D Scott Upton, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA
D Scott Upton, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1417994898, issued on Jun 2, 2006. Check the license (California A84415, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- D Scott Upton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A84415 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8765 Aero Dr, San Diego, CA 92123
- Phone
- (858) 541-0181
- Enumerated
- Jun 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 20, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (858) 430-0919
- Medicaid ID
- 00A844150 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040917000294); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8765 Aero Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Kate Allison Domingo, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1215216916
- Rolf Ehlers, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1205939832
- Jennifer Lyons, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1841495140
Verify D Scott Upton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A84415Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,834 Medicare Part D claims for 395 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 138 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium209 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium189 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate151 claims
- Losartan Potassium113 claims
- Metformin Hcl99 claims
- Lisinopril98 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: $193.14
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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
- Focus ON Health IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
D Scott Upton among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
D Scott Upton, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 61% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
961 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 961 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is D Scott Upton, M.D.'s NPI number?
D Scott Upton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417994898, issued on Jun 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is D Scott Upton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8765 Aero Dr, San Diego, CA, 92123. Phone: (858) 541-0181. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify D Scott Upton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A84415, 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 D Scott Upton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, D Scott Upton, M.D. had 3,834 Medicare Part D claims for 395 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.