Dr. Suraj Timilsina, MD

  • Sacramento, CA
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1477867869PAC ID9335382050
Medicare services, 2024
1,323
Medicare patients, 2024
446
Part D claims, 2024
2,330
Publications
16
MIPS score, 2024
90
Practice address
2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817
Practice phone
Call (916) 734-2011
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Primary practice

UC Davis Medical Center

Hospital · Sacramento, California

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Dr. Suraj Timilsina is a rheumatologist in Sacramento, California

Dr. Timilsina practices at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, part of University of California Health.

Dr. Timilsina's NPI, 1477867869, was assigned on July 28, 2010. Dr. Timilsina graduated from Nepal Medical College in 2006. Dr. Timilsina's California license number on file is A127568.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9335382050
NPI enumeration date
July 28, 2010
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(916) 734-2011
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
46
Medical school graduation
2006

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

Dr. Suraj Timilsina practices at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California

Dr. Timilsina's primary practice is UC Davis Medical Center, at 2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817 in Sacramento County. The practice phone is (916) 734-2011.

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Dr. Suraj Timilsina is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Timilsina's primary practice is UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, part of University of California Health. The medical group on file is UC Davis Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Timilsina to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Suraj Timilsina's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Timilsina practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UC Davis Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Suraj Timilsina is one of 821 rheumatologists in California

Rheumatology is Dr. Timilsina's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Timilsina is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Timilsina's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Minnesota.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A127568 · 2013 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RR0500X
  • Minnesota license2013 to 2018

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, gout, joint arthropathy, joint pain, lupus, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain and purpura and thrombocytopenia among the conditions Dr. Timilsina treats.

Rheumatologists near Dr. Timilsina

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

Dr. Suraj Timilsina billed Medicare for 1,323 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,323 Medicare services from Dr. Timilsina across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 446 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $80,331 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,323
Medicare patients446
Paid by Medicare$80,331
Procedure codes8

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8142024: 7942%
Other services
2023: 152024: 5123313%
Imaging
2023: 02024: 17
Drugs given in the office
2023: 812024: 0100%
Tests and treatments
2023: 112024: 0100%

Where Dr. Timilsina's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,26095%
  • In a facility635%

Dr. Timilsina compared with the California median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Timilsina
  • California median
Medicare services
1,323vs 90047% above
Medicare patients
446vs 2162.1 times
Part D claims
2,134vs 9622.2 times

Medians across 773 rheumatologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Timilsina'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. Suraj Timilsina treated 446 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 446 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Timilsina in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 176 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 68% have high blood pressure. 22% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.61, 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. Timilsina's median patient age at 58, with 72% women.

Medicare patients, 2024446
Average age72
Average risk score1.61
Also on Medicaid22%

Dr. Timilsina's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Timilsina's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women33876%
  • Men10824%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure68%
  3. High cholesterol64%
  4. Mood disorders30%
  5. Depression29%
  6. Diabetes28%
  7. Ischemic heart disease26%
  8. Chronic kidney disease25%

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

Dr. Timilsina's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 58

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women72%
  • Men28%

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

Dr. Suraj Timilsina wrote 2,330 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Timilsina wrote 2,330 Medicare Part D claims for 342 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,134 of them, across 31 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,076,633 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,866 claims across 25 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,330
Drugs named by CMS31
Total drug cost$3.1M
Part D patients342

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

  • Generic1,824 claims78%
  • Brand-name494 claims21%
  • Other12 claims1%

Dr. Timilsina'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: 1,8662024: 2,13414%

Drugs named by CMS: 31 in 2024, 25 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. Suraj Timilsina scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Timilsina for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Timilsina accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Timilsina as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Timilsina's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 86.2of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 78of 100Cost

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

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

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Dr. Suraj Timilsina has 16 publications on record

Dmand AI links 16 papers to Dr. Timilsina, published from 2022 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Autoimmunity and Gastrointestinal Microbiome. Dr. Timilsina has published most often in Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. Dr. Timilsina's most frequent co-authors are Merrill E. Gershwin, Janet Sue Chou, MD and Christopher L. Bowlus, MD.

Papers16
Years published2022 to 2025

Dr. Timilsina's papers by year, 2022 to 2025

Topics Dr. Timilsina writes about most

  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid
  • Autoimmunity
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic

Dr. Timilsina's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Timilsina

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Dr. Suraj Timilsina received $2,104 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 99 general payments to Dr. Timilsina from 7 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 84% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $746.

General payments to Dr. Timilsina by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Timilsina by kind, 2017 to 2025

$2.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,76484%
  • Education$34016%

Companies that paid Dr. Timilsina the most, 2017 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. Suraj Timilsina graduated from Nepal Medical College

Dr. Timilsina graduated from Nepal Medical College in 2006. Dr. Timilsina is a member of ACP, ACR and AMA.

  1. Medical schoolNepal Medical College
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in rheumatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in rhmsusAmerican College of Rheumatology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Suraj Timilsina accepts plans from 12 insurance carriers

Dr. Timilsina is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • +4 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Timilsina accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare8
  2. PPO8
  3. HMO4
  4. POS4
  5. EPO3
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Suraj Timilsina'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)
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)
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. Suraj Timilsina's NPI number?

Dr. Suraj Timilsina's NPI number is 1477867869. It was assigned on July 28, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Suraj Timilsina?

Dr. Suraj Timilsina is a rheumatologist in Sacramento, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Suraj Timilsina practice?

Dr. Timilsina practices at 2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817. Dr. Timilsina's primary practice is UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, part of University of California Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Timilsina to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Suraj Timilsina's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Timilsina is (916) 734-2011.

What is Dr. Suraj Timilsina's medical license number?

Dr. Timilsina's California license number on file is A127568, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Suraj Timilsina been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Timilsina in California (2013 to 2025) and Minnesota (2013 to 2018).

Which hospitals is Dr. Suraj Timilsina affiliated with?

Dr. Timilsina practices at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California.

What medical group is Dr. Suraj Timilsina part of?

Dr. Timilsina is linked to UC Davis Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Timilsina to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Suraj Timilsina accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Timilsina billed Medicare for 1,323 services in 2024, and Dr. Timilsina accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Suraj Timilsina offer telehealth?

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

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What is Dr. Suraj Timilsina's MIPS score?

Dr. Timilsina's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Suraj Timilsina see?

CMS counts 446 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Timilsina in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Dr. Suraj Timilsina board certified?

Yes. Dr. Timilsina is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Suraj Timilsina bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Timilsina's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Suraj Timilsina go to medical school?

Dr. Timilsina graduated from Nepal Medical College in 2006.

What drugs does Dr. Suraj Timilsina prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Timilsina's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Prednisone and Methotrexate.

Has Dr. Suraj Timilsina received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,104 in general payments to Dr. Timilsina from 7 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Suraj Timilsina been practicing?

Dr. Timilsina graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.

Does Dr. Suraj Timilsina do research?

Dmand AI links 16 publications to Dr. Timilsina, published from 2022 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Suraj Timilsina publish with?

Dr. Timilsina's most frequent co-authors are Merrill E. Gershwin (9 shared papers), Janet Sue Chou, MD (2 shared papers) and Christopher L. Bowlus, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Suraj Timilsina accept?

Dr. Timilsina is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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