Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Bakersfield, CA
Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1730285735, issued on Sep 16, 2006. Check the license (California A48782, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Santosh Kumar Sinha
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A48782 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3838 San Dimas St, Bakersfield, CA 93301
- Phone
- (661) 654-0200
- Enumerated
- Sep 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 664-2855
- Medicaid ID
- WA48782J CA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3838 San Dimas St
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Verify Santosh Kumar Sinha in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A48782Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,802 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium337 claims
- Metformin Hcl162 claims
- Jardiance148 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate116 claims
- Lisinopril96 claims
- Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide72 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: $50.47
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Santosh Kumar Sinha among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2016 · 61% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
214 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bakersfield
They are 214 of the 11,539 NPPES records with a practice address in Bakersfield, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D.'s NPI number?
Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730285735, issued on Sep 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3838 San Dimas St, Bakersfield, CA, 93301. Phone: (661) 654-0200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A48782, 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 Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Santosh Kumar Sinha, M.D. had 1,802 Medicare Part D claims for 178 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.