Nelson Cheng, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Stockton, CA
Nelson Cheng, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Stockton, California, and NPI 1689752594, issued on Nov 1, 2006. Check the license (California A73344, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nelson Cheng
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A73344 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7373 West LN, Stockton, CA 95210
- Phone
- (209) 476-2000
- Enumerated
- Nov 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00A733440 CA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nelson Cheng in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A73344Check 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: $41.73
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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.
Nelson Cheng among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Nelson Cheng, MD is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% 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, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 81% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Nelson Cheng, MD's NPI number?
Nelson Cheng, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689752594, issued on Nov 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nelson Cheng, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7373 West LN, Stockton, CA, 95210. Phone: (209) 476-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nelson Cheng, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A73344, 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.