Er108 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: $1,391.12

58 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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.

  1. Brian Ayuste$1,391.12
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Renal Consultants Medical GroupNewhall, CA

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

Brian Barrios Ayuste among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 56% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 56% of these records are older, 40% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2005 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 61% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Internal Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Elaheh Farhadian, M.D.Granada Hills, CA 913441316145956
  2. Richard Park, M.D.Granada Hills, CA 913441174718134
  3. Neeraj Patel, M.D.Granada Hills, CA 913441679830756
  4. Paolo Rivera, M.D.Granada Hills, CA 913441740635291
  5. Olivia Arreola-Owen, MDNorth Hills, CA 913431194003079
  6. Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, MDSepulveda, CA 913431528163888
  7. Joseph Chambers, MD.Mission Hills, CA 913451467435297
  8. Tammy Chuang, MDNorth Hills, CA 913431801399670

Common questions

What is Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D.'s NPI number?

Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104003458, issued on Jan 29, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10605 Balboa Blvd, Granada Hills, CA, 91344. Phone: (818) 366-4626. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A99851, 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 Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Brian Barrios Ayuste, M.D. had 2,921 Medicare Part D claims for 339 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.