NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Tony G. Choi, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Santa Ana, CA

Tony G. Choi, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Ana, California, and NPI 1457388308, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (California A79036, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1457388308
Name
Tony G. Choi
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A79036 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2701 S Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA 92704
Phone
(714) 754-5454
Enumerated
Jun 27, 2006
Record last updated
Dec 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
00A790360 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040210001058); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University, 2000
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2701 S Bristol St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Patrick Aguilera, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1699883488
  2. Lowell Boehland, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1679645600
  3. Ramiro Fernandez, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1790721728
  4. Daniel Gregory, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1629347760
  5. Sukhdeep Grewal, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1376571307
  6. Kerri KraftEmergency Medicine Physician1083241905

Verify Tony G. Choi in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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28% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

289 Medicare Part D claims for 170 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 64 claims were for opioids.

  1. Tony Choi289
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Ondansetron Hcl40 claims
  2. Tramadol Hcl40 claims
  3. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen22 claims
  4. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim19 claims
  5. Ciprofloxacin Hcl12 claims
  6. Levofloxacin11 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: $70.39

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Tony Choi$70.39
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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

  1. Fountain Valley Emergency Physicians, P.C.Fountain Valley, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Tony G. Choi among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Tony G. Choi, MD is one of 7,751 emergency 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2000 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 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 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Patrick Aguilera, M.D.Santa Ana, CA 927041699883488
  2. Ramiro Fernandez, MDSanta Ana, CA 927041790721728
  3. Kerri KraftSanta Ana, CA 927041083241905
  4. Berj Minasakanian, MDSanta Ana, CA 927041861426850
  5. Paris Sabo, M.D.Santa Ana, CA 927041235373846
  6. Mojgan Amirkhan, M.D.Santa Ana, CA 927051508936907
  7. Stewart Brash, M.D.Santa Ana, CA 927051427001163
  8. Micheline Ghurabi, M.D.Santa Ana, CA 927051447298013

Common questions

What is Tony G. Choi, MD's NPI number?

Tony G. Choi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457388308, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Tony G. Choi, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2701 S Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA, 92704. Phone: (714) 754-5454. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Tony G. Choi, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A79036, 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 Tony G. Choi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Tony G. Choi, MD had 289 Medicare Part D claims for 170 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.