Dr. Sandip Desai, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Desai
Dr. Sandip Desai is an optician specialist in Sugar Land, TX, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Desai performed 7,054 Medicare services across 3,731 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Desai received a total of $14,758 from 50 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 768 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in optician. 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, high complexity | 1,237 | $91 | $300 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,154 | $92 | $301 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 754 | $0 | $3 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 633 | $61 | $200 |
| Albuterol, up to 2.5 mg and ipratropium bromide, up to 0.5 mg, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme | 356 | $0 | $1 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using sensors | 337 | $40 | $125 |
| Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | 329 | $7 | $55 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration | 328 | $28 | $180 |
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | 325 | $42 | $125 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 min | 304 | $163 | $681 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 290 | $10 | $50 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 278 | $132 | $549 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, up to 125 mg | 224 | $4 | $15 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 163 | $82 | $301 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 115 | $116 | $450 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 90 | $136 | $400 |
| Test for exercise-induced lung stress | 38 | $26 | $100 |
| Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope | 23 | $79 | $400 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume | 21 | $20 | $100 |
| Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent, preservative free, 0.5 ml dosage | 19 | $22 | $60 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 19 | $30 | $60 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 17 | $151 | $585 |
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 10% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 13% of TX peers, with 20 years of NPI registration.
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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