NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Celestine Ukah, MD

Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician · Mount Dora, FL

Celestine Ukah, MD is a pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician with a practice address in Mount Dora, Florida, and NPI 1245341379, issued on Aug 31, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME86882, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1245341379
Name
Celestine Ukah
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician 207LP2900X
License number
ME86882 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9057 Laurel Ridge Dr, Mount Dora, FL 32757
Phone
(352) 267-7547
Enumerated
Aug 31, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 31, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(352) 385-0966
Medicaid ID
268964200 FL
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20031215000934); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 1994
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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Verify Celestine Ukah in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
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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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No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $254.98

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 2,789 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,225.41 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Celestine Ukah$254.98
  2. Specialty average$3,225.41

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. Tenet Florida Physician Services LLCSummerfield, FL

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

Celestine Ukah among 384 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records in Florida

Celestine Ukah, MD is one of 384 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records with a practice address in Florida. 81% 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 14% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 41% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated1994 · median 2000 among the 256 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2017 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207LP2900X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers in Florida

There are 384 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records in Florida.

The 8 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Stacy Berckes, M.D.Mount Dora, FL 327571750361523
  2. Maxime Debrosse, MDMount Dora, FL 327571750649703
  3. Daniel Loren, M.D.Maitland, FL 327511285955633
  4. David Klein, M.D.,FACA,FACPMLongwood, FL 327501215943360
  5. Himabindu Gandam Venkata, M.D.,Lake Mary, FL 327461730576679
  6. Neil Patel, M.D.Lake Mary, FL 327461093101123
  7. Michael Binford, MDSanford, FL 327711639110125
  8. Joseph Comfort, MDSanford, FL 327711033105374

Common questions

What is Celestine Ukah, MD's NPI number?

Celestine Ukah, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245341379, issued on Aug 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Celestine Ukah, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9057 Laurel Ridge Dr, Mount Dora, FL, 32757. Phone: (352) 267-7547. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Celestine Ukah, MD's license?

NPPES lists Florida license number ME86882, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is Celestine Ukah, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.