NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Satinder Pal, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Walnut Creek, CA

Satinder Pal, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Walnut Creek, California, and NPI 1568540664, issued on Nov 2, 2006. Check the license (California A65493, 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
1568540664
Name
Satinder Pal
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
A65493 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1425 S Main St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone
(925) 295-4000
Enumerated
Nov 2, 2006
Record last updated
Dec 17, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
00A654930 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110520000098); accepts Medicare assignment
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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Also registered at 1425 S Main St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Eric AaserudeEmergency Medicine Physician1811491194
  2. Derek Abbassi, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1841364155
  3. Peter Ackerman, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1427435023
  4. Aaron Mark Acosta, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1538789987
  5. Basil Adad, MDOtolaryngology Physician1487732574
  6. Derek Ailes, M.D.Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician1992001804

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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
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

175 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Satinder Pal175
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium21 claims
  2. Lisinopril11 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Permanente Medical Group IncWalnut Creek, CA

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

Satinder Pal among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California

Satinder Pal, MD is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% 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, 73% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • Graduated1988 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

68 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Walnut Creek

They are 68 of the 6,170 NPPES records with a practice address in Walnut Creek, and 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Anna Bavykina, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961467530535
  2. Michael Fein, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961942388046
  3. Prathibha Gubbi Ravishankar, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961528146693
  4. Ravinder Gupta, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961649358714
  5. Brent Levenfeld, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961154409233
  6. Tsao-Yu Liang, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961053499137
  7. Ramon Ortiz, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961376621433
  8. Peter Rowe, M.D.Walnut Creek, CA 945961700831922

Common questions

What is Satinder Pal, MD's NPI number?

Satinder Pal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568540664, issued on Nov 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Satinder Pal, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1425 S Main St, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596. Phone: (925) 295-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Satinder Pal, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A65493, 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 Satinder Pal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Satinder Pal, MD had 175 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.