NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Chandrasekar Venugopal, MD

Diagnostic Radiology Physician · Fresno, CA

Chandrasekar Venugopal, MD is a diagnostic radiology physician with a practice address in Fresno, California, and NPI 1972679959, issued on Nov 28, 2006. Check the license (California G73401, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1972679959
Name
Chandrasekar Venugopal
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Diagnostic Radiology Physician 2085R0202X
License number
G73401 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1867 E Fir Ave Ste 101, Fresno, CA 93720
Phone
(559) 325-5800
Enumerated
Nov 28, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 17, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060126000870); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai, 1986
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 1867 E Fir Ave Ste 101

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

  1. Te-Chung Edwin Hsu, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1467531251
  2. Fred Logalbo, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1821164864
  3. Alan Orme, FNPRegistered Nurse1437215027
  4. Jeffrey Saavedra, M.D.Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1558459891
  5. Frank Tamura, M.D.Neuroradiology Physician1932275906

Verify Chandrasekar Venugopal 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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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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $73.53

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Baxter Healthcare. The 8,048 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,488.38 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Chandrasekar Venugopal$73.53
  2. Specialty average$2,488.38

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. California Imaging Institute Medical Group, Inc.Fresno, CA
  2. Central Valley Community Medical ImagingFresno, CA

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

Chandrasekar Venugopal among 4,500 diagnostic radiology physician records in California

Chandrasekar Venugopal, MD is one of 4,500 diagnostic radiology physician records with a practice address in California. 74% 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 7% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 52% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
  • Graduated1986 · median 2004 among the 3,130 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2008 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2085R0202X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in California

There are 4,500 diagnostic radiology physician records in California.

The 8 diagnostic radiology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Malcolm Anderson, MDFresno, CA 937201700846755
  2. Teresa Chan, MDFresno, CA 937201972619096
  3. Jeffrey Cochiolo, MDFresno, CA 937201295760734
  4. Harpreet Gill, M.D.Fresno, CA 937201447285754
  5. Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt, M.D.Fresno, CA 937201194721035
  6. Rife Huckabee, M.D.Fresno, CA 937201215930813
  7. Azeem Noorani, MDFresno, CA 937201750321683
  8. Jason Roberts, MDFresno, CA 937201508845579

Common questions

What is Chandrasekar Venugopal, MD's NPI number?

Chandrasekar Venugopal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972679959, issued on Nov 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Chandrasekar Venugopal, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1867 E Fir Ave Ste 101, Fresno, CA, 93720. Phone: (559) 325-5800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Chandrasekar Venugopal, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number G73401, 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.

What is Chandrasekar Venugopal, 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.