Sophie Lin, MD, PHD
Surgery Physician · San Francisco, CA
Sophie Lin, MD, PHD is a surgery physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1922543750, issued on Jan 3, 2017. Check the license (California 194364, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sophie Lin
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 194364 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 513 Parnassus Ave # S321, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Phone
- (415) 476-1239
- Enumerated
- Jan 3, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jun 26, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240814004909); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sophie Lin in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 194364Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
54 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ibuprofen13 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl13 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: $106.38
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 2 group practices
- Sutter Bay Medical FoundationSan Mateo, CA
- Ucsf Dept OF SurgerySan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sophie Lin among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
Sophie Lin, MD, PHD is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2017, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Sophie Lin, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Sophie Lin, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922543750, issued on Jan 3, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sophie Lin, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 513 Parnassus Ave # S321, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 476-1239. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sophie Lin, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 194364, 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 Sophie Lin, MD, PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sophie Lin, MD, PHD had 54 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.