Sonwoo Lee, MD
Rheumatology Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Sonwoo Lee, MD is a rheumatology physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1336168616, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (California A78556, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sonwoo Lee
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Rheumatology Physician 207RR0500X
- License number
- A78556 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 505 S Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
- Phone
- (213) 739-0007
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 20, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (213) 739-0011
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050907000828); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sonwoo Lee in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A78556Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average rheumatology physician in 2024
34,968 Medicare Part D claims for 1,353 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,978 among the 6,301 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims. 286 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium3,522 claims
- Losartan Potassium1,509 claims
- Omeprazole1,486 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate1,422 claims
- Vascepa1,263 claims
- Metformin Hcl1,110 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 22.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $134.68
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 4,486 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,538.33 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Westwood Medical Group,inc.Los Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sonwoo Lee among 926 rheumatology physician records in California
Sonwoo Lee, MD is one of 926 rheumatology physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 641 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RR0500X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Rheumatology Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Sonwoo Lee, MD's NPI number?
Sonwoo Lee, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336168616, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sonwoo Lee, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 505 S Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90020. Phone: (213) 739-0007. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sonwoo Lee, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A78556, 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 Sonwoo Lee, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sonwoo Lee, MD had 34,968 Medicare Part D claims for 1,353 beneficiaries; the average among rheumatology physician prescribers was 1,978. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sonwoo Lee, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 22.7 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.