Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Phoenix, AZ
Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1215991617, issued on Apr 13, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 26044, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sunil Santhanakrishnan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 26044 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5090 North 40TH Street, Phoenix, AZ 85018
- Phone
- (602) 264-5685
- Enumerated
- Apr 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 18, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (602) 631-9870
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101124000050); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest pulmonary disease physician records → All 285 in Arizona → Look up another NPI →
Verify Sunil Santhanakrishnan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 26044Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
1,387 Medicare Part D claims for 231 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 63% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta228 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa207 claims
- Montelukast Sodium66 claims
- Opsumit56 claims
- Prednisone52 claims
- Breo Ellipta50 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): 23.9 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: $1,017.93
53 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Electromed, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Banner - University Hospital Based Physicians LLCPhoenix, AZ
- Banner - University Physician Specialists LLCPhoenix, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sunil Santhanakrishnan among 285 pulmonary disease physician records in Arizona
Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD is one of 285 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 84% 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 1998 among the 202 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 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 207RP1001X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Arizona
There are 285 pulmonary disease physician records in Arizona.
All 285 in Arizona → Every provider in Phoenix → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Cameron Dick, MDPhoenix, AZ 850181194780767
- Grigory Horonenko, DOPhoenix, AZ 850181356394035
- Joseph Colorafi, MDPhoenix, AZ 850201629042601
- Robert Comp, MDPhoenix, AZ 850201588617724
- David Drachler, MDPhoenix, AZ 850201487742144
- Anselmo Garcia, MDPhoenix, AZ 850201679791248
- James Gerace, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850201912999178
- Norlalak Jiramethee, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850161851701965
Common questions
What is Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD's NPI number?
Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215991617, issued on Apr 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5090 North 40TH Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85018. Phone: (602) 264-5685. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 26044, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD had 1,387 Medicare Part D claims for 231 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sunil Santhanakrishnan, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 23.9 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.