Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Ara Sahakian, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1801018478

Dr. Ara Sahakian, MD practises Gastroenterology in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from New York Medical College in 2005, 21 years ago. Practices with USC Care Medical Group Inc, a 1,371-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
21
Trained at
New York Medical College
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
2
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MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1520 San Pablo St Ste 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90033-5310
Phone: (323) 442-5100
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence A97441 (CA)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence A97441 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1801018478
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedMay 3, 2007
Last updated in NPPESDecember 2, 2020
Certification dateDecember 2, 2020

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolNEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE
Graduated 2005 (21 years in practice)
Group practice Usc Care Medical Group Inc — 1371 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations10 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 447 times · 98th percentile
Colonoscopy 104 times · 80th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients337
Services billed 737 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $16,668 10 payments
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $5,500 4 payments
Food and Beverage $1,153 17 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $680 5 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Also affiliated with 1 hospital, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at USC Care Medical Group Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1371 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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