Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.

Dr. Neel Rajendra Desai, MD

Individual provider Ophthalmology Physician · NPI 1609957786

Dr. Neel Rajendra Desai, MD practises Ophthalmology in Largo, Florida. Graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with The Eye Physicians of Pinellas, PA, a 38-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Florida.

Years since qualifying
23
Trained at
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Licensed in
FL
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

148 13th St SW
Largo, FL 33770-3127 Not confirmed with CMS for 12 years — call before visiting
Phone: (727) 581-8706
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Ophthalmology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207W00000X · Licence ME 102683 (FL)

Record details

NPI number1609957786
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedOctober 17, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApril 2, 2014

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyOPHTHALMOLOGY
Medical schoolPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice The Eye Physicians Of Pinellas, Pa — 38 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Cataract surgery 385 times · 93rd percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients520
Services billed 2,182 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $95,263 27 payments
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $83,940 25 payments
Travel and Lodging $9,250 20 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $4,021 67 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at The Eye Physicians of Pinellas, PA

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 38 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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