Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP
Nurse Practitioner · Palo Alto, CA
Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Palo Alto, California, and NPI 1154766616, issued on May 9, 2013. Check the license (California 371234, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Celeste Denise Chavez
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 371234 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 87 Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
- Phone
- (650) 853-2975
- Enumerated
- May 9, 2013
- Record last updated
- May 28, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20141118001104); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Celeste Denise Chavez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 371234Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
1,211 Medicare Part D claims for 150 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 35% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Entresto205 claims
- Furosemide159 claims
- Carvedilol125 claims
- Jardiance104 claims
- Eliquis67 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate67 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: $253.06
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Sutter Bay Medical FoundationPalo Alto, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Celeste Denise Chavez among 8,223 nurse practitioner records in California
Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP is one of 8,223 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in California. 65% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 39% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 39% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 65% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 42% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2017 among the 3,425 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
318 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Palo Alto
They are 318 of the 7,617 NPPES records with a practice address in Palo Alto, and 8,223 nurse practitioner records in California.
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Common questions
What is Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP's NPI number?
Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154766616, issued on May 9, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 87 Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94301. Phone: (650) 853-2975. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP's license?
NPPES lists California license number 371234, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Celeste Denise Chavez, FNP had 1,211 Medicare Part D claims for 150 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.