Surendra Basti, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Chicago, IL
Surendra Basti, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1619963873, issued on Sep 23, 2005. Check the license (Illinois 036-112224, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Surendra Basti
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 036-112224 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2300 N Childrens Plz, Chicago, IL 60614
- Phone
- (630) 789-2550
- Enumerated
- Sep 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041103000582); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Surendra Basti in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036-112224Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
1,007 Medicare Part D claims for 323 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 59% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate260 claims
- Restasis95 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine82 claims
- Cyclosporine63 claims
- Timolol Maleate54 claims
- Latanoprost45 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $13,597.60
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Surendra Basti among 898 ophthalmology physician records in Illinois
Surendra Basti, MD is one of 898 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 75% 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 · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 1999 among the 551 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 207W00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Illinois
There are 898 ophthalmology physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Surendra Basti, MD's NPI number?
Surendra Basti, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619963873, issued on Sep 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Surendra Basti, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2300 N Childrens Plz, Chicago, IL, 60614. Phone: (630) 789-2550. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Surendra Basti, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-112224, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Surendra Basti, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Surendra Basti, MD had 1,007 Medicare Part D claims for 323 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Surendra Basti, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 of 100. 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.