Carlos Arguedas
Internal Medicine Physician · Los Alamitos, CA
Carlos Arguedas is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Los Alamitos, California, and NPI 1023075579, issued on Apr 27, 2006. Check the license (California A45750, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlos Arguedas
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A45750 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5300 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos, CA 90720
- Phone
- (562) 429-1200
- Enumerated
- Apr 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 29, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (562) 429-8070
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090520000109); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carlos Arguedas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A45750Check 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% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,066 Medicare Part D claims for 270 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium165 claims
- Losartan Potassium161 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate144 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium144 claims
- Omeprazole128 claims
- Metformin Hcl114 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: $1,263.85
53 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Carlos Arguedas among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Carlos Arguedas 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Carlos Arguedas's NPI number?
Carlos Arguedas's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023075579, issued on Apr 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlos Arguedas located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5300 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos, CA, 90720. Phone: (562) 429-1200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlos Arguedas's license?
NPPES lists California license number A45750, 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 Carlos Arguedas prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carlos Arguedas had 3,066 Medicare Part D claims for 270 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.