Wen Cheng, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Wen Cheng, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1073597043, issued on Dec 2, 2005. Check the license (California A51926, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Wen Cheng
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- A51926 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
- Phone
- (310) 423-3851
- Enumerated
- Dec 2, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 21, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 423-0127
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091209000146); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, 1984
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Wen Cheng in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A51926Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $546.07
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterWest Hollywood, CA · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Care FoundationTorrance, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Wen Cheng among 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California
Wen Cheng, M.D. is one of 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 1997 among the 408 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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 208G00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in California
There are 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California.
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The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Joshua Chung, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481528245644
- Dominic Emerson, MDWest Hollywood, CA 900481295050441
- Clark Fuller, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481790890341
- Aziz Ghaly, MBBCH (MD)West Hollywood, CA 900481669538997
Common questions
What is Wen Cheng, M.D.'s NPI number?
Wen Cheng, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073597043, issued on Dec 2, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Wen Cheng, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90048. Phone: (310) 423-3851. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Wen Cheng, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A51926, 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.
What is Wen Cheng, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.