NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Buttonwillow, CA

Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Buttonwillow, California, and NPI 1699777896, issued on Jun 1, 2005. Check the license (California 50201, 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
1699777896
Name
Ruben Pedro Comelli
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License numbers
50201 CA
G50201 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
277 East Front Strret, Buttonwillow, CA 93206
Phone
(661) 459-1900
Enumerated
Jun 1, 2005
Record last updated
Jul 31, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(661) 459-1974
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110104000629); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1982
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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  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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2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024

9,078 Medicare Part D claims for 424 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 414 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ruben Comelli9,078
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium584 claims
  2. Metformin Hcl451 claims
  3. Lisinopril411 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium365 claims
  5. Levothyroxine Sodium336 claims
  6. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen267 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: $18.53

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Cranial Technologies, Inc. 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. Ruben Comelli$18.53
  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. Omni Family HealthBakersfield, CA

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

Ruben Pedro Comelli among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D. is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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, 94% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1982 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2015 · 58% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Family Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Steven Douglass, M.D.Avenal, CA 932041588835177
  2. Kelvis Gonzalez Gallardo, M.D.Avenal, CA 932041215399639
  3. Yudier Pelaez Torres, MDAvenal, CA 932041821512427
  4. Rajwinder Bajwa, FNPArvin, CA 932031427577162
  5. Ariel Brito Gonzalez, MDArvin, CA 932031316407364
  6. Katrina Cho, M.D.Arvin, CA 932031497943823
  7. Michael Farber, M.D.Arvin, CA 932031801918339
  8. Ronnie-Vic Pasiliao, MDArvin, CA 932031861506743

Common questions

What is Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699777896, issued on Jun 1, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 277 East Front Strret, Buttonwillow, CA, 93206. Phone: (661) 459-1900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number 50201, 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 Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ruben Pedro Comelli, M.D. had 9,078 Medicare Part D claims for 424 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.