Darren Andre Lucas, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · San Diego, CA
Darren Andre Lucas, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1053548784, issued on Jun 21, 2009. Check the license (California A130342, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Darren Andre Lucas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A130342 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8989 Rio San Diego Dr Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92108
- Phone
- (858) 279-1223
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2009
- Record last updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160204002431); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8989 Rio San Diego Dr Ste 200
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Darren Andre Lucas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A130342Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
957 Medicare Part D claims for 89 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl72 claims
- Sertraline Hcl69 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate62 claims
- Aripiprazole58 claims
- Risperidone54 claims
- Hydroxyzine Hcl49 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: $383.04
21 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 2 group practices
- Community Research Foundation IncSan Diego, CA
- Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Darren Andre Lucas among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Darren Andre Lucas, M.D. 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 2009, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 57% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michael Bailey, M.D.San Diego, CA 921081891885653
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- Ruchira Densert, MDSan Diego, CA 921081538148697
- Gary Eaton, MDSan Diego, CA 921081962442996
- Thomas Flanagan, MDSan Diego, CA 921081154361061
- Joshua Golden, M.D., F.A.P.A.San Diego, CA 921081720008998
- Fernando Kwiatkowski, MDSan Diego, CA 921081346297249
Common questions
What is Darren Andre Lucas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Darren Andre Lucas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053548784, issued on Jun 21, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Darren Andre Lucas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8989 Rio San Diego Dr Ste 200, San Diego, CA, 92108. Phone: (858) 279-1223. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Darren Andre Lucas, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A130342, 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 Darren Andre Lucas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Darren Andre Lucas, M.D. had 957 Medicare Part D claims for 89 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.