Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai, M.D.
Neurological Surgery Physician · Houston, TX
Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai, M.D. is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1497016182, issued on May 30, 2012. Check the license (Texas 566824, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License numbers
- 566824 TX
01083960A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6565 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 394-6000
- Enumerated
- May 30, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jun 30, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240620003028); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license 566824Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 71.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $17,279.69
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 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
- Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group IncLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai among 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas
Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai, M.D. is one of 669 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 2012, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 71% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2004 among the 451 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas.
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The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Bruce Ehni, MDHouston, TX 770301205820446
- Richard Harper, MDHouston, TX 770301174516116
- Paul Holman, M.D.Houston, TX 770301386698314
- Dong Kim, MDHouston, TX 770301043292550
- Thomas Luerssen, M.D.Houston, TX 770301245233808
- Jacques Morcos, M.D., F.R.C.S.Houston, TX 770301205899937
Common questions
What is Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai, M.D.'s NPI number?
Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497016182, issued on May 30, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6565 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 394-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 566824, 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.
What is Virendra Rajendrakumar Desai, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 71.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.