Dr. Rahul N. Chavan, MD

Dr. Chavan practices at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida, part of Ascension Health Alliance.

Dr. Chavan's NPI, 1992956247, was assigned on October 6, 2008. Dr. Chavan graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Chavan holds Florida license ME127870.

Dr. Chavan's primary practice is Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, at 5151 N 9th Ave, Pensacola, FL 32504 in Escambia County. The practice phone is (850) 416-7000.

Dr. Chavan's primary practice is Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida, part of Ascension Health Alliance. The medical group on file is Summit Dermatology & Spa. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chavan to 1 more clinical lab and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Dermatopathology is Dr. Chavan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207ND0900X. Dr. Chavan is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dmand AI has Dr. Chavan's licenses on file in 4 states: Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, benign or precancerous skin growths, cancerous skin growth removal, cold sores or genital herpes, contact dermatitis, hives, itchy rashes and joint cyst among the conditions Dr. Chavan treats.

CMS data shows 5,127 Medicare services from Dr. Chavan across 29 procedure codes in 2024, for 950 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $429,957 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 950 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chavan in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 440 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.11, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chavan's median patient age at 73, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Chavan wrote 1,442 Medicare Part D claims for 553 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,300 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $344,921 in total drug cost.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Chavan for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Chavan accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 1,097 procedures of skin biopsy by Dr. Chavan, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Chavan, published from 2012 to 2019. 2014 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Skin Neoplasms, Diagnosis, Differential and Biopsy. Dr. Chavan has published most often in Dermatol Surg. Dr. Chavan's most frequent co-authors are Garrett Curtis Coman, MD, Mark A. Cappel, MD and Lawrence E. Gibson, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Chavan from 5 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. UCB, Inc. paid the most, $54.

Dr. Chavan graduated from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in 2008.

Dr. Chavan is in network with 17 carriers, including Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.