Desiderio Avila, M.D.
Urology Physician · Phoenix, AZ
Desiderio Avila, M.D. is a urology physician with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1528399144, issued on Jan 21, 2010. Check the license (Arizona 42814, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Desiderio Avila
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License number
- 42814 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15920 S. 48TH Street, Phoenix, AZ 85048
- Phone
- (480) 961-2323
- Enumerated
- Jan 21, 2010
- Record last updated
- Aug 12, 2025
- Fax
- (480) 961-2325
- Medicaid ID
- 517238 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100825000729); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine, 2003
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 15920 S. 48TH Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Kevin Bigelow, M.D.Urology Physician1932378700
Verify Desiderio Avila in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 42814Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% more Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024
2,472 Medicare Part D claims for 674 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 49 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl847 claims
- Oxybutynin Chloride Er249 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate237 claims
- Finasteride203 claims
- Myrbetriq115 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro84 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: $88.24
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 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
- Ironwood Physicians PCMesa, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Desiderio Avila among 277 urology physician records in Arizona
Desiderio Avila, M.D. is one of 277 urology physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2003 among the 192 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 43% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Urology Physician providers in Arizona
There are 277 urology physician records in Arizona.
All 277 in Arizona → Every provider in Phoenix → Urology Physician nationwide →
The 8 urology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kevin Bigelow, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850481932378700
- Manuel Eisenberg, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850481487806113
- Ilya Volfson, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850441336181205
- Paul Andrews, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850541710962345
- Premal Desai, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850541255371662
- Murray Feldstein, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850541669457297
- Robert Ferrigni, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850541134104748
- Gwen Grimsby, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850541740448703
Common questions
What is Desiderio Avila, M.D.'s NPI number?
Desiderio Avila, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528399144, issued on Jan 21, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Desiderio Avila, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15920 S. 48TH Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85048. Phone: (480) 961-2323. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Desiderio Avila, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 42814, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Desiderio Avila, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Desiderio Avila, M.D. had 2,472 Medicare Part D claims for 674 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Desiderio Avila, 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.