Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Chapel Hill, NC
Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and NPI 1003227810, issued on May 14, 2014. Check the license (North Carolina 2018-00482, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2018-00482 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 260 Macnider Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Phone
- (919) 966-6770
- Enumerated
- May 14, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jun 6, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180926000773); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2018-00482Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
18 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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
- Duke University Health System, IncDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D. is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 74% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
219 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Chapel Hill
They are 219 of the 7,608 NPPES records with a practice address in Chapel Hill, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003227810, issued on May 14, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 260 Macnider Building, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599. Phone: (919) 966-6770. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2018-00482, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sonya Vipul Patel-Nguyen, M.D. had 18 Medicare Part D claims; 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.