Peter Lawrence Birnbaum, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Fresno, CA
Peter Lawrence Birnbaum, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Fresno, California, and NPI 1740269752, issued on Jan 10, 2006. Check the license (California A52432, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Peter Lawrence Birnbaum
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- A52432 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1377 E Herndon Ave, Fresno, CA 93720
- Phone
- (559) 450-7455
- Enumerated
- Jan 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 3, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 450-7473
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090416000336); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1377 E Herndon Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Denise Aguilar, RN PA NPPhysician Assistant1124186614
- Joe Bolton, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1518055441
- Walter Hurtado, PA CSurgical Physician Assistant1407890049
Verify Peter Lawrence Birnbaum in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A52432Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 72.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $727.21
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Saint Agnes Medical FoundationFresno, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Peter Lawrence Birnbaum among 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California
Peter Lawrence Birnbaum, MD is one of 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in California. 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 1997 among the 408 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in California
There are 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California.
All 634 in California → Every provider in Fresno → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Joe Bolton, MDFresno, CA 937201518055441
- Richard Gregory, MDFresno, CA 937201942289962
- Shamsuddin Khwaja, M.D.Fresno, CA 937201679570527
- John Lin, M.D.Fresno, CA 937201992961270
- Ramesh Pamula, M.D.Fresno, CA 937201356382295
- Paul Stefanacci, M.D.Fresno, CA 937201912015504
- Robert Stewart, MDFresno, CA 937201659350668
- Juan Calzetta, MDSalinas, CA 939011427034685
Common questions
What is Peter Lawrence Birnbaum, MD's NPI number?
Peter Lawrence Birnbaum, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740269752, issued on Jan 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Peter Lawrence Birnbaum, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1377 E Herndon Ave, Fresno, CA, 93720. Phone: (559) 450-7455. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Peter Lawrence Birnbaum, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A52432, 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.
What is Peter Lawrence Birnbaum, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 72.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.