Francis Sangwon Lee, MD
Surgery Physician · Garden Grove, CA
Francis Sangwon Lee, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Garden Grove, California, and NPI 1720056781, issued on Mar 8, 2006. Check the license (California A64245, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francis Sangwon Lee
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- A64245 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12555 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA 92843
- Phone
- (714) 537-7766
- Enumerated
- Mar 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 10, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (714) 537-7361
- Medicaid ID
- 00A642450 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120220000326); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Francis Sangwon Lee in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A64245Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
307 Medicare Part D claims for 208 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 27% of claims. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Peg-3350 And Electrolytes70 claims
- Gavilyte-G67 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen29 claims
- Omeprazole28 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf22 claims
- Lidocaine-Prilocaine13 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $295.05
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
One hospital affiliation
- Sutter Coast HospitalCrescent City, CA · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Francis Sangwon Lee among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
Francis Sangwon Lee, MD is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Francis Sangwon Lee, MD's NPI number?
Francis Sangwon Lee, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720056781, issued on Mar 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francis Sangwon Lee, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12555 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA, 92843. Phone: (714) 537-7766. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francis Sangwon Lee, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A64245, 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 Francis Sangwon Lee, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francis Sangwon Lee, MD had 307 Medicare Part D claims for 208 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Francis Sangwon Lee, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.