Rajendra A. Patel, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Bakersfield, CA
Rajendra A. Patel, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1831191105, issued on Jun 1, 2005. Check the license (California 00A480980, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rajendra A. Patel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 00A480980 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5925 Truxtun Ave Ste A, Bakersfield, CA 93309
- Phone
- (661) 638-2273
- Enumerated
- Jun 1, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 14, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 638-2288
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100302000156); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5925 Truxtun Ave Ste A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Rajendra A. Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 00A480980Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
18,125 Medicare Part D claims for 1,186 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 150 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium946 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium861 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium700 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate557 claims
- Omeprazole518 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er487 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: $1,648.55
117 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. 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
- Centric HealthBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rajendra A. Patel among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Rajendra A. Patel, M.D. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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).
214 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bakersfield
They are 214 of the 11,539 NPPES records with a practice address in Bakersfield, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Rajendra A. Patel, M.D.'s NPI number?
Rajendra A. Patel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831191105, issued on Jun 1, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rajendra A. Patel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5925 Truxtun Ave Ste A, Bakersfield, CA, 93309. Phone: (661) 638-2273. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rajendra A. Patel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 00A480980, 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 Rajendra A. Patel, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rajendra A. Patel, M.D. had 18,125 Medicare Part D claims for 1,186 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rajendra A. Patel, M.D.'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.