Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA
Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1245338490, issued on Sep 20, 2006. Check the license (California A47821, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lakshmi Prathipati
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A47821 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4276 54TH PL Ste B, San Diego, CA 92115
- Phone
- (619) 286-3222
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 6, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (619) 286-3223
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120125000430); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4276 54TH PL Ste B
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sommer Lovejoy, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1598575821
Verify Lakshmi Prathipati in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A47821Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,669 Medicare Part D claims for 576 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium749 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate628 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium538 claims
- Losartan Potassium508 claims
- Metformin Hcl386 claims
- Hydralazine Hcl240 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): 94.2 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: $446.53
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Kumara Prathipati MD IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lakshmi Prathipati among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D. 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
- Graduated1980 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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).
961 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 961 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245338490, issued on Sep 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4276 54TH PL Ste B, San Diego, CA, 92115. Phone: (619) 286-3222. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A47821, 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 Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D. had 8,669 Medicare Part D claims for 576 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lakshmi Prathipati, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.2 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.