Christopher Migdal, MD
Psychiatry Physician · La Jolla, CA
Christopher Migdal, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in La Jolla, California, and NPI 1487179248, issued on Aug 13, 2017. Check the license (California PTL1750, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Migdal
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- PTL1750 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Phone
- (916) 471-0209
- Enumerated
- Aug 13, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (619) 543-2092
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230928000240); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Davis School Of Medicine, 2019
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Migdal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license PTL1750Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
56% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
436 Medicare Part D claims for 73 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Mirtazapine51 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl44 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate42 claims
- Gabapentin37 claims
- Sertraline Hcl37 claims
- Trazodone Hcl29 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: $72.79
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Neurocrine Biosciences, 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
- Regents Univ OF California UcsfSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Migdal among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Christopher Migdal, 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 2017, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
90 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in La Jolla
They are 90 of the 3,648 NPPES records with a practice address in La Jolla, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Christopher Migdal, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Migdal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487179248, issued on Aug 13, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Migdal, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093. Phone: (916) 471-0209. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Migdal, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number PTL1750, 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 Migdal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Migdal, MD had 436 Medicare Part D claims for 73 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.