Kunal Shanat Patel, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Durham, NC
Kunal Shanat Patel, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1720541519, issued on Apr 9, 2019. Check the license on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kunal Shanat Patel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 92001 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2310 Erwin RD, Durham, NC 27710
- Phone
- (919) 684-8111
- Enumerated
- Apr 9, 2019
- Record last updated
- Sep 17, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220808003468); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kunal Shanat Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
339 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium23 claims
- Prednisone16 claims
- Eliquis15 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate13 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium11 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): 92.3 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: $287.27
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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 2 group practices
- Duke University Health System, IncDurham, NC
- The Emory Clinic IncAtlanta, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kunal Shanat Patel among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Kunal Shanat Patel, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
380 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Durham
They are 380 of the 13,451 NPPES records with a practice address in Durham, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Kunal Shanat Patel, MD's NPI number?
Kunal Shanat Patel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720541519, issued on Apr 9, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kunal Shanat Patel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2310 Erwin RD, Durham, NC, 27710. Phone: (919) 684-8111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kunal Shanat Patel, MD's license?
Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kunal Shanat Patel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kunal Shanat Patel, MD had 339 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kunal Shanat Patel, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.3 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.