NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Bakersfield, CA

Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1336535111, issued on Apr 8, 2015. Check the license (California A167518, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1336535111
Name
Rahul Gobind Samtani
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
License numbers
A167518 CA
MD-48525 IA
66267 WI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9330 Stockdale Hwy Ste 200, Bakersfield, CA 93311
Phone
(661) 324-0500
Enumerated
Apr 8, 2015
Record last updated
Feb 23, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200715002415); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
George Washington University School Of Medicine, 2015
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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Also registered at 9330 Stockdale Hwy Ste 200

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Shubham BiyaniNeurology Physician1063032621
  2. Ivanna Joseph, MDNeurology Physician1700496759
  3. Jaspreet KaurNurse Practitioner1487485298
  4. Monica MacielFamily Nurse Practitioner1659156057
  5. Badria Munir, MBBSNeurocritical Care Physician1780210831
  6. Theodore Popa, M.D., M.S.Neurology Physician1568738631

Verify Rahul Gobind Samtani in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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98% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024

686 Medicare Part D claims for 308 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 103 claims were for opioids.

  1. Rahul Samtani686
  2. Specialty average346

Most prescribed

  1. Lidocaine188 claims
  2. Diclofenac Sodium100 claims
  3. Celecoxib51 claims
  4. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen50 claims
  5. Meloxicam46 claims
  6. Gabapentin41 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: $1,796.39

26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Rahul Samtani$1,796
  2. Specialty average$23,023

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. Adventist Health Physicians NetworkBakersfield, CA

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

Rahul Gobind Samtani among 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California

Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D. is one of 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 84% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 84% of these records are older, 14% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2003 among the 1,347 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California.

The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. P Chandrasekaran, MBBS MD FACS FAAOSBakersfield, CA 933111437123601
  2. Alfred Coppola, MDBakersfield, CA 933111679578090
  3. Timothy Galan, MDBakersfield, CA 933111528324043
  4. James Grimes, MDBakersfield, CA 933111215040845
  5. Arnold Lim, D.O.Bakersfield, CA 933111598868549
  6. Pavel Moldavskiy, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933111942623582
  7. Karan SrivastavaBakersfield, CA 933111932528908
  8. Sami Srour, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933111063403756

Common questions

What is Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D.'s NPI number?

Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336535111, issued on Apr 8, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9330 Stockdale Hwy Ste 200, Bakersfield, CA, 93311. Phone: (661) 324-0500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A167518, 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 Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Rahul Gobind Samtani, M.D. had 686 Medicare Part D claims for 308 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. 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.