Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Long Beach, CA
Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1003843863, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (California C127780, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Choudhary Balwan S. Patel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- C127780 CA
35039 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4525 E Atherton St, Long Beach, CA 90815
- Phone
- (562) 961-0155
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 17, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 2014858 MA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160129000082); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4525 E Atherton St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sarkis Arevian, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1801864269
- Catherine Baker, ARNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1013105501
- Fragrance Bumatay, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1609203900
- Cara FlemingPsychiatry Physician1245851211
- Armen Goenjian, MDPsychiatry Physician1588632855
- Sherwin Imperio, DNP, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1225565104
Verify Choudhary Balwan S. Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C127780Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,123 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl185 claims
- Buspirone Hcl132 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl70 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate70 claims
- Olanzapine63 claims
- Aripiprazole50 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,676.34
81 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- The Roads Foundation, IncCompton, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Choudhary Balwan S. Patel among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1961 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
All 8,673 in California → Every provider in Long Beach → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sarkis Arevian, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908151801864269
- Cara FlemingLong Beach, CA 908151245851211
- Armen Goenjian, MDLong Beach, CA 908151588632855
- James Jen Kin, MDLong Beach, CA 908151548238819
- Jay Lentzner, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908151982884904
- Binh Pham, MDLong Beach, CA 908151790312619
- Dharmesh Sheth, MDLong Beach, CA 908151265493555
- Hanaa Soliman, MDLong Beach, CA 908151689643504
Common questions
What is Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD's NPI number?
Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003843863, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4525 E Atherton St, Long Beach, CA, 90815. Phone: (562) 961-0155. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C127780, 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 Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Choudhary Balwan S. Patel, MD had 1,123 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.