Nehal T. Desai, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Nehal T. Desai, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1801855622, issued on Mar 21, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 18600, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nehal T. Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 18600 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1750 Laurel St, Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone
- (803) 779-3378
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 27, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 779-3103
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080916000182); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1750 Laurel St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Patricia Head, FNP-BCPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1205822509
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Verify Nehal T. Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 18600Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
38% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,388 Medicare Part D claims for 334 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium402 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate261 claims
- Metformin Hcl179 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium171 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium145 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate132 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83 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: $534.23
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Lexington Health IncColumbia, SC
- Three Rivers Behavioral Health LLCWest Columbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nehal T. Desai among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Nehal T. Desai, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 81% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
269 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 269 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Nehal T. Desai, MD's NPI number?
Nehal T. Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801855622, issued on Mar 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nehal T. Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1750 Laurel St, Columbia, SC, 29201. Phone: (803) 779-3378. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nehal T. Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 18600, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Nehal T. Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nehal T. Desai, MD had 4,388 Medicare Part D claims for 334 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Nehal T. Desai, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83 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.