NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Charles B. Obrien, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Huntington Beach, CA

Charles B. Obrien, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Huntington Beach, California, and NPI 1053357137, issued on Jun 20, 2006. Check the license (California A79283, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1053357137
Name
Charles B. Obrien
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A79283 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
21391 Pinetree LN, Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Phone
(714) 335-9024
Enumerated
Jun 20, 2006
Record last updated
Nov 30, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
00A792830 CA
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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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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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

32 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Charles Obrien32
  2. Specialty average226

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.

Charles B. Obrien among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Charles B. Obrien, MD is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 59% of these records are
  • Record last updated2021 · 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 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. John Broderick, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926471588666424
  2. David Chen, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471588614648
  3. Patrick Cichon, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471144259854
  4. Gary Flashner, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926471437266335
  5. Alexander Hannaman, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926471962426924
  6. Linda Lee, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471790797652
  7. Kha Nguyen, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471346291440
  8. Luchia Storing, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471770519449

Common questions

What is Charles B. Obrien, MD's NPI number?

Charles B. Obrien, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053357137, issued on Jun 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Charles B. Obrien, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 21391 Pinetree LN, Huntington Beach, CA, 92646. Phone: (714) 335-9024. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Charles B. Obrien, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A79283, 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.

How much does Charles B. Obrien, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Charles B. Obrien, MD had 32 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.