Sandip R. Desai, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Sugar Land, TX
Sandip R. Desai, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Sugar Land, Texas, and NPI 1497741037, issued on Sep 20, 2005. Check the license (Texas M1073, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sandip R. Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- M1073 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16959 Southwest Fwy, Sugar Land, TX 77479
- Phone
- (832) 255-6632
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 9, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 178112201 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050817001108); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 16959 Southwest Fwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Sandip R. Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M1073Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
4,903 Medicare Part D claims for 837 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 51% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta1,031 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa600 claims
- Prednisone480 claims
- Montelukast Sodium242 claims
- Levofloxacin222 claims
- Dupixent Syringe197 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: $2,486.84
101 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Sandip Desai MD PASugar Land, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sandip R. Desai among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Sandip R. Desai, MD is one of 967 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% 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 · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas.
All 967 in Texas → Every provider in Sugar Land → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Raziuddin Ahmed, MDSugar Land, TX 774791952562407
- Shahid Mallick, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774791396738415
- Manpreet Mangat, MDSugar Land, TX 774791740469287
- Suneesh Nair, MDSugar Land, TX 774791962601914
- Priya Oolut, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774791013144690
- Mauricio Reinoso, MD PASugar Land, TX 774791972597474
- Bhadresh Shah, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774791770555682
- Farah Akhtar, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774781427219369
Common questions
What is Sandip R. Desai, MD's NPI number?
Sandip R. Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497741037, issued on Sep 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sandip R. Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16959 Southwest Fwy, Sugar Land, TX, 77479. Phone: (832) 255-6632. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sandip R. Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M1073, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sandip R. Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sandip R. Desai, MD had 4,903 Medicare Part D claims for 837 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.