Nigam Patel, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Des Plaines, IL
Nigam Patel, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Des Plaines, Illinois, and NPI 1477656684, issued on Sep 6, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036-099118, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nigam Patel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 036-099118 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1 N Broadway St, Des Plaines, IL 60016
- Phone
- (847) 298-3150
- Enumerated
- Sep 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (847) 298-5235
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040503001003); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1 N Broadway St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Cynthia Lullo, PA-CPhysician Assistant1063063584
- Mary Jean Mendizabal, PAPhysician Assistant1902989908
Verify Nigam Patel 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 036-099118Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
About as many Medicare Part D claims as the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,542 Medicare Part D claims for 264 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium320 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate146 claims
- Lisinopril127 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone125 claims
- Metformin Hcl116 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl94 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: $3,104.08
168 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Corcept Therapeutics. 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
- Access Community Health NetworkDes Plaines, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nigam Patel among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois
Nigam Patel, M.D. 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 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2006 among the 3,714 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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).
39 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Des Plaines
They are 39 of the 1,164 NPPES records with a practice address in Des Plaines, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Nigam Patel, M.D.'s NPI number?
Nigam Patel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477656684, issued on Sep 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nigam Patel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 N Broadway St, Des Plaines, IL, 60016. Phone: (847) 298-3150. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nigam Patel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-099118, 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 Nigam Patel, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nigam Patel, M.D. had 3,542 Medicare Part D claims for 264 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.