Melvin Tin-Chun La, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · San Francisco, CA
Melvin Tin-Chun La, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1730507690, issued on Mar 28, 2014. Check the license (California A161073, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melvin Tin-Chun La
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License number
- A161073 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1101 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109
- Phone
- (415) 440-2972
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2014
- Record last updated
- Aug 6, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190808002979); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melvin Tin-Chun La in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A161073Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $306.12
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Kyowa Kirin, Inc. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 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
- Anesthesia Care Associates Medical Group, IncSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melvin Tin-Chun La among 7,571 anesthesiology physician records in California
Melvin Tin-Chun La, MD is one of 7,571 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in California. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 76% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2006 among the 4,868 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
499 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in San Francisco
They are 499 of the 38,143 NPPES records with a practice address in San Francisco, and 7,571 anesthesiology physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Melvin Tin-Chun La, MD's NPI number?
Melvin Tin-Chun La, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730507690, issued on Mar 28, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melvin Tin-Chun La, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1101 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94109. Phone: (415) 440-2972. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melvin Tin-Chun La, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A161073, 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.
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.