NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Massarat A. Bala, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Schaumburg, IL

Massarat A. Bala, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Schaumburg, Illinois, and NPI 1730196833, issued on Aug 2, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036-091372, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; 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
1730196833
Name
Massarat A. Bala
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
036-091372 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
921 N Plum Grove RD, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Phone
(847) 359-3400
Enumerated
Aug 2, 2006
Record last updated
Apr 21, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(847) 358-2770
Medicaid ID
036091372 IL
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100217000737); 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 921 N Plum Grove RD

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

  1. Gay BautistaFamily Nurse Practitioner1003323254
  2. Aisha KhanPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1902588213
  3. Linda Lang, PA-CPhysician Assistant1225224397

Verify Massarat A. Bala in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  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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61% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

5,107 Medicare Part D claims for 354 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 74 claims were for opioids.

  1. Massarat Bala5,107
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium320 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium229 claims
  3. Metformin Hcl220 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate215 claims
  5. Lisinopril185 claims
  6. Metoprolol Succinate130 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: $2,158.34

105 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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.

  1. Massarat Bala$2,158.34
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Healing Hands Primary Care LLCSchaumburg, IL

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

Massarat A. Bala among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois

Massarat A. Bala, M.D. is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% 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, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
  • Graduated1987 · median 2003 among the 3,580 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2015 · 47% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

26 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Schaumburg

They are 26 of the 1,911 NPPES records with a practice address in Schaumburg, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sinisa Boskovic, M.D.Schaumburg, IL 601731467462796
  2. Prafull Gandhi, MDSchaumburg, IL 601731841391042
  3. Gene Loftin, M.D.Schaumburg, IL 601731932123478
  4. Kara Nance, M.D.Schaumburg, IL 601731346295763
  5. Saifullah Nasir, M.D.Schaumburg, IL 601731427343938
  6. Ashish Patel, MDSchaumburg, IL 601731083625909
  7. Ritesh Patel, M.D.Schaumburg, IL 601731548371982
  8. Jitendra Patel, M.D.Schaumburg, IL 601731508915539

Common questions

What is Massarat A. Bala, M.D.'s NPI number?

Massarat A. Bala, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730196833, issued on Aug 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Massarat A. Bala, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 921 N Plum Grove RD, Schaumburg, IL, 60173. Phone: (847) 359-3400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Massarat A. Bala, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-091372, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Massarat A. Bala, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Massarat A. Bala, M.D. had 5,107 Medicare Part D claims for 354 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.