Leonel A. Hunt, M.D.
Specialist · Los Angeles, CA
Leonel A. Hunt, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1417996745, issued on Jun 5, 2006. Check the license (California A72199, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Leonel A. Hunt
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- A72199 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 444 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
- Phone
- (310) 423-9834
- Enumerated
- Jun 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2025
- Fax
- (310) 423-8928
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040930000348); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Leonel A. Hunt in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A72199Check 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% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
372 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 123 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen70 claims
- Meloxicam68 claims
- Celecoxib43 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl42 claims
- Prednisone35 claims
- Gabapentin23 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): 89.7 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: $146.25
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Globus Medical, Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Commons Clinic Medical Group, PCSanta Monica, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Leonel A. Hunt among 5,749 specialist records in California
Leonel A. Hunt, M.D. is one of 5,749 specialist records with a practice address in California. 30% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 30% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 1989 among the 1,075 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Leonel A. Hunt, M.D.'s NPI number?
Leonel A. Hunt, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417996745, issued on Jun 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Leonel A. Hunt, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 444 S San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90048. Phone: (310) 423-9834. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Leonel A. Hunt, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A72199, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Leonel A. Hunt, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Leonel A. Hunt, M.D. had 372 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Leonel A. Hunt, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.7 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.