NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nick Lee, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA

Nick Lee, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1598881179, issued on Mar 22, 2007. Check the license (California A61218, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; 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
1598881179
Name
Nick Lee
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A61218 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
809 N Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone
(213) 346-9982
Enumerated
Mar 22, 2007
Record last updated
May 8, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(213) 346-9735
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070831000388); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
New York Medical College, 1995
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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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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7.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

23,343 Medicare Part D claims for 718 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 28% of claims. 218 claims were for opioids.

  1. Nick Lee23,343
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Rosuvastatin Calcium926 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium854 claims
  3. Montelukast Sodium775 claims
  4. Vascepa730 claims
  5. Gabapentin681 claims
  6. Amlodipine Besylate623 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: $6,164.31

229 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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. Nick Lee$6,164.31
  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 2 group practices

  1. Mommy And ME Medical Group IncRialto, CA
  2. Singh A. Boun, MD And Nick Lee, MD, A Professional CorporationMonterey Park, CA

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

Nick Lee among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Nick Lee, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 44% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 44% of these records are older, 44% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 61% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,423 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles

They are 1,423 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Paul Chu, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900121619052628
  2. Ting-Lin Kao, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900121508881137
  3. Youjong Ko, MDLos Angeles, CA 900121508934027
  4. Sandra Lee, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900121457379786
  5. George Ma, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900121528178332
  6. Meera Modi, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900121023024916
  7. Chung Ng, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900121285708651
  8. Huan Nguyen, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900121841224474

Common questions

What is Nick Lee, MD's NPI number?

Nick Lee, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598881179, issued on Mar 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Nick Lee, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 809 N Hill St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012. Phone: (213) 346-9982. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Nick Lee, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A61218, 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 Nick Lee, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Nick Lee, MD had 23,343 Medicare Part D claims for 718 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.