Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE
Internal Medicine Physician · Arroyo Grande, CA
Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Arroyo Grande, California, and NPI 1437187994, issued on Jun 30, 2006. Check the license (California A54018, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Pankaj Kumar Karan
- Credential
- MD INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A54018 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1057 E Grand Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
- Phone
- (805) 361-8030
- Enumerated
- Jun 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 10, 2024
- Fax
- (805) 361-8097
- Medicaid IDs
- 8811735 CA
8911735 CA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031120000764); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Pankaj Kumar Karan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A54018Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,018 Medicare Part D claims for 275 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 65 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium163 claims
- Losartan Potassium96 claims
- Metformin Hcl82 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate81 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium70 claims
- Glipizide63 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: $96.52
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Hologic Sales and Service, LLC. 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.
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
- Community Health Centers OF The Central Coast IncArroyo Grande, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pankaj Kumar Karan among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
8 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Arroyo Grande
They are 8 of the 462 NPPES records with a practice address in Arroyo Grande, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE's NPI number?
Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437187994, issued on Jun 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1057 E Grand Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA, 93420. Phone: (805) 361-8030. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE's license?
NPPES lists California license number A54018, 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 Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Pankaj Kumar Karan, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE had 2,018 Medicare Part D claims for 275 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.