Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Bakersfield, CA
Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1740215854, issued on Jul 11, 2006. Check the license (California C53538, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- C53538 CA
036094748 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4580 California Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93309
- Phone
- (661) 327-4411
- Enumerated
- Jul 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 13, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 846-4859
- Medicaid ID
- 036094748 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20121114000217); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C53538Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,132 Medicare Part D claims for 712 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass235 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro80 claims
- Prednisone75 claims
- Azithromycin69 claims
- Baclofen65 claims
- Cephalexin56 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
- Obhg California PCRancho Mirage, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine 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, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
209 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Bakersfield
They are 209 of the 11,539 NPPES records with a practice address in Bakersfield, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD's NPI number?
Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740215854, issued on Jul 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4580 California Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 93309. Phone: (661) 327-4411. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C53538, 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 Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tochukwu O. Onyekwuluje, MD had 1,132 Medicare Part D claims for 712 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.