Howard Charles Hu, MD
Plastic Surgery Physician · Valencia, CA
Howard Charles Hu, MD is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Valencia, California, and NPI 1396790655, issued on May 24, 2006. Check the license (California A62305, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard Charles Hu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
- License number
- A62305 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 26357 Mcbean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355
- Phone
- (661) 222-1122
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (661) 259-8878
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 26357 Mcbean Parkway
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Howard Charles Hu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A62305Check 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 plastic surgery physician in 2024
65 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries, against an average of 93 among the 3,527 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin17 claims
- Ondansetron Odt16 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: $80.04
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 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.
Howard Charles Hu among 894 plastic surgery physician records in California
Howard Charles Hu, MD is one of 894 plastic surgery 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 39% of these records are
- Record last updated2026 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Plastic Surgery Physician providers in California
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- Jacob Saleh, MDTarzana, CA 913561417051079
- Christopher Costanzo, M.D.Thousand Oaks, CA 913601952474090
- Kouros Azar, M.D.Thousand Oaks, CA 913611508935040
- Ethan Baughman, M.D. PH.D.Westlake Village, CA 913611619316783
- Artur Fahradyan, MDWestlake Village, CA 913611366885345
- Richard Hodnett, MDThousand Oaks, CA 913611518084904
Common questions
What is Howard Charles Hu, MD's NPI number?
Howard Charles Hu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396790655, issued on May 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard Charles Hu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 26357 Mcbean Parkway, Valencia, CA, 91355. Phone: (661) 222-1122. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard Charles Hu, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A62305, 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 Howard Charles Hu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard Charles Hu, MD had 65 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries; the average among plastic surgery physician prescribers was 93. 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.