John Garcia, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Bakersfield, CA
John Garcia, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1558344473, issued on Nov 23, 2005. Check the license (California A86774, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Garcia
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- A86774 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5959 Truxtun Ave Ste 100, Bakersfield, CA 93309
- Phone
- (661) 638-0601
- Enumerated
- Nov 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 12, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 638-0605
- Medicaid ID
- 00A867740 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040707000904); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5959 Truxtun Ave Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Cyrus Moon, MDSurgery Physician1154585388
Verify John Garcia in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A86774Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
255 Medicare Part D claims for 125 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 101 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Hcl107 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen91 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 5.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,256.94
17 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Adventist Health Physicians NetworkBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John Garcia among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
John Garcia, M.D. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% 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 updated2013 · 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
There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.
All 3,118 in California → Every provider in Bakersfield → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Hormuz Irani, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933091194708099
- Ravi Kapadia, MDBakersfield, CA 933091669736427
- Cyrus Moon, MDBakersfield, CA 933091154585388
- George Brooks, MDBakersfield, CA 933111750626461
- Abraham Nisim, MDBakersfield, CA 933111639306392
- Gregory Williams, MDBakersfield, CA 933111699795088
- Gurmantpal Bhatti, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933121174786347
- Bhani Chawla-KondalBakersfield, CA 933061972734333
Common questions
What is John Garcia, M.D.'s NPI number?
John Garcia, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558344473, issued on Nov 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Garcia, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5959 Truxtun Ave Ste 100, Bakersfield, CA, 93309. Phone: (661) 638-0601. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Garcia, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A86774, 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 John Garcia, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Garcia, M.D. had 255 Medicare Part D claims for 125 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is John Garcia, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 5.7 of 100. 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.