Nahid Afshari, D.D.S
Dentist · Salinas, CA
Nahid Afshari, D.D.S is a dentist with a practice address in Salinas, California, and NPI 1144382276, issued on Dec 14, 2006. Check the license (California 55259, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nahid Afshari
- Credential
- D.D.S
- Primary taxonomy
- Dentist 122300000X
- License number
- 55259 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1229 N Main St, Salinas, CA 93906
- Phone
- (831) 442-8000
- Enumerated
- Dec 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 21, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (831) 444-6847
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nahid Afshari in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 55259Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dentist in 2024
51 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 86 among the 51,021 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin25 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: $27.47
1 payment: compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program; the largest payer was Straumann USA LLC. The 31,974 providers of this specialty with any payment received $540.36 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.
Nahid Afshari among 14,729 dentist records in California
Nahid Afshari, D.D.S is one of 14,729 dentist records with a practice address in California. 56% 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, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 56% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2017 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 122300000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
57 dentist records list a practice address in Salinas
They are 57 of the 4,530 NPPES records with a practice address in Salinas, and 14,729 dentist records in California.
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Common questions
What is Nahid Afshari, D.D.S's NPI number?
Nahid Afshari, D.D.S's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144382276, issued on Dec 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nahid Afshari, D.D.S located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1229 N Main St, Salinas, CA, 93906. Phone: (831) 442-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nahid Afshari, D.D.S's license?
NPPES lists California license number 55259, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nahid Afshari, D.D.S prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nahid Afshari, D.D.S had 51 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries; the average among dentist prescribers was 86. 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.