NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Samuel O. Etchie, M.D.

Psychiatry Physician · La Mesa, CA

Samuel O. Etchie, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in La Mesa, California, and NPI 1124039052, issued on Aug 9, 2006. Check the license (California A53857, 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
1124039052
Name
Samuel O. Etchie
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
A53857 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7200 Parkway Dr Ste 113, La Mesa, CA 91942
Phone
(619) 337-0455
Enumerated
Aug 9, 2006
Record last updated
Aug 23, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(619) 667-6059
Medicaid ID
00A538570 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070220000463); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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10.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024

10,193 Medicare Part D claims for 539 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.

  1. Samuel Etchie10,193
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Quetiapine Fumarate776 claims
  2. Trazodone Hcl747 claims
  3. Olanzapine595 claims
  4. Gabapentin527 claims
  5. Risperidone404 claims
  6. Buspirone Hcl371 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: $22,857.94

96 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Samuel Etchie$22,858
  2. Specialty average$4,955

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

Samuel O. Etchie among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California

Samuel O. Etchie, M.D. is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 2% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
  • Graduated1982 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Psychiatry Physician providers in California

There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jorge Barrera, MDLa Mesa, CA 919421356360945
  2. Krauz Ganadjian, MDLa Mesa, CA 919421043372394
  3. Karl Jacobs, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421669676524
  4. Stephen Kaiser, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421245677624
  5. Vladimir Khalafian, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421164718367
  6. Andrey Khalafian, MDLa Mesa, CA 919421780028183
  7. Charles Lewis, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421346271194
  8. Brian Miller, M.D.La Mesa, CA 919421861411381

Common questions

What is Samuel O. Etchie, M.D.'s NPI number?

Samuel O. Etchie, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124039052, issued on Aug 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Samuel O. Etchie, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7200 Parkway Dr Ste 113, La Mesa, CA, 91942. Phone: (619) 337-0455. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Samuel O. Etchie, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A53857, 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 Samuel O. Etchie, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Samuel O. Etchie, M.D. had 10,193 Medicare Part D claims for 539 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.