Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Santa Monica, CA
Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Santa Monica, California, and NPI 1730330523, issued on Oct 10, 2008. Check the license (California A103626, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Hossein Nick Pirastehfar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- A103626 CA
MD434882 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404
- Phone
- (310) 453-1324
- Enumerated
- Oct 10, 2008
- Record last updated
- Apr 19, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (424) 212-5921
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120214000915); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2121 Santa Monica Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Hossein Nick Pirastehfar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A103626Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
30% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
364 Medicare Part D claims for 173 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 22 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis22 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium18 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium16 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate15 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl15 claims
- Furosemide12 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: $87.51
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Providence Saint Johns Medical FoundationSanta Monica, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Hossein Nick Pirastehfar among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D. is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 34% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 34% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
96 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Santa Monica
They are 96 of the 5,151 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Monica, and 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730330523, issued on Oct 10, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Phone: (310) 453-1324. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A103626, 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 Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Hossein Nick Pirastehfar, M.D. had 364 Medicare Part D claims for 173 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.