Catalin Pralea, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Middletown, CT
Catalin Pralea, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Middletown, Connecticut, and NPI 1225126014, issued on Oct 10, 2006. Check the license (Connecticut 040364, as entered in NPPES) on the Connecticut Medical Examining Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Catalin Pralea
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 040364 CT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 399 Silver Street,, Middletown, CT 06457
- Phone
- (860) 262-5200
- Enumerated
- Oct 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 10, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (860) 262-5316
- Medicaid IDs
- 4014679 CT
4024972 CT - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050802000630); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Catalin Pralea in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersConnecticut Medical Examining Board
Search for license 040364Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
2,064 Medicare Part D claims for 85 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clozapine193 claims
- Olanzapine118 claims
- Risperidone111 claims
- Sertraline Hcl108 claims
- Aripiprazole97 claims
- Trazodone Hcl81 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: $128.29
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Neurocrine Biosciences, 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.
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
- State OF ConnecticutMiddletown, CT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Catalin Pralea among 1,174 psychiatry physician records in Connecticut
Catalin Pralea, MD is one of 1,174 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Connecticut. 70% 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, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 70% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2003 among the 503 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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 2084P0800X and a Connecticut practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
59 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Middletown
They are 59 of the 1,590 NPPES records with a practice address in Middletown, and 1,174 psychiatry physician records in Connecticut.
All 1,174 in Connecticut → Every provider in Middletown → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
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- Stuart Forman, M.D.Middletown, CT 064571437193638
- Jeffrey Gottlieb, M.D.Middletown, CT 064571043292980
- Richard Ketai, M.D.Middletown, CT 064571003898172
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Common questions
What is Catalin Pralea, MD's NPI number?
Catalin Pralea, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225126014, issued on Oct 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Catalin Pralea, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 399 Silver Street,, Middletown, CT, 06457. Phone: (860) 262-5200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Catalin Pralea, MD's license?
NPPES lists Connecticut license number 040364, as entered by the provider. Search the Connecticut Medical Examining Board at https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Catalin Pralea, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Catalin Pralea, MD had 2,064 Medicare Part D claims for 85 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.