NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Verna Lapie Marquez

Family Medicine Physician · Bakersfield, CA

Verna Lapie Marquez is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1285021378, issued on Apr 16, 2015. Check the license (California A151951, 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
1285021378
Name
Verna Lapie Marquez
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
A151951 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7800 Niles St, Bakersfield, CA 93306
Phone
(661) 328-4284
Enumerated
Apr 16, 2015
Record last updated
Feb 11, 2025
Fax
(661) 616-9977
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180809004829); accepts Medicare assignment
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 7800 Niles St

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

  1. Nariman Almnini, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1831942937
  2. Yadira Alejandra Arguelles Montero, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1861289449
  3. Hector Arreaza, MDFamily Medicine Physician1366853194
  4. Jessica Avila, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1306634068
  5. Mokom Awa AlfredStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1508682758
  6. Isabelo Bustamante, MDFamily Medicine Physician1316696438

Verify Verna Lapie Marquez 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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74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

905 Medicare Part D claims for 155 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Verna Marquez905
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium139 claims
  2. Metformin Hcl51 claims
  3. Ozempic47 claims
  4. Lisinopril43 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium42 claims
  6. Gabapentin34 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: $555.17

16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Verna Marquez$555.17
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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. Clinica Sierra VistaBakersfield, CA

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

Verna Lapie Marquez among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Verna Lapie Marquez 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 2015, is newer than 74% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 74% of these records are older, 24% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 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.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Hector Arreaza, MDBakersfield, CA 933061366853194
  2. Reeti Chakraborty, M.DBakersfield, CA 933061801234471
  3. Neha Chande, M.D., M.H.S.Bakersfield, CA 933061275892119
  4. Benita Cushingberry - Turner, MDBakersfield, CA 933061861485732
  5. Bradley Davis, DOBakersfield, CA 933061255321204
  6. Mansukh Ghadiya, MDBakersfield, CA 933061972537736
  7. Claudia Jonah, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933061366654303
  8. John Miller, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933061578577227

Common questions

What is Verna Lapie Marquez's NPI number?

Verna Lapie Marquez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285021378, issued on Apr 16, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Verna Lapie Marquez located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7800 Niles St, Bakersfield, CA, 93306. Phone: (661) 328-4284. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Verna Lapie Marquez's license?

NPPES lists California license number A151951, 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 Verna Lapie Marquez prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Verna Lapie Marquez had 905 Medicare Part D claims for 155 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.