Hitendra Patel
Legal Medicine · Pittsburgh, PA
Hitendra Patel is a legal medicine with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1003897265, issued on Nov 7, 2005. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD056027L, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Hitendra Patel
- Primary taxonomy
- Legal Medicine 173000000X
- License number
- MD056027L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5200 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
- Phone
- (412) 621-7777
- Enumerated
- Nov 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050525001027); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest legal medicine records → All 34 in Pennsylvania → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 5200 Centre Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Eric Anish, MDSpecialist1316919707
- George Arnold, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1316903677
- M Ayasso, M.D.Legal Medicine1295726693
- Miranda BabiakSpeech-Language Pathologist1366882532
- William BarringtonClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician1356313613
Verify Hitendra Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MD056027LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
25% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average legal medicine in 2024
1,901 Medicare Part D claims for 656 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,531 among the 246 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium555 claims
- Famotidine282 claims
- Omeprazole257 claims
- Peg 3350-Electrolyte221 claims
- Ondansetron Odt65 claims
- Lansoprazole64 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): 78.5 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: $443.62
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 144 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,618.84 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
- Upmc Community Medicine IncPittsburgh, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Hitendra Patel among 34 legal medicine records in Pennsylvania
Hitendra Patel is one of 34 legal medicine records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 41% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 41% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 1981 among the 10 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 71% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 173000000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Legal Medicine providers in Pennsylvania
There are 34 legal medicine records in Pennsylvania.
All 34 in Pennsylvania → Every provider in Pittsburgh → Legal Medicine nationwide →
The 8 legal medicine records with the nearest ZIP codes
- M Ayasso, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152321295726693
- Michael Ennis, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152321639160054
- Farhad Ismail-Beigi, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152321194716522
- Amer Akhrass, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152391326005786
- Maya Nimgaonkar, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152201326007295
- Michael MyerburgPittsburgh, PA 152131871520981
- Teri Willochell, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152121790745016
- Gregory Dischman, MDPittsburgh, PA 152081336180728
Common questions
What is Hitendra Patel's NPI number?
Hitendra Patel's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003897265, issued on Nov 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Hitendra Patel located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5200 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232. Phone: (412) 621-7777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Hitendra Patel's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD056027L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Hitendra Patel prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Hitendra Patel had 1,901 Medicare Part D claims for 656 beneficiaries; the average among legal medicine prescribers was 2,531. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Hitendra Patel's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.5 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.