Lawrence Chua, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Phoenix, AZ
Lawrence Chua, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1487613691, issued on Mar 17, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 31669, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lawrence Chua
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 31669 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 19829 N 27TH Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85027
- Phone
- (602) 505-4479
- Enumerated
- Mar 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 16, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (602) 879-1876
- Medicaid ID
- 796443 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031118001046); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lawrence Chua in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 31669Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,774 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 34 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium121 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium95 claims
- Gabapentin70 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate54 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium47 claims
- Carvedilol43 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Ternion Physician Group, PLLCGlendale, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lawrence Chua among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona
Lawrence Chua, M.D. is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 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 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 51% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
695 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Phoenix
They are 695 of the 31,399 NPPES records with a practice address in Phoenix, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Lawrence Chua, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lawrence Chua, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487613691, issued on Mar 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lawrence Chua, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 19829 N 27TH Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 85027. Phone: (602) 505-4479. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lawrence Chua, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 31669, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lawrence Chua, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lawrence Chua, M.D. had 1,774 Medicare Part D claims for 184 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.