Dr. Neel R. Joshi, MD

  • Santa Monica, CA
  • General surgeon
NPI1437318946PAC ID3476614488
Medicare services, 2024
225
Medicare patients, 2024
198
Part D claims, 2024
73
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
93
Practice address
2121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #201, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Practice phone
Call (310) 576-7267
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Primary practice

Cedars-Sinai Surgery - Santa Monica

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Santa Monica, California

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Dr. Neel R. Joshi is a general surgeon in Santa Monica, California

Dr. Joshi practices at Cedars-Sinai Surgery - Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California.

Dr. Joshi's NPI, 1437318946, was assigned on June 9, 2008. Dr. Joshi graduated from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Rochester in 2002. Dr. Joshi holds California license A87694.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3476614488
NPI enumeration date
June 9, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(310) 576-7267
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

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

Dr. Neel R. Joshi practices at Cedars-Sinai Surgery - Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California

Dr. Joshi's primary practice is Cedars-Sinai Surgery - Santa Monica, at 2121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #201, Santa Monica, CA 90403. The practice phone is (310) 576-7267.

  • Cedars-Sinai Surgery - Santa Monica
    2121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #201, Santa Monica, CA 90403Phone(310) 576-7267

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Neel R. Joshi is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Joshi's primary practice is Cedars-Sinai Surgery - Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Joshi is also affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The medical group on file is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Joshi to 1 more hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Neel R. Joshi's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Joshi practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Cedars-Sinai Surgery - Santa MonicaAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Neel R. Joshi is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California

Surgery is Dr. Joshi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Joshi is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Joshi is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A87694 · 2004 to 2026 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, appendectomy, cancerous skin growth removal, gallbladder removal, groin hernia surgery and mastectomy among the conditions Dr. Joshi treats.

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Dr. Neel R. Joshi billed Medicare for 225 services in 2024

CMS data shows 225 Medicare services from Dr. Joshi across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 198 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $42,780 for them.

Medicare services, 2024225
Medicare patients198
Paid by Medicare$42,780
Procedure codes6

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1732024: 1683%
Surgery
2023: 432024: 5733%

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

  • In an office2511%
  • In a facility20089%

Dr. Joshi compared with the California median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Joshi
  • California median
Medicare services
225vs 16636% above
Medicare patients
198vs 12164% above
Part D claims
62vs 3482% above

Medians across 2,606 general surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Joshi'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. Neel R. Joshi treated 198 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 198 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Joshi in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 86 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.57, 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. Joshi's median patient age at 64, with 37% women.

Medicare patients, 2024198
Average age75
Average risk score1.57
Also on Medicaid25%

Dr. Joshi's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Joshi's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7035%
  • Men12865%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Ischemic heart disease47%
  5. Diabetes33%
  6. Anxiety30%
  7. Chronic kidney disease26%
  8. Heart failure24%

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

Dr. Joshi's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women37%
  • Men63%

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

Dr. Neel R. Joshi wrote 73 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Joshi wrote 73 Medicare Part D claims for 69 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 62 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $119 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 75 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202473
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$119
Part D patients69

Dr. Joshi'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.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Joshi's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids96%70 of 73 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 752024: 6217%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 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. Neel R. Joshi scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Joshi for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Joshi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Joshi as offering telehealth. CMS counts 50 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Joshi, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Joshi's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 93of 100Final score
  • 77.8of 100Quality
  • 98of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 71of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Joshi ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
98th percentile50 procedures
Hernia repair - groin (open)
92nd percentile13 procedures

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

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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. Neel R. Joshi has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Joshi in 2012. Dr. Joshi's most frequent co-author is Jeffrey R. Leonard, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Joshi's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Joshi

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Neel R. Joshi received $52,413 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 263 general payments to Dr. Joshi from 10 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 27% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $39,312.

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

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

$52.4Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$14,00027%
  • Education$12,24923%
  • Food and beverage$10,37820%
  • Travel and lodging$10,07019%
  • Other$5,71611%

Companies that paid Dr. Joshi 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. Neel R. Joshi has 2 awards and honors on record

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

Awards and honors for Dr. Joshi

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. 2012
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Neel R. Joshi graduated from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Rochester

Dr. Joshi graduated from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Rochester in 2002. Dr. Joshi is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Rochester
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Neel R. Joshi accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Joshi is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +5 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Joshi accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare7
  3. HMO6
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Neel R. Joshi'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)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. Neel R. Joshi's NPI number?

Dr. Neel R. Joshi's NPI number is 1437318946. It was assigned on June 9, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Neel R. Joshi?

Dr. Neel R. Joshi is a general surgeon in Santa Monica, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Neel R. Joshi practice?

Dr. Joshi practices at 2121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite #201, Santa Monica, CA 90403. Dr. Joshi's primary practice is Cedars-Sinai Surgery - Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Joshi to 1 hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Neel R. Joshi's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Joshi is (310) 576-7267.

What is Dr. Neel R. Joshi's medical license number?

Dr. Joshi holds California license A87694.

Which hospitals is Dr. Neel R. Joshi affiliated with?

Dr. Joshi is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Joshi to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Neel R. Joshi part of?

Dr. Joshi is linked to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Joshi to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Neel R. Joshi accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Joshi billed Medicare for 225 services in 2024, and Dr. Joshi accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Neel R. Joshi offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. Neel R. Joshi's MIPS score?

Dr. Joshi's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Neel R. Joshi see?

CMS counts 198 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Joshi in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Neel R. Joshi board certified?

Yes. Dr. Joshi is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Neel R. Joshi bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Joshi's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), surgery: digestive system (49650) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Neel R. Joshi go to medical school?

Dr. Joshi graduated from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Rochester in 2002.

What drugs does Dr. Neel R. Joshi prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Joshi's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. Neel R. Joshi received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $52,413 in general payments to Dr. Joshi from 10 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Neel R. Joshi been practicing?

Dr. Joshi graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

Does Dr. Neel R. Joshi do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Joshi.

Who does Dr. Neel R. Joshi publish with?

Dr. Joshi's most frequent co-authors are Jeffrey R. Leonard, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Neel R. Joshi accept?

Dr. Joshi is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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