Sandhya Desai, MD
General Practice Physician · Carlsbad, CA
Sandhya Desai, MD is a general practice physician with a practice address in Carlsbad, California, and NPI 1588688824, issued on Jul 27, 2006. Check the license (California A49458, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sandhya Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- A49458 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2176 Salk Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008
- Phone
- (760) 827-7250
- Enumerated
- Jul 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 12, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 827-7225
- Medicaid ID
- 00A494580 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090522000267); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sandhya Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A49458Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% more Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
3,758 Medicare Part D claims for 393 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 89 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium282 claims
- Losartan Potassium237 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium202 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate192 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium175 claims
- Simvastatin90 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $137.48
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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
- Scripps HealthCarlsbad, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sandhya Desai among 1,956 general practice physician records in California
Sandhya Desai, MD is one of 1,956 general practice physician records with a practice address in California. 48% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 48% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 27% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 1994 among the 520 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208D00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
General Practice Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Sandhya Desai, MD's NPI number?
Sandhya Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588688824, issued on Jul 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sandhya Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2176 Salk Ave, Carlsbad, CA, 92008. Phone: (760) 827-7250. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sandhya Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A49458, 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 Sandhya Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sandhya Desai, MD had 3,758 Medicare Part D claims for 393 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.