Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva, MD

  • Panama City, FL
  • Neurosurgeon
NPI1427294651PAC ID3072678945
Medicare services, 2024
249
Medicare patients, 2024
165
Part D claims, 2017
68
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
615 N Bonita Ave, Panama City, FL 32401
Practice phone
Call (850) 769-1511
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Primary practice

Ascension Sacred Heart Bay

Hospital · Panama City, Florida

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Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva is a neurosurgeon in Panama City, Florida

Dr. Desilva practices at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay in Panama City, Florida, part of Ascension Health Alliance.

Dr. Desilva's NPI, 1427294651, was assigned on December 17, 2008. Dr. Desilva graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland FOM in 2002. Dr. Desilva holds Florida license ME103399.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3072678945
NPI enumeration date
December 17, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(850) 769-1511
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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. Cyril Chitta Desilva practices at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay in Panama City, Florida

Dr. Desilva's primary practice is Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, at 615 N Bonita Ave, Panama City, FL 32401 in Bay County. The practice phone is (850) 769-1511.

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Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Desilva's primary practice is Ascension Sacred Heart Bay in Panama City, Florida, part of Ascension Health Alliance. Dr. Desilva is also affiliated with HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital. The medical group on file is Sacred Heart Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desilva to 2 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 hospital outpatient department, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Desilva practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Ascension Sacred Heart BayAvailable with a free account
+5 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva is one of 577 neurosurgeons in Florida

Neurological surgery is Dr. Desilva's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Desilva is licensed in Florida.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurological surgery, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME103399 · 2008 to 2027 · taxonomy 207T00000X

Clinical focus

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

Neurosurgeons near Dr. Desilva

Counts of neurosurgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

577neurosurgeons in Florida
2neurosurgeons in Panama City

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

Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva billed Medicare for 249 services in 2024

CMS data shows 249 Medicare services from Dr. Desilva across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 165 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $41,053 for them.

Medicare services, 2024249
Medicare patients165
Paid by Medicare$41,053
Procedure codes9

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1702024: 1827%
Surgery
2023: 1402024: 6752%

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

  • In an office4920%
  • In a facility20080%

Dr. Desilva compared with the Florida median for neurosurgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Desilva
  • Florida median
Medicare services
249vs 2299% above
Medicare patients
165vs 170Close to median
Part D claims
68vs 3594% above

Medians across 503 neurosurgeons in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Desilva'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. Cyril Chitta Desilva treated 165 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 165 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desilva in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 73 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.91, 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. Desilva's median patient age at 73, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024165
Average age77
Average risk score1.91
Also on Medicaid18%

Dr. Desilva's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Desilva's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women8753%
  • Men7847%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes55%
  5. Stroke or TIA49%
  6. Ischemic heart disease46%
  7. Anxiety44%
  8. Chronic kidney disease44%

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

Dr. Desilva's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men47%

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

Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva wrote 68 Medicare Part D claims in 2017

In 2017, Dr. Desilva wrote 68 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 1 drug, with $1,082 in total drug cost. In 2016, CMS named 92 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 201768
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$1,082

Dr. Desilva's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2017

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, 2016 to 2017

  • 2016
  • 2017
Claims for drugs CMS names
2016: 922017: 6826%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2017, 2 in 2016.

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

Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva ranks in the 81st percentile for spinal fusion in Medicare

Dr. Desilva accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 135 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Desilva, more than 81% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Desilva ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Spinal fusion
81st percentile135 procedures
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
55th percentile25 procedures

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

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Desilva.

Papers1

Recent publications by Dr. Desilva

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Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva received $116 in industry payments from 2017 to 2019

CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Desilva from 2 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2019. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $107.

General payments to Dr. Desilva by program year, 2017 to 2019

General payments to Dr. Desilva by kind, 2017 to 2019

$116in total
  • Food and beverage$10792%
  • Travel and lodging$98%

Companies that paid Dr. Desilva the most, 2017 to 2019

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Desilva.

Awards and honors for Dr. Desilva

  1. Undated
    • AANS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland FOM

Dr. Desilva graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland FOM in 2002. Dr. Desilva is a member of AANS.

  1. Medical schoolMemorial University of Newfoundland FOM

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Desilva is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Cigna
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
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Plan types Dr. Desilva accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. HMO9
  3. Medicare8
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva'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)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (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. Cyril Chitta Desilva's NPI number?

Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva's NPI number is 1427294651. It was assigned on December 17, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva?

Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva is a neurosurgeon in Panama City, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).

Where does Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva practice?

Dr. Desilva practices at 615 N Bonita Ave, Panama City, FL 32401. Dr. Desilva's primary practice is Ascension Sacred Heart Bay in Panama City, Florida, part of Ascension Health Alliance. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desilva to 2 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 hospital outpatient department.

What is Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Desilva is (850) 769-1511.

What is Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva's medical license number?

Dr. Desilva holds Florida license ME103399.

Which hospitals is Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva affiliated with?

Dr. Desilva practices at Ascension Sacred Heart Bay in Panama City, Florida. Dr. Desilva is also affiliated with HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Desilva to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva part of?

Dr. Desilva is linked to Sacred Heart Medical Group.

Does Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Desilva billed Medicare for 249 services in 2024, and Dr. Desilva accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva see?

CMS counts 165 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desilva in 2024, with an average age of 77.

What services does Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Desilva's most billed Medicare services were surgery: bones and joints (22614), hospital inpatient care (99231) and hospital inpatient care (99222).

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Where did Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva go to medical school?

Dr. Desilva graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland FOM in 2002.

What drugs does Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva prescribe most?

In 2017 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Desilva's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $116 in general payments to Dr. Desilva from 2 companies from 2017 to 2019. The largest total came from Medtronic USA, Inc.

How long has Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva been practicing?

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

Does Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Desilva.

What insurance does Dr. Cyril Chitta Desilva accept?

Dr. Desilva is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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