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Dr. Sunit Ratilal Patel , MD

Specialist • Merced, CA

Active NPI 1437184777 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment Telehealth (some services)
Practice location in NPPES

3389 G St Ste B
Merced, CA 953400964

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

3389 G St Ste B

Merced, CA 953400964

Telephone 2093849400
Fax 2093848300
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Sunit R Patel Md A Professional Corporation Facility NPI 1245403500

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Merced Intensivist Group Inc; Sunit R Patel Md A Professional Corporation. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Graduation Year

1986

Medicare patients

2,096 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $818,154 in 2024

The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount

This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.

Paid by Medicare

About $609,648 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Paid by Medicare

This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.

30-day fills

4,365 standardized 30-day fills in 2024

CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.

What this does not show: 30-day fills

It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.

Part D drug cost

$1,635,576 in 2024

The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.

What this does not show: Part D drug cost

A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2025

All general payments: $7,249.45 across 90 records.

By nature of payment

  • Education: $4,635.99 across 5 records.
  • Food and Beverage: $2,349.69 across 83 records.
  • Travel and Lodging: $263.77 across 2 records.

Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 27)

  • INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.: $4,914.77 across 7 records.
  • AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP: $591.04 across 19 records.
  • GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.: $206.96 across 12 records.

A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.

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Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

40 years (graduated 1986)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1986 as the year this clinician finished professional school.

What this does not show: Years since graduation

It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.

NPI first issued

2006

The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show: NPI first issued

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Accepts Medicare assignment

CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

Telehealth (some services)

Recent Medicare claims show this clinician provided some services by telehealth, such as a video or phone visit.

What this does not show: Telehealth (some services)

It does not mean all services are offered by telehealth, or that telehealth is covered by your plan.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Dr. Patel has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.

It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Dr. Patel as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.

What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services

It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Merced and California

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part B services

More Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Specialist in California (2024, 982 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,451. Middle half: 402 to 4,254.

Too few clinicians listed under Specialist in Merced have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.

Medicare-allowed amount

A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Specialist in California (2024, 982 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $122,564. Middle half: $40,064 to $306,851.

Too few clinicians listed under Specialist in Merced have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.

Paid by Medicare

A higher Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Specialist in California (2024, 982 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $92,950. Middle half: $29,370 to $232,247.

Too few clinicians listed under Specialist in Merced have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

More Part D prescriptions than 85% of clinicians listed under Specialist in California (2024, 1,058 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 502. Middle half: 100 to 1,727.

Too few clinicians listed under Specialist in Merced have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.

Part D drug cost

A higher Part D drug cost than 90% of clinicians listed under Specialist in California (2024, 1,058 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $37,012. Middle half: $2,282 to $302,438.

Too few clinicians listed under Specialist in Merced have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.

11 active clinicians are listed under Specialist with a practice address in Merced, CA (5,756 in California).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Merced

18.2% of these 11 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

27.3% of these 11 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures

Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments

Open Payments · Program Year 2025
Disclosure Year:

Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): 90 records totaling $7,249.45.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Education
In-kind items and services
Da Vinci Surgical System General $1,500.00
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Education
In-kind items and services
Da Vinci Surgical System General $1,500.00
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Education
In-kind items and services
Da Vinci Surgical System General $1,500.00
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
Da Vinci Surgical System General $257.77
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Da Vinci Surgical System General $135.00
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
BREZTRI General $122.63
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
UPTRAVI General $109.01
United Therapeutics Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
TYVASO General $109.01
Astellas Pharma US Inc
Education
In-kind items and services
— General $99.00
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
TEZSPIRE General $84.55
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
WINREVAIR General $75.11
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
OFEV General $65.62
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
NUCALA General $52.91
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
DUPIXENT General $44.66
Resmed Corp
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
AIRSENSE General $42.64
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
TEZSPIRE General $39.63
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
XYWAV General $38.14
Astellas Pharma US Inc
Education
In-kind items and services
— General $36.99
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
TEZSPIRE General $32.76
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
OFEV General $30.92
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
TEZSPIRE General $30.70
United Therapeutics Corporation
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Tyvaso General $30.47
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
LUMRYZ General $28.94
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
JASCAYD General $27.84
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
Sunosi General $27.48

(top 25 shown)

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B · Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. CPT codes, descriptions and other data only are copyright 2016–2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Applicable FARS/HHSARS apply. Descriptions of CPT codes are the AMA's CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors as published by CMS in the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service data, 2017–2024; they are plain-language summaries, not for clinical coding or documentation. HCPCS Level II codes and descriptions are from CMS. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein.

HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
2,882 1,599 $261.61 $129.36
94729 Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases
423 416 $120.35 $59.69
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
416 416 $339.11 $167.23
94726 Test to determine lung volumes using sensors
412 405 $117.89 $58.56
94060 Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration
324 321 $82.14 $40.71
99443 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes
314 269 $262.04 $129.69
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more
199 145 $366.95 $182.53
94618 Test for exercise-induced lung stress
193 180 $70.17 $34.51
95810 Sleep study in sleep lab (6 years or older)
151 149 $1316.97 $654.01
G0399 Home sleep test (hst) with type iii portable monitor, unattended; minimum of 4 channels: 2 respiratory movement/airflow, 1 ecg/heart rate and 1 oxygen saturation
96 94 $700.00 $94.93
95811 Sleep study in sleep lab with continuous airway pressure (6 years or older)
86 84 $1377.64 $667.33
94762 Test to measure oxygen level in blood using ear or finger device continuously overnight
83 79 $55.16 $26.96
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes
81 70 $342.63 $170.03
94200 Test to measure largest amount of air breathed in an out
77 76 $32.00 $15.50
94375 Test to measure rate of airflow
75 74 $82.00 $40.29
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes
73 33 $156.75 $74.75
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes
68 40 $253.20 $113.38
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
55 33 $1783.70 $205.89
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more
54 54 $446.93 $221.53
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
40 39 $186.70 $89.24
94010 Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume
32 32 $58.00 $28.50
94729 Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases
20 20 $120.45 $8.63
94060 Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration
18 18 $82.06 $10.00
31623 Exam of lung airways using an endoscope
17 17 $570.29 $59.90
94726 Test to determine lung volumes using sensors
14 14 $117.71 $11.65

(top 25 shown)

Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits

Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications

Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.

CMS Part D · Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Trelegy Ellipta Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter 700 24,734 $509,117.28 158
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa Albuterol Sulfate 421 13,422 $13,673.00 150
Montelukast Sodium Montelukast Sodium 286 19,013 $3,685.10 93
Breo Ellipta Fluticasone/Vilanterol 141 5,550 $71,003.93 34
Anoro Ellipta Umeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr 137 4,590 $64,183.78 31
Breztri Aerosphere Budesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol 133 5,160 $104,260.24 40
Prednisone Prednisone 127 2,810 $496.30 69
Spiriva Respimat Tiotropium Bromide 110 4,560 $76,324.26 37
Fluticasone Propionate Fluticasone Propionate 101 5,490 $1,018.75 47
Azithromycin Azithromycin 85 1,350 $877.62 57
Ventolin Hfa Albuterol Sulfate 84 2,496 $4,673.97 26
Omeprazole Omeprazole 82 4,230 $990.18 29
Wixela Inhub Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol 58 1,920 $7,388.03 13
Breyna Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate 57 1,950 $11,519.62 20
Stiolto Respimat Tiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl 55 2,070 $32,123.77 13
Advair Hfa Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol 46 1,440 $15,445.95 13
Famotidine Famotidine 44 1,858 $289.20 14
Arnuity Ellipta Fluticasone Furoate 41 1,410 $9,824.90 12
Fluticasone-Salmeterol Fluticasone Propion/Salmeterol 40 1,560 $4,603.37 —
Combivent Respimat Ipratropium/Albuterol Sulfate 28 900 $14,538.48 —
Hydrochlorothiazide Hydrochlorothiazide 27 1,103 $66.77 —
Fluticasone Propionate Hfa Fluticasone Propionate 26 1,050 $8,683.51 —
Pramipexole Dihydrochloride Pramipexole Di-Hcl 25 1,380 $415.82 —
Dulera Mometasone/Formoterol 23 720 $8,691.94 —
Ofev Nintedanib Esylate 23 690 $295,826.00 —

(top 25 shown)

Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits

Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Specialist Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 174400000X

License # reported to NPPES CA A49191

An individual educated and trained in an applied knowledge discipline used in the performance of work at a level requiring knowledge and skills beyond or apart from that provided by a general education or liberal arts degree.

Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X

License # reported to NPPES CA A49191

An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.

Internal Medicine - Sleep Medicine

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207RS0012X

License # reported to NPPES CA A49191

An Internist who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.

Check License Status with the State Board License numbers are self-reported to NPPES; T-MedInfo does not confirm them against state records. Current status: Medical Board of California.
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Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Medicaid ID
00A491910 (CA)

Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - PULMONARY DISEASE

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20040407001495

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

CA

PECOS Control ID

1052304169

Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Eligible

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Merced Intensivist Group Inc

333 Mercy Ave, Merced, CA 953408319

Phone: 2095645000

Sunit R Patel Md A Professional Corporation

3389 G St, Merced, CA 953400982

Phone: 2093849400

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

4 listed
Ruel Arandia , FNP

Nurse Practitioner - Family

NPI 1902552565

Family Nurse Practitioner

Jonathan Ashton , FNP

Nurse Practitioner - Family

NPI 1679352629

Family Nurse Practitioner

Raquel Garcia , FNP

Nurse Practitioner

NPI 1164033965

Family Nurse Practitioner

Jie Zhou , FNP

Nurse Practitioner - Family

NPI 1558937888

Family Nurse Practitioner

Career & Practice History

NPI enumerated July 12, 2006.

No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1437184777
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: July 12, 2006
Last Update: April 02, 2013
Sole Proprietor: No

Other Specialists in Merced

Healthcare providers in Merced

Mailing Address

Po Box 2778

Merced, CA 953440778

Phone: 2093849400

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.