Chirag Patel, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Merrillville, IN
Chirag Patel, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Merrillville, Indiana, and NPI 1205981750, issued on Jan 24, 2007. Check the license (Indiana 01052839A, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chirag Patel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 01052839A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 521 E 86TH Ave, Merrillville, IN 46410
- Phone
- (219) 769-0777
- Enumerated
- Jan 24, 2007
- Record last updated
- Feb 24, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (219) 755-0612
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080815000310); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri, Kansas City, School Of Medicine, 1996
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Chirag Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Licensing Board of Indiana
Search for license 01052839ACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
77,421 Medicare Part D claims for 1,571 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium4,531 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate2,909 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium2,887 claims
- Donepezil Hcl2,805 claims
- Furosemide2,632 claims
- Sertraline Hcl2,406 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 5.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $327.44
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Hansa Medical Groupe PLLCLibertyville, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Chirag Patel among 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana
Chirag Patel, M.D. is one of 2,109 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Indiana. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2005 among the 1,448 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 43% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Merrillville
They are 15 of the 1,972 NPPES records with a practice address in Merrillville, and 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana.
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Common questions
What is Chirag Patel, M.D.'s NPI number?
Chirag Patel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205981750, issued on Jan 24, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chirag Patel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 521 E 86TH Ave, Merrillville, IN, 46410. Phone: (219) 769-0777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chirag Patel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 01052839A, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana at https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/physicians-home/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Chirag Patel, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chirag Patel, M.D. had 77,421 Medicare Part D claims for 1,571 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chirag Patel, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 5.7 of 100. 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.