Seema Sitharama Rao, MD
Surgery Physician · Minot, ND
Seema Sitharama Rao, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Minot, North Dakota, and NPI 1326500364, issued on Apr 1, 2019. Check the license (North Dakota PT21594, as entered in NPPES) on the North Dakota Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Seema Sitharama Rao
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- PT21594 ND
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2305 37TH Ave SW, Minot, ND 58701
- Phone
- (701) 418-7500
- Enumerated
- Apr 1, 2019
- Record last updated
- Sep 24, 2025
- Fax
- (701) 418-7501
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241001000905); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Seema Sitharama Rao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Dakota Board of Medicine
Search for license PT21594Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
28 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl18 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: $154.30
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Trinity HealthMinot, ND
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Seema Sitharama Rao among 142 surgery physician records in North Dakota
Seema Sitharama Rao, MD is one of 142 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Dakota. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 70% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2007 among the 75 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 44% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a North Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in North Dakota
There are 142 surgery physician records in North Dakota.
All 142 in North Dakota → Every provider in Minot → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ayjy Bhardwaj, DOMinot, ND 587011760759658
- Dustin Evans, M.D.Minot, ND 587011245673201
- Robert Guttormson, MDMinot, ND 587011427222033
- Michael Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S.Minot, ND 587011306829445
- Kevin Kennedy, DOMinot, ND 587011679102263
- Gillian Lavik, MDMinot, ND 587011659690618
- Colin Maccoll, MDMinot, ND 587011447346705
- Frank Shipley, MDMinot, ND 587011023189172
Common questions
What is Seema Sitharama Rao, MD's NPI number?
Seema Sitharama Rao, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326500364, issued on Apr 1, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Seema Sitharama Rao, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2305 37TH Ave SW, Minot, ND, 58701. Phone: (701) 418-7500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Seema Sitharama Rao, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Dakota license number PT21594, as entered by the provider. Search the North Dakota Board of Medicine at https://www.ndbom.org/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Seema Sitharama Rao, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Seema Sitharama Rao, MD had 28 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.