Desiree Arretz, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · San Francisco, CA
Desiree Arretz, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1760409197, issued on Jul 15, 2006. Check the license (California A53241, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Desiree Arretz
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A53241 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1580 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110
- Phone
- (415) 641-6996
- Enumerated
- Jul 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 11, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (415) 641-6899
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Desiree Arretz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A53241Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
14% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,635 Medicare Part D claims for 364 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 52 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate219 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium198 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium140 claims
- Losartan Potassium109 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl100 claims
- Metformin Hcl96 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: $17.44
1 payment: education; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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.
Desiree Arretz among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Desiree Arretz, 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 fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2014 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Desiree Arretz, M.D.'s NPI number?
Desiree Arretz, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760409197, issued on Jul 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Desiree Arretz, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1580 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA, 94110. Phone: (415) 641-6996. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Desiree Arretz, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A53241, 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 Desiree Arretz, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Desiree Arretz, M.D. had 3,635 Medicare Part D claims for 364 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.