Michael Saidel, MD
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician · Sonoma, CA
Michael Saidel, MD is a cornea and external diseases specialist physician with a practice address in Sonoma, California, and NPI 1184780330, issued on Dec 29, 2006. Check the license (California A86376, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Saidel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician 207WX0120X
- License numbers
- A86376 CA
036114239 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 181 Andrieux St Ste 100, Sonoma, CA 95476
- Phone
- (707) 996-1052
- Enumerated
- Dec 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2025
- Fax
- (707) 996-6787
- Medicaid ID
- 036114239 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040420001793); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Saidel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A86376Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cornea and external diseases specialist physician in 2024
1,218 Medicare Part D claims for 374 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,263 among the 330 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 52% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost308 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate106 claims
- Timolol Maleate90 claims
- Restasis70 claims
- Moxifloxacin67 claims
- Loteprednol Etabonate50 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $8,617.17
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Glaukos Corporation. The 284 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,109.37 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 2 group practices
- North Bay Eye Associates, A Medical CorporationHealdsburg, CA
- University OF California Sfgh Medical GroupSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Saidel among 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in California
Michael Saidel, MD is one of 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with a practice address in California. 96% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 96% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2010 among the 46 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 24% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207WX0120X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician providers in California
There are 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in California.
All 54 in California → Every provider in Sonoma → Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician nationwide →
The 8 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mustafa Safi, MDEureka, CA 955011518325455
- Bradley Barnett, M.D., PH.D.Sacramento, CA 958151154765139
- Erika Ellis, MD, PHDSacramento, CA 958171174011217
- Rikki Enzor, MD, PHDSacramento, CA 958171639528599
- Jeffrey Ma, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171750709648
- Mathew Margolis, MDSacramento, CA 958171902367899
- Milad Modabber, MD, FRCSC, MSSacramento, CA 958171720630833
- Mark Rosenblatt, MDSacramento, CA 958171093790594
Common questions
What is Michael Saidel, MD's NPI number?
Michael Saidel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184780330, issued on Dec 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Saidel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 181 Andrieux St Ste 100, Sonoma, CA, 95476. Phone: (707) 996-1052. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Saidel, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A86376, 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 Michael Saidel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Saidel, MD had 1,218 Medicare Part D claims for 374 beneficiaries; the average among cornea and external diseases specialist physician prescribers was 1,263. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Saidel, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.