NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sameer Bhalla

Internal Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL

Sameer Bhalla is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1962066365, issued on May 1, 2019. Check the license (Illinois 1962066365, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; 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
1962066365
Name
Sameer Bhalla
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
1962066365 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
600 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60612
Phone
(312) 942-7100
Enumerated
May 1, 2019
Record last updated
Jun 19, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 600 S Paulina St

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Verify Sameer Bhalla in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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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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96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

133 Medicare Part D claims for 42 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.

  1. Sameer Bhalla133
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate12 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: $835.76

21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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.

  1. Sameer Bhalla$835.76
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

Sameer Bhalla among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois

Sameer Bhalla is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 68% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
  • Record last updated2021 · 47% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

2,867 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago

They are 2,867 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Keith Boyd, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121174591978
  2. Lewis Coulson, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121619944931
  3. Henry Danko, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121780659524
  4. Denis Evans, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121952385841
  5. Tabassum Faruqi, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121013968536
  6. David Goldberg, MDChicago, IL 606121275588444
  7. Ionut Ilie, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121619926383
  8. Padma Kudaravalli, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121427004514

Common questions

What is Sameer Bhalla's NPI number?

Sameer Bhalla's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962066365, issued on May 1, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sameer Bhalla located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 600 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL, 60612. Phone: (312) 942-7100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sameer Bhalla's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 1962066365, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Sameer Bhalla prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Sameer Bhalla had 133 Medicare Part D claims for 42 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.