Zalak Vipul Patel, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Saint Louis, MO
Zalak Vipul Patel, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Saint Louis, Missouri, and NPI 1487228219, issued on May 17, 2021. Check the license (Missouri 2024026011, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Zalak Vipul Patel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 2024026011 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO 63110
- Phone
- (314) 362-1700
- Enumerated
- May 17, 2021
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Fax
- (314) 362-9878
- Medicaid ID
- 200144878 MO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240910000721); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Zalak Vipul Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Search for license 2024026011Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
50 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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
- Washington UniversitySaint Louis, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Zalak Vipul Patel among 930 hospitalist physician records in Missouri
Zalak Vipul Patel, MD is one of 930 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 83% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2014 among the 715 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
419 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Saint Louis
They are 419 of the 27,605 NPPES records with a practice address in Saint Louis, and 930 hospitalist physician records in Missouri.
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Common questions
What is Zalak Vipul Patel, MD's NPI number?
Zalak Vipul Patel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487228219, issued on May 17, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Zalak Vipul Patel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO, 63110. Phone: (314) 362-1700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Zalak Vipul Patel, MD's license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number 2024026011, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Zalak Vipul Patel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Zalak Vipul Patel, MD had 50 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.