Arun Bhandari
Anesthesiology Physician · Pittsburgh, PA
Arun Bhandari is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1982796108, issued on Sep 28, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD070665L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Arun Bhandari
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License number
- MD070665L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Pittsburgh VA Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15240
- Phone
- (412) 688-6359
- Enumerated
- Sep 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 28, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100511000164); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Arun Bhandari in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD070665LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 77.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $80.44
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- University OF Pittsburgh PhysiciansPittsburgh, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Arun Bhandari among 2,481 anesthesiology physician records in Pennsylvania
Arun Bhandari is one of 2,481 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 19% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 19% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2005 among the 1,720 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
353 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in Pittsburgh
They are 353 of the 28,866 NPPES records with a practice address in Pittsburgh, and 2,481 anesthesiology physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Arun Bhandari's NPI number?
Arun Bhandari's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982796108, issued on Sep 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Arun Bhandari located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Pittsburgh VA Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 15240. Phone: (412) 688-6359. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Arun Bhandari's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD070665L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Arun Bhandari's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.