Dr. Sona Shah, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 90
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 84
- Part D claims, 2024
- 285
- Publications
- 9
- Industry payments
- $5,855
- Practice address
- 480 4th Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910
- Practice phone
- Call (619) 427-3355
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Eye Institute of California Medical Group Inc
Chula Vista, California
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Dr. Sona Shah is an ophthalmologist in Chula Vista, California
Dr. Shah practices at Eye Institute of California Medical Group Inc in Chula Vista, California.
Dr. Shah's NPI, 1750943403, was assigned on July 2, 2019. Dr. Shah graduated from Keck School of Medicine of USC in 2019. Dr. Shah holds California license A181585.
- NPI
- 1750943403NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0143612267
- NPI enumeration date
- July 2, 2019
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (619) 427-3355
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 33
- Medical school graduation
- 2019
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Sona Shah practices at Eye Institute of California Medical Group Inc in Chula Vista, California
Dr. Shah's primary practice is Eye Institute of California Medical Group Inc, at 480 4th Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 427-3355.
- Eye Institute of California Medical Group Inc480 4th Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910 · San Diego CountyPhone(619) 427-3355
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Sona Shah is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Shah's primary practice is Eye Institute of California Medical Group Inc in Chula Vista, California. The medical group on file is USC Care Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shah to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sona Shah's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Shah practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Eye Institute of California Medical Group Inc | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Sona Shah is one of 2,621 ophthalmologists in California
Ophthalmology is Dr. Shah's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Shah is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, CaliforniaPrimary
Ophthalmologists near Dr. Shah
Counts of ophthalmologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Sona Shah billed Medicare for 90 services in 2024
CMS data shows 90 Medicare services from Dr. Shah across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 84 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,023 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Shah compared with the California median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Shah
- California median
- Medicare services
- 90vs 1,07992% below
- Medicare patients
- 84vs 42180% below
- Part D claims
- 225vs 61864% below
Medians across 2,568 ophthalmologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Shah's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Sona Shah treated 84 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 84 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shah in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 40 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 71% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.27, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Shah's median patient age at 73, with 57% women.
Dr. Shah's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Shah's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women5869%
- Men2631%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Shah's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol71%
- Diabetes56%
- Arthritis36%
- Chronic kidney disease31%
- Mood disorders24%
- COPD20%
- Depression20%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Shah's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women57%
- Men43%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Sona Shah wrote 285 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Shah wrote 285 Medicare Part D claims for 106 patients. 46% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 225 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $43,300 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 223 claims across 6 drugs.
Dr. Shah's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic131 claims46%
- Brand-name154 claims54%
Dr. Shah's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 2232024: 2251%
Drugs named by CMS: 10 in 2024, 6 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Sona Shah ranks in the 49th percentile for cataract surgery in Medicare
Dr. Shah accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 25 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Shah, more than 49% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Shah ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Cataract surgery
- 49th percentile25 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Sona Shah has 9 publications on record
Dmand AI links 9 papers to Dr. Shah, published from 2017 to 2023. 2017 was the busiest year, with 3. Dr. Shah has published most often in Digit Health. Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors are Jesse Lee Berry, MD, Bushra Afzal, MD and Kara Marie Cavuoto, MD.
Dr. Shah's papers by year, 2017 to 2023
Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors
- Jesse Lee Berry, MD5 shared papers
- Bushra Afzal, MD1 shared paper
- Kara Marie Cavuoto, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Shah
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Sona Shah received $5,855 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 51 general payments to Dr. Shah from 16 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 44% of the total. Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. paid the most, $2,777.
General payments to Dr. Shah by program year, 2023 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Shah by kind, 2023 to 2025
- Food and beverage$2,58844%
- Consulting fees$2,15037%
- Travel and lodging$1,11719%
Companies that paid Dr. Shah the most, 2023 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Sona Shah graduated from Keck School of Medicine of USC
Dr. Shah graduated from Keck School of Medicine of USC in 2019.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Sona Shah accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers
Dr. Shah is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Humana
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Molina
- +7 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Shah accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare10
- PPO10
- HMO8
- EPO4
- POS3
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Sona Shah's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Sona Shah's NPI number?
Dr. Sona Shah's NPI number is 1750943403. It was assigned on July 2, 2019, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Sona Shah?
Dr. Sona Shah is an ophthalmologist in Chula Vista, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. Sona Shah practice?
Dr. Shah practices at 480 4th Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910. Dr. Shah's primary practice is Eye Institute of California Medical Group Inc in Chula Vista, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shah to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Sona Shah's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Shah is (619) 427-3355.
What is Dr. Sona Shah's medical license number?
Dr. Shah holds California license A181585.
What medical group is Dr. Sona Shah part of?
Dr. Shah is linked to USC Care Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Shah to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Sona Shah accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Shah billed Medicare for 90 services in 2024, and Dr. Shah accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sona Shah see?
CMS counts 84 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shah in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Sona Shah bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Shah's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92134) and eye exam or test (92004).
Where did Dr. Sona Shah go to medical school?
Dr. Shah graduated from Keck School of Medicine of USC in 2019.
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What drugs does Dr. Sona Shah prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Shah's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Restasis and Dorzolamide-Timolol.
Has Dr. Sona Shah received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,855 in general payments to Dr. Shah from 16 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
How long has Dr. Sona Shah been practicing?
Dr. Shah graduated from medical school in 2019, 7 years ago.
Does Dr. Sona Shah do research?
Dmand AI links 9 publications to Dr. Shah, published from 2017 to 2023.
Who does Dr. Sona Shah publish with?
Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors are Jesse Lee Berry, MD (5 shared papers), Bushra Afzal, MD (1 shared paper) and Kara Marie Cavuoto, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Sona Shah accept?
Dr. Shah is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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