Saman Kannangara, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · San Francisco, CA
Saman Kannangara, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1508893421, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (California C163234, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Saman Kannangara
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- C163234 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1199 Bush St Ste 400, San Francisco, CA 94109
- Phone
- (415) 379-2980
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (415) 346-6025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191112002555); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Drexel University College Of Medicine, 2000
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Saman Kannangara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C163234Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
127 Medicare Part D claims for 18 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 29% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Biktarvy30 claims
- Fosamprenavir Calcium12 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $230.84
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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 2 group practices
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Francisco, CA
- Ucsf Medical Group Business ServicesSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Saman Kannangara among 1,119 infectious disease physician records in California
Saman Kannangara, MD is one of 1,119 infectious disease 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2003 among the 735 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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 207RI0200X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,119 infectious disease physician records in California.
All 1,119 in California → Every provider in San Francisco → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Helen Gunthorpe, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941091588760565
- Layli Jamali, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941091598059644
- Gifford Leoung, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941091295782225
- Jennifer Ling, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941091558685826
- Jack McGregor, MDSan Francisco, CA 941091053949974
- Henry Chambers III, MDSan Francisco, CA 941101184715773
- Stephanie Cohen, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941101043411317
- Moupali Das, MDSan Francisco, CA 941101801914270
Common questions
What is Saman Kannangara, MD's NPI number?
Saman Kannangara, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508893421, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Saman Kannangara, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1199 Bush St Ste 400, San Francisco, CA, 94109. Phone: (415) 379-2980. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Saman Kannangara, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C163234, 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 Saman Kannangara, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Saman Kannangara, MD had 127 Medicare Part D claims for 18 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Saman Kannangara, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.5 of 100. 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.