NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pankaj Chopra, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Fountain Hills, AZ

Pankaj Chopra, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Fountain Hills, Arizona, and NPI 1295838282, issued on Sep 6, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 41959, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1295838282
Name
Pankaj Chopra
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
41959 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
16605 E Palisades Blvd, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
Phone
(480) 837-4300
Enumerated
Sep 6, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 7, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(480) 837-8302
Medicaid ID
440085 AZ
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20090914000344); accepts Medicare assignment
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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Verify Pankaj Chopra in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
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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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2% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

3,601 Medicare Part D claims for 338 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 74 claims were for opioids.

  1. Pankaj Chopra3,601
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate153 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium151 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium140 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium132 claims
  5. Rosuvastatin Calcium115 claims
  6. Pantoprazole Sodium103 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,115.23

56 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.

  1. Pankaj Chopra$1,115.23
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Primary Care Walk-IN Medical ClinicFountain Hills, AZ

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

Pankaj Chopra among 3,119 family medicine physician records in Arizona

Pankaj Chopra, MD is one of 3,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% 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 12% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated2003 · median 2006 among the 1,775 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

12 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Fountain Hills

They are 12 of the 575 NPPES records with a practice address in Fountain Hills, and 3,119 family medicine physician records in Arizona.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Janet Bruno, MDFountain Hills, AZ 852681194307439
  2. Sana Durrani-SimmonsFountain Hills, AZ 852681417695313
  3. Matthew Hummel, M.D.Fountain Hills, AZ 852681780644526
  4. Anuradha Kandasamy, MDFountain Hills, AZ 852681215821533
  5. Rosa Mercado, M.D.Fountain Hills, AZ 852681922032598
  6. Nivedita Nandurkar, MDFountain Hills, AZ 852681083558530
  7. Janis Saunders, D.O.Fountain Hills, AZ 852681598811812
  8. Rajesh Soni, M.D.Fountain Hills, AZ 852681235147380

Common questions

What is Pankaj Chopra, MD's NPI number?

Pankaj Chopra, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295838282, issued on Sep 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Pankaj Chopra, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16605 E Palisades Blvd, Fountain Hills, AZ, 85268. Phone: (480) 837-4300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Pankaj Chopra, MD's license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 41959, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Pankaj Chopra, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Pankaj Chopra, MD had 3,601 Medicare Part D claims for 338 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Pankaj Chopra, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.