NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sam Chitsaz, M.D.

Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Antioch, CA

Sam Chitsaz, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Antioch, California, and NPI 1821364084, issued on Mar 31, 2012. Check the license (California A153515, 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
1821364084
Name
Sam Chitsaz
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
License numbers
A153515 CA
R6761 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4053 Lone Tree Way Ste 200, Antioch, CA 94531
Phone
(925) 776-7725
Enumerated
Mar 31, 2012
Record last updated
Oct 23, 2025
Fax
(510) 506-7728
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20211117000473); accepts Medicare assignment
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 4053 Lone Tree Way Ste 200

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

  1. Pascal Fuchshuber, MDSurgery Physician1295885002
  2. Vipul Gupta, MBBSInterventional Cardiology Physician1376781575
  3. Brent Izu, MDSurgery Physician1912004367
  4. Sabri Sen, M.D.Urology Physician1720043862
  5. Christopher Solis, M.D.Surgery Physician1295759355
  6. Edward Youn, DPMFoot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist1235472754

Verify Sam Chitsaz 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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54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024

1,431 Medicare Part D claims for 282 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.

  1. Sam Chitsaz1,431
  2. Specialty average3,078

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium187 claims
  2. Metoprolol Succinate162 claims
  3. Eliquis140 claims
  4. Carvedilol132 claims
  5. Lisinopril84 claims
  6. Amlodipine Besylate74 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: $55.65

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Sam Chitsaz$55.65
  2. Specialty average$3,819.56

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Pittsburg-Antioch Medical Group A Professional CorporationPittsburg, CA
  2. Sutter Bay Medical FoundationCastro Valley, CA

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

Sam Chitsaz among 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California

Sam Chitsaz, M.D. is one of 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 79% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
  • Graduated2007 · median 1999 among the 1,742 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California

There are 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California.

The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ashul Govil, M.D.Antioch, CA 945311316189053
  2. Kamran Hassan, M.DAntioch, CA 945311659667178
  3. Grace LiuAntioch, CA 945311013379882
  4. Jeffrey Breneisen, MDFairfield, CA 945331629058615
  5. Gurinder Dhillon, MDFairfield, CA 945331669490454
  6. Milind Dhond, M. D.Fairfield, CA 945331972500676
  7. Cyrus Mancherje, M.D.Fairfield, CA 945331659398543
  8. Ho-Hin Choy, M.D.Fairfield, CA 945341083008262

Common questions

What is Sam Chitsaz, M.D.'s NPI number?

Sam Chitsaz, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821364084, issued on Mar 31, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sam Chitsaz, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4053 Lone Tree Way Ste 200, Antioch, CA, 94531. Phone: (925) 776-7725. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sam Chitsaz, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A153515, 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 Sam Chitsaz, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Sam Chitsaz, M.D. had 1,431 Medicare Part D claims for 282 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.