NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Charles Orlando Murphy, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Fountain Valley, CA

Charles Orlando Murphy, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Fountain Valley, California, and NPI 1487693735, issued on Jun 5, 2006. Check the license (California G84545, 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
1487693735
Name
Charles Orlando Murphy
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License number
G84545 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
18035 Brookhurst St Ste 1300, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Phone
(657) 241-9440
Enumerated
Jun 5, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 2, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(714) 665-4601
Medicaid ID
00G845450 CO
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050106001076); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Morehouse School Of Medicine, 1991
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 18035 Brookhurst St Ste 1300

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

  1. Rachel Hargrove, M.D.Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1871812727
  2. Tuan Lam, M.D.Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1124290713
  3. Samantha OngSurgical Physician Assistant1366184152
  4. Drew Spindler, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1992878110

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  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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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.7 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score80.9
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%55.1
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%78.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Industry payments in 2024: $133.10

5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Charles Murphy$133.10
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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. Memorialcare Medical FoundationFountain Valley, CA

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

Charles Orlando Murphy among 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California

Charles Orlando Murphy, MD is one of 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 10% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 45% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated1991 · median 1997 among the 408 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in California

There are 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Reginald Abraham, M DFountain Valley, CA 927081720042864
  2. Rachel Hargrove, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081871812727
  3. Tuan Lam, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081124290713
  4. Andrew Rabenstein, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081841652385
  5. Peter Wawro, M.D.Santa Ana, CA 927051487691051
  6. Alaa Afifi, MDSanta Ana, CA 927011609802552
  7. Shigeru Chino, M.D.Laguna Niguel, CA 926771982604781
  8. Badr Ghumrawi, MDLaguna Niguel, CA 926771013081322

Common questions

What is Charles Orlando Murphy, MD's NPI number?

Charles Orlando Murphy, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487693735, issued on Jun 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Charles Orlando Murphy, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18035 Brookhurst St Ste 1300, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone: (657) 241-9440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Charles Orlando Murphy, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number G84545, 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 Charles Orlando Murphy, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.