Dr. Ashesh Desai, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Desai
Dr. Ashesh Desai is a sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician in Conroe, TX, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Desai performed 17,334 Medicare services across 5,490 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Desai received a total of $12,831 from 50 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 775 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Desai is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 3,169 | $62 | $132 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 2,249 | $48 | $81 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 2,151 | $94 | $184 |
| Remote patient monitoring management, 20 min/month | 1,583 | $37 | $79 |
| Nursing facility visit, low complexity | 1,219 | $58 | $119 |
| Allergy skin test | 1,008 | $3 | $11 |
| Remote patient monitoring device, 30 days | 973 | $38 | $73 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 917 | $93 | $188 |
| Allergy immunotherapy preparation | 368 | $12 | $22 |
| Allergy injection therapy, multiple injections | 366 | $8 | $22 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration | 338 | $29 | $122 |
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | 338 | $42 | $107 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 325 | $135 | $362 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using sensors | 323 | $41 | $117 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 297 | $121 | $285 |
| Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment | 267 | $15 | $36 |
| Home sleep study test (hst) with type ii portable monitor, unattended; minimum of 7 channels: eeg, eog, emg, ecg/heart rate, airflow, respiratory effort and oxygen saturation | 216 | $114 | $350 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 199 | $63 | $150 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 156 | $101 | $246 |
| Administration of non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy under skin or into muscle | 152 | $56 | $119 |
| Test for exercise-induced lung stress | 136 | $25 | $80 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 128 | $36 | $80 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 87 | $67 | $123 |
| Evaluation of use of breathing device | 83 | $12 | $25 |
| Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes | 68 | $31 | $55 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 min | 66 | $167 | $487 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 58 | $122 | $249 |
| Sleep study including heart rate, breathing, and sleep time | 56 | $108 | $400 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 19 | $172 | $358 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 19 | $99 | $174 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Desai is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 2% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 15%), with 19 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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