Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Bakersfield, CA
Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1275978330, issued on May 2, 2013. Check the license (California A132829, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chirag Kirit Desai
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License numbers
- A132829 CA
49450 AZ
Q1588 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2901 Sillect Ave Ste 100, Bakersfield, CA 93308
- Phone
- (661) 323-8384
- Enumerated
- May 2, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jun 30, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160226000017); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2901 Sillect Ave Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Nikky Bardia, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1932559978
- Taylor BourellePhysician Assistant1184285371
- Sara Bowen, FNPNurse Practitioner1275287021
- Nohora Aydee Brown, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1609448257
- Niraj Doctor, M.DCardiovascular Disease Physician1285925883
- Pampana Gowd, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1043499460
Verify Chirag Kirit Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A132829Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
3,733 Medicare Part D claims for 399 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate301 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium247 claims
- Eliquis238 claims
- Carvedilol206 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate198 claims
- Losartan Potassium190 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $623.87
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Centric HealthBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
There are 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California.
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- Roberto Abdelnur, MDEl Centro, CA1982648606
- Sohail Abdi-Moradi, M.D.Moorpark, CA1376862938
- Nadia Abelhad, M.D.Chula Vista, CA1619400801
- Georges Abou Rjaili, MDRiverside, CA1073896544
- Jamil Aboulhosn, MDLos Angeles, CA1356382717
- Maria Abraham, M.D.San Francisco, CA1669436960
Common questions
What is Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D.'s NPI number?
Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275978330, issued on May 2, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2901 Sillect Ave Ste 100, Bakersfield, CA, 93308. Phone: (661) 323-8384. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A132829, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D. had 3,733 Medicare Part D claims for 399 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chirag Kirit Desai, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.