NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sandhya Venugopal, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Phoenix, AZ

Sandhya Venugopal, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1730115338, issued on Jun 24, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 34956, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; 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
1730115338
Name
Sandhya Venugopal
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
34956 AZ
AZ34956 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
16601 N 40TH St Ste 229 (old 216), Phoenix, AZ 85032
Phone
(602) 667-4657
Enumerated
Jun 24, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 31, 2026
Fax
(888) 842-7006
Medicaid ID
074540 AZ
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060411000780); 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 ordersArizona Medical Board
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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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91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

273 Medicare Part D claims for 74 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. Sandhya Venugopal273
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium25 claims
  2. Losartan Potassium20 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate14 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: $117.03

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biosense Webster, 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. Sandhya Venugopal$117.03
  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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Med-Cure Internal Medicine PLCBuckeye, AZ

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

Sandhya Venugopal among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona

Sandhya Venugopal, MD is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% 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 13% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 55% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
  • Graduated1999 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 51% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

695 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Phoenix

They are 695 of the 31,399 NPPES records with a practice address in Phoenix, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Alvin Bogart, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850321891726444
  2. Timothy Burns, MDPhoenix, AZ 850321245277243
  3. Michael Drury, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850321568462893
  4. Drew Durbin, D.O.Phoenix, AZ 850321063440907
  5. Gloria Estrada, MDPhoenix, AZ 850321932171915
  6. Simrat Kaur, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850321568452357
  7. Richard Kelly, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850321528068178
  8. Rajal Mehta, MDPhoenix, AZ 850321467421347

Common questions

What is Sandhya Venugopal, MD's NPI number?

Sandhya Venugopal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730115338, issued on Jun 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sandhya Venugopal, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16601 N 40TH St Ste 229 (old 216), Phoenix, AZ, 85032. Phone: (602) 667-4657. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sandhya Venugopal, MD's license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 34956, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Sandhya Venugopal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Sandhya Venugopal, MD had 273 Medicare Part D claims for 74 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.