Dr. Ali I. Raja, MD, MS

Dr. Raja practices at CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Raja's NPI, 1013131275, was assigned on April 12, 2007. Dr. Raja graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1998. Dr. Raja holds Arkansas license E4731.

Dr. Raja's primary practice is CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, at Two St Vincent Circle, Little Rock, AR 72205 in Pulaski County. The practice phone is (501) 552-3000. Dr. Raja also practices at Chi St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, 2 St Vincent Cir, Little Rock, AR 72205.

Dr. Raja's primary practice is CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Raja is also affiliated with Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock. The medical group on file is Neurosurgery Specialists of Arkansas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Raja to 3 more hospitals, 3 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Raja practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Raja's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Raja is board certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Raja's licenses on file in 5 states: Arkansas, Arizona, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Dmand AI lists back and neck pain treatment without fusion, craniotomy, lower back pain, spinal fusion and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Raja treats.

CMS data shows 377 Medicare services from Dr. Raja across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 185 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $40,124 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 185 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Raja in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 76 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.53, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Raja's median patient age at 65, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Raja wrote 202 Medicare Part D claims for 78 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 164 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $206,715 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 154 claims across 5 drugs.

Dr. Raja accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 31 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Raja, more than 62% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Spinal fusion: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Raja, published from 2004 to 2011. 2011 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Brain Stem Neoplasms, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Neoplasms, Multiple Primary. Dr. Raja has published most often in Neurosurgery. Dr. Raja's most frequent co-authors are Orwa Aboud, MD, PhD, Badih A. Adada, MD and Liliana Christova Goumnerova, MD, FRCSC.

CMS Open Payments shows 51 general payments to Dr. Raja from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 41% of the total. Novocure Inc. paid the most, $5,563.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Raja.

Dr. Raja graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1998. Dr. Raja is a member of AANS, ACS, AMA, CNS and NASS.

Dr. Raja is in network with 21 carriers, including Highmark, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 15. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.