Dr. Ravi A. Shankar, MD

Dr. Shankar practices at Cancer Care Centers of Brevard Inc in Melbourne, Florida.

Dr. Shankar's NPI, 1861407421, was assigned on July 30, 2006. Dr. Shankar graduated from Madras Medical College in 1986. Dr. Shankar holds Florida license ME#90812.

Dr. Shankar's primary practice is Cancer Care Centers of Brevard Inc, at 1430 Pine St, Melbourne, FL 32901 in Brevard County. The practice phone is (321) 952-0898.

Dr. Shankar's primary practice is Cancer Care Centers of Brevard Inc in Melbourne, Florida. Dr. Shankar is also affiliated with Viera Hospital. The medical group on file is Cancer Care Centers of Brevard. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shankar to 3 more hospitals 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. Shankar practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Radiation oncology is Dr. Shankar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2085R0001X. Dr. Shankar is board certified in radiation oncology by the American Board of Radiology. Dmand AI has Dr. Shankar's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and District of Columbia.

Dmand AI lists anal cancer radiation, bladder cancer radiation, bone cancer radiation, brain cancer radiation, brain tumor radiation, breast cancer radiation, cancer radiation-upper GI and colorectal cancer radiation among the conditions Dr. Shankar treats.

CMS data shows 12,001 Medicare services from Dr. Shankar across 34 procedure codes in 2024, for 620 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,491,272 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 620 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shankar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 278 patients. 75% of them have cancer, and 75% have high blood pressure. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.69, 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. Shankar's median patient age at 73, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Shankar wrote 374 Medicare Part D claims for 154 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 319 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $6,377 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 295 claims across 8 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Shankar. Dr. Shankar's most frequent co-authors are Scott Joseph Antonia, MD, Steven E. Finkelstein, MD and Mayer N. Fishman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 99 general payments to Dr. Shankar from 45 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $285.

Dr. Shankar graduated from Madras Medical College in 1986.

Dr. Shankar is in network with 19 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.