Louis Choong Lee, MD
Surgery Physician · Santa Cruz, CA
Louis Choong Lee, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Santa Cruz, California, and NPI 1093972192, issued on May 18, 2008. Check the license (California A121405, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Louis Choong Lee
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- A121405 CA
105436 MN
54487 MN
0116018519 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1668 Dominican Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
- Phone
- (831) 464-9962
- Enumerated
- May 18, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jun 16, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (831) 476-1433
- Medicaid ID
- ENROLLED MN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120904000185); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- George Washington University School Of Medicine, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1668 Dominican Way
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Zachary Lamm, PA-CPhysician Assistant1619639093
- Monika Lin, PASurgical Physician Assistant1841676467
- Paul Nguyen, D.O.Surgery Physician1184911968
- Jessica Santillano, M.D.Surgery Physician1033359211
- Tracy Smythe, PASurgical Physician Assistant1083024467
- Lawrence Spingola, M.D.Surgery Physician1063581098
Verify Louis Choong Lee in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A121405Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
121 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 46 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen31 claims
- Gabapentin12 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa11 claims
- Neomycin Sulfate11 claims
- Tramadol Hcl11 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): 88.4 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: $106.58
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Surgical Associates OF Monterey Bay Medical CorporationSanta Cruz, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Louis Choong Lee among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
Louis Choong Lee, MD is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2008, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 58% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.
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- Kathleen Hertzer, M.D.Santa Cruz, CA 950651467778217
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- Paul Nguyen, D.O.Santa Cruz, CA 950651184911968
Common questions
What is Louis Choong Lee, MD's NPI number?
Louis Choong Lee, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093972192, issued on May 18, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Louis Choong Lee, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1668 Dominican Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95065. Phone: (831) 464-9962. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Louis Choong Lee, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A121405, 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 Louis Choong Lee, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Louis Choong Lee, MD had 121 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Louis Choong Lee, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.4 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.