Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda
Family Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL
Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1033731914, issued on May 13, 2020. Check the license (Illinois 125.076957, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 125.076957 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4720 S California Ave, Chicago, IL 60632
- Phone
- (773) 584-6200
- Enumerated
- May 13, 2020
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2023
- Fax
- (773) 376-8840
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231205003366); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 125.076957Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Most of these Medicare Part D claims are vaccines, 75% of the cost of the top drugs
281 Medicare Part D claims for 71 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
Pharmacies often give vaccines under a standing order that names one clinician, and CMS counts every such claim under that clinician's NPI. These claims are therefore not a measure of this clinician's own prescribing.
- Atorvastatin Calcium41 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate20 claims
- Metformin Hcl15 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide14 claims
- Losartan Potassium14 claims
- Shingrix14 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: $15.56
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Esperanza Health CentersChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois
Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda is one of 6,215 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 81% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 81% of these records are older, 16% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2006 among the 3,714 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,593 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago
They are 1,593 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda's NPI number?
Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033731914, issued on May 13, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4720 S California Ave, Chicago, IL, 60632. Phone: (773) 584-6200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 125.076957, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicolas Zuniga Penaranda had 281 Medicare Part D claims for 71 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.