NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O.

Urology Physician · Allentown, PA

Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O. is a urology physician with a practice address in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1952393217, issued on Aug 22, 2005. Check the license (Pennsylvania OS-005929-L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1952393217
Name
Pragnesh A. Desai
Credential
D.O.
Primary taxonomy
Urology Physician 208800000X
License numbers
OS-005929-L PA
05-005929-L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6081 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18106
Phone
(610) 366-2112
Enumerated
Aug 22, 2005
Record last updated
Apr 16, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(610) 366-2114
Medicaid ID
0012376230002 PA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100927000121); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 1991
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Pragnesh A. Desai in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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20% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024

1,076 Medicare Part D claims for 215 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Pragnesh Desai1,076
  2. Specialty average1,340

Most prescribed

  1. Tamsulosin Hcl335 claims
  2. Finasteride282 claims
  3. Dutasteride106 claims
  4. Ciprofloxacin Hcl57 claims
  5. Alfuzosin Hcl Er49 claims
  6. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim21 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $64.99

1 payment: education; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US 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.

  1. Pragnesh Desai$64.99
  2. Specialty average$3,800.04

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Pragnesh A. Desai among 663 urology physician records in Pennsylvania

Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O. is one of 663 urology physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated1991 · median 2004 among the 420 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 62% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Urology Physician providers in Pennsylvania

There are 663 urology physician records in Pennsylvania.

The 8 urology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Paul Berger, MDAllentown, PA 181061225027352
  2. Carla Chiapella, MDAllentown, PA 181061982682217
  3. Robert Cooper, MDAllentown, PA 181061316300890
  4. Arthur Fetzer, MDAllentown, PA 181061356378194
  5. Jeffrey Gevirtz, MDAllentown, PA 181061770583379
  6. Brian Murphy, MDAllentown, PA 181061114916483
  7. Daniel Silverberg, M.D.Allentown, PA 181061245222793
  8. Joseph Trapasso, MDAllentown, PA 181061912996281

Common questions

What is Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O.'s NPI number?

Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1952393217, issued on Aug 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6081 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA, 18106. Phone: (610) 366-2112. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O.'s license?

NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number OS-005929-L, 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.

How much does Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O. had 1,076 Medicare Part D claims for 215 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Pragnesh A. Desai, D.O.'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.