NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Esther Lee, M.D.

Surgery Physician · Palm Springs, CA

Esther Lee, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Palm Springs, California, and NPI 1376070193, issued on May 11, 2017. Check the license (California A163228, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1376070193
Name
Esther Lee
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
A163228 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
380 E Paseo EL Mirador, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Phone
(760) 323-6318
Enumerated
May 11, 2017
Record last updated
Jun 23, 2023
Fax
(760) 323-6531
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20241029001224); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 2017
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 380 E Paseo EL Mirador

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Aamna Ali, MDSurgery Physician1346583770
  2. Joana Elston, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1396482741
  3. Victoria Hamilton, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1669274700
  4. Aliana Johns, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1134944408

Verify Esther Lee in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Industry payments in 2024: $454.48

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Esther Lee$454.48
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

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

  1. Desert Trauma Surgeons IncLynwood, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.

Other surgery physician records in California

  1. Miriam Abaunza, M.D.Los Angeles, CA1538470778
  2. Hana Abdirahman, MDTemecula, CA1265288112
  3. Sherwin Abdoli, MDPetaluma, CA1508386442
  4. Mhdshafic Abdulkarim, MDOrange, CA1750174249
  5. Sarah Abdulla, M.D.Baldwin Park, CA1699200840
  6. Shoko Abe, M.D.Berkeley, CA1609178136
  7. Stuart Abel, M.D.Los Angeles, CA1750761516
  8. Elliot Abemayor, MDLos Angeles, CA1972527414
  9. Marc Abi Karam, MD, MSPalo Alto, CA1437846508
  10. Ali Abidali, DOGlendora, CA1861888794

Common questions

What is Esther Lee, M.D.'s NPI number?

Esther Lee, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376070193, issued on May 11, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Esther Lee, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 380 E Paseo EL Mirador, Palm Springs, CA, 92262. Phone: (760) 323-6318. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Esther Lee, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A163228, 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.

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.