Kun Zhong, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Escondido, CA
Kun Zhong, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Escondido, California, and NPI 1619980901, issued on Aug 15, 2006. Check the license (California C199437, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kun Zhong
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- C199437 CA
KZ063288 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1091 Barry PL, Escondido, CA 92026
- Phone
- (248) 345-4798
- Enumerated
- Aug 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 28, 2026
- Medicaid ID
- 3501644 MI
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070323000082); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kun Zhong in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C199437Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,060 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 68 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium248 claims
- Losartan Potassium169 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium167 claims
- Simvastatin144 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate141 claims
- Metformin Hcl115 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: $13.86
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Immediate Care Medical Center, PCFarmington Hills, MI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kun Zhong among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Kun Zhong, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
44 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Escondido
They are 44 of the 3,509 NPPES records with a practice address in Escondido, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Kun Zhong, MD's NPI number?
Kun Zhong, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619980901, issued on Aug 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kun Zhong, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1091 Barry PL, Escondido, CA, 92026. Phone: (248) 345-4798. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kun Zhong, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C199437, 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 Kun Zhong, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kun Zhong, MD had 3,060 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.