NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D.

Psychiatry Physician · Santee, CA

Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Santee, California, and NPI 1982799490, issued on Oct 3, 2006. Check the license on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1982799490
Name
Mahipal S. Chaudhri
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
196375 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8770 Cuyamaca St Ste 4, Santee, CA 92071
Phone
(619) 596-9890
Enumerated
Oct 3, 2006
Record last updated
May 7, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(619) 596-9893
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20120214000344); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 8770 Cuyamaca St Ste 4

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Yashwant Chaudhri, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1043258429
  2. Gregory Siaumau, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1609583392

Verify Mahipal S. Chaudhri in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of CaliforniaCheck the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024

2,234 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.

  1. Mahipal Chaudhri2,234
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Escitalopram Oxalate151 claims
  2. Trazodone Hcl148 claims
  3. Clonazepam126 claims
  4. Bupropion Xl122 claims
  5. Quetiapine Fumarate112 claims
  6. Venlafaxine Hcl Er109 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $17.91

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Mahipal Chaudhri$17.91
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

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

  1. New York Medical Behavioral Health, PCRochester, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Mahipal S. Chaudhri among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California

Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D. is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 2% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
  • Graduated1987 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2020 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Psychiatry Physician providers in California

There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Yashwant Chaudhri, M.D.Santee, CA 920711043258429
  2. Paul Liederman, M.D.Santee, CA 920711942237532
  3. Robert Alessi, M.D.San Marcos, CA 920691770685901
  4. Claudio Cabrejos, MDSan Marcos, CA 920691033133483
  5. Sheila Cai, MDSan Marcos, CA 920691780625012
  6. Victor Doroski, MDSan Marcos, CA 920691851330351
  7. Nicole Esposito, MDSan Marcos, CA 920691497880579
  8. Nicholas Frost, MDSan Marcos, CA 920691730129651

Common questions

What is Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D.'s NPI number?

Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982799490, issued on Oct 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8770 Cuyamaca St Ste 4, Santee, CA, 92071. Phone: (619) 596-9890. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D.'s license?

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 Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Mahipal S. Chaudhri, M.D. had 2,234 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.