Christopher Cheng, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Riverside, CA
Christopher Cheng, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Riverside, California, and NPI 1487713053, issued on Dec 8, 2006. Check the license (California A76980, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Cheng
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A76980 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92505
- Phone
- (909) 353-2000
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 30, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101019000634); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Cheng in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A76980Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,399 Medicare Part D claims for 856 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 286 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium591 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium285 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate251 claims
- Losartan Potassium251 claims
- Lisinopril235 claims
- Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide224 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: $28.95
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupRiverside, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Cheng among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Christopher Cheng, MD is one of 17,133 family 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
258 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Riverside
They are 258 of the 13,893 NPPES records with a practice address in Riverside, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Christopher Cheng, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Cheng, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487713053, issued on Dec 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Cheng, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA, 92505. Phone: (909) 353-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Cheng, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A76980, 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 Christopher Cheng, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Cheng, MD had 6,399 Medicare Part D claims for 856 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.