Dr. Zahra Ghiasi, MD

  • Irvine, CA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1669520490PAC ID7517024508
Medicare services, 2024
2,358
Medicare patients, 2024
407
Part D claims, 2024
1,328
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
99
Practice address
113 Waterworks Way, Irvine, CA 92618
Practice phone
Call (949) 450-0596
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Primary practice

Northwest Surgical Development of Irvine

Irvine, California

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Dr. Zahra Ghiasi is an ophthalmologist in Irvine, California

Dr. Ghiasi practices at Northwest Surgical Development of Irvine in Irvine, California.

Dr. Ghiasi's NPI, 1669520490, was assigned on January 8, 2007. Dr. Ghiasi graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1988. Dr. Ghiasi holds California license A78525.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7517024508
NPI enumeration date
January 8, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(949) 450-0596
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
65
Medical school graduation
1988

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi practices at Northwest Surgical Development of Irvine in Irvine, California

Dr. Ghiasi's primary practice is Northwest Surgical Development of Irvine, at 113 Waterworks Way, Irvine, CA 92618 in Orange County. The practice phone is (949) 450-0596.

  • Northwest Surgical Development of Irvine
    113 Waterworks Way, Irvine, CA 92618 · Orange CountyPhone(949) 450-0596

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Ghiasi's primary practice is Northwest Surgical Development of Irvine in Irvine, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ghiasi to 1 physician office and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Northwest Surgical Development of IrvineIrvine, CaliforniaPrimary
1 physician officeName with a free account1 medical groupName with a free account
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Zahra Ghiasi's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Northwest Surgical Development of IrvineAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Zahra Ghiasi is one of 2,621 ophthalmologists in California

Ophthalmology is Dr. Ghiasi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Ghiasi is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Ghiasi is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A78525 · 2002 to 2026 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists age-related macular degeneration, cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, dry eye, eyelid inflammation, glaucoma, glaucoma surgery and hereditary corneal conditions among the conditions Dr. Ghiasi treats.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi billed Medicare for 2,358 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,358 Medicare services from Dr. Ghiasi across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 407 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $137,022 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20242,358
Medicare patients407
Paid by Medicare$137,022
Procedure codes11

Dr. Ghiasi's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 2,2902024: 2,2372%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 882024: 6922%
Imaging
2023: 382024: 2826%
Surgery
2023: 632024: 2462%

Dr. Ghiasi compared with the California median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Ghiasi
  • California median
Medicare services
2,358vs 1,0792.2 times
Medicare patients
407vs 421Close to median
Part D claims
1,193vs 61893% above

Medians across 2,568 ophthalmologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ghiasi's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi treated 407 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 407 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ghiasi in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 173 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 67% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.31, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ghiasi's median patient age at 75, with 59% women.

Medicare patients, 2024407
Average age78
Average risk score1.31
Also on Medicaid67%

Dr. Ghiasi's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Ghiasi's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women25763%
  • Men15037%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ghiasi's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis52%
  4. Diabetes44%
  5. Ischemic heart disease37%
  6. Osteoporosis30%
  7. Chronic kidney disease25%
  8. Mood disorders25%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Ghiasi's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women59%
  • Men40%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi wrote 1,328 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ghiasi wrote 1,328 Medicare Part D claims for 268 patients. 50% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,193 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $193,161 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,075 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,328
Drugs named by CMS15
Total drug cost$193,161
Part D patients268

Dr. Ghiasi's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic664 claims50%
  • Brand-name664 claims50%

Dr. Ghiasi's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,0752024: 1,19311%

Drugs named by CMS: 15 in 2024, 13 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi scored 99 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Ghiasi for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Ghiasi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ghiasi as offering telehealth. CMS counts 32 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Ghiasi, more than 54% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Ghiasi's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 99of 100Final score
  • 87.8of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Ghiasi ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
54th percentile32 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Zahra Ghiasi has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Ghiasi in 2018. Dr. Ghiasi's most frequent co-author is David Lloyd McCartney, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Ghiasi's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Ghiasi

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Dr. Zahra Ghiasi received $1,393 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 23 general payments to Dr. Ghiasi from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $374.

General payments to Dr. Ghiasi by program year, 2016 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Ghiasi the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Ghiasi, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Ghiasi

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. Undated
    • Recipient of Presidential Award for Exceptional Scholastic Performance

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Dr. Ghiasi graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1988.

  1. Medical schoolShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers

Dr. Ghiasi is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +11 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Ghiasi accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. HMO10
  3. Medicare8
  4. POS6
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Zahra Ghiasi's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Zahra Ghiasi's NPI number?

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi's NPI number is 1669520490. It was assigned on January 8, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Zahra Ghiasi?

Dr. Zahra Ghiasi is an ophthalmologist in Irvine, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi practice?

Dr. Ghiasi practices at 113 Waterworks Way, Irvine, CA 92618. Dr. Ghiasi's primary practice is Northwest Surgical Development of Irvine in Irvine, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ghiasi to 1 physician office and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Zahra Ghiasi's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ghiasi is (949) 450-0596.

What is Dr. Zahra Ghiasi's medical license number?

Dr. Ghiasi holds California license A78525.

Does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ghiasi billed Medicare for 2,358 services in 2024, and Dr. Ghiasi accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Ghiasi as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Zahra Ghiasi's MIPS score?

Dr. Ghiasi's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 99 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi see?

CMS counts 407 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ghiasi in 2024, with an average age of 78.

Is Dr. Zahra Ghiasi board certified?

Yes. Dr. Ghiasi is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

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What services does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ghiasi's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92202) and eye exam or test (92134).

Where did Dr. Zahra Ghiasi go to medical school?

Dr. Ghiasi graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1988.

What drugs does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ghiasi's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth and Dorzolamide-Timolol.

Has Dr. Zahra Ghiasi received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,393 in general payments to Dr. Ghiasi from 11 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.

How long has Dr. Zahra Ghiasi been practicing?

Dr. Ghiasi graduated from medical school in 1988, 38 years ago.

Does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Ghiasi.

Who does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi publish with?

Dr. Ghiasi's most frequent co-authors are David Lloyd McCartney, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Zahra Ghiasi accept?

Dr. Ghiasi is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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