Dr. Suraj Rao, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,366
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 626
- Part D claims, 2024
- 4,465
- MIPS score, 2024
- 100
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404
- Practice phone
- Call (912) 350-3691
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Suraj Rao is an interventional cardiologist in Savannah, Georgia
Dr. Rao practices at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, part of HCA Healthcare.
Dr. Rao's NPI, 1336467018, was assigned on May 5, 2010. Dr. Rao graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 2010. Dr. Rao holds Florida license ME136640.
- NPI
- 1336467018NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7719289040
- NPI enumeration date
- May 5, 2010
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (912) 350-3691
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 42
- Medical school graduation
- 2010
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Suraj Rao practices at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia
Dr. Rao's primary practice is Memorial Health University Medical Center, at 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404 in Chatham County. The practice phone is (912) 350-3691.
- Memorial Health University Medical Center4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404 · Chatham CountyPhone(912) 350-3691
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Suraj Rao is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Rao's primary practice is Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Rao is also affiliated with Candler Hospital. The medical group on file is Memorial Health University Physicians, Heart Care - Waters Ave. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rao to 2 more medical groups, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Suraj Rao's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Rao practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Suraj Rao is one of 214 interventional cardiologists in Georgia
Interventional cardiology is Dr. Rao's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Rao is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Rao's licenses on file in 6 states: Florida, Georgia, California, Illinois, Virginia and District of Columbia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Interventional cardiology, FloridaPrimary
- Georgia license
- California license
- Cardiovascular disease, Illinois
- Virginia license
- District of Columbia license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists angioplasty and cardiac catheterization among the conditions Dr. Rao treats.
Interventional cardiologists near Dr. Rao
Counts of interventional cardiologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Suraj Rao billed Medicare for 2,366 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,366 Medicare services from Dr. Rao across 33 procedure codes in 2024, for 626 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $191,232 for them.
Dr. Rao's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,3512024: 1,09319%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 8482024: 74912%
- Other services
- 2023: 1032024: 355245%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1522024: 8445%
- Imaging
- 2023: 612024: 4723%
- Surgery
- 2023: 342024: 3812%
Where Dr. Rao's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,49663%
- In a facility87037%
Dr. Rao compared with the Georgia median for interventional cardiologists, 2024
- Dr. Rao
- Georgia median
- Medicare services
- 2,366vs 1,76634% above
- Medicare patients
- 626vs 72414% below
- Part D claims
- 4,307vs 2,43077% above
Medians across 213 interventional cardiologists in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Rao'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 Rao treated 626 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 626 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rao in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 258 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.72, 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. Rao's median patient age at 74, with 53% women.
Dr. Rao's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Rao's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women27143%
- Men35557%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Rao's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease58%
- Arthritis47%
- Heart failure42%
- Atrial fibrillation40%
- Diabetes38%
- Chronic kidney disease37%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Rao's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 74
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women53%
- Men46%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Suraj Rao wrote 4,465 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Rao wrote 4,465 Medicare Part D claims for 599 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,307 of them, across 49 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,134,198 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,651 claims across 45 drugs.
Dr. Rao's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,390 claims76%
- Brand-name1,075 claims24%
Dr. Rao'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. Rao's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics1%49 of 4,465 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: 3,6512024: 4,30718%
Drugs named by CMS: 49 in 2024, 45 in 2023.
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 Rao scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Rao for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Rao accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Rao as offering telehealth. CMS counts 39 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Rao, more than 75% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Rao's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 100of 100Final score
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Rao ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Coronary angioplasty and stenting
- 75th percentile39 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
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. Suraj Rao received $22,758 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 529 general payments to Dr. Rao from 49 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 87% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $6,075.
General payments to Dr. Rao by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Rao by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$19,81987%
- Travel and lodging$2,83612%
- Consulting fees$840%
- Education$200%
Companies that paid Dr. Rao the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Suraj Rao graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine
Dr. Rao graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 2010.
- Medical school
- Board certified in cardiovascular disease
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Suraj Rao accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers
Dr. Rao is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Aspirus Health Plan
- +10 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Rao accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO11
- HMO10
- Medicare10
- POS6
- EPO5
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Suraj Rao's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Suraj Rao's NPI number?
Dr. Suraj Rao's NPI number is 1336467018. It was assigned on May 5, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Suraj Rao?
Dr. Suraj Rao is an interventional cardiologist in Savannah, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Interventional Cardiology Physician (taxonomy code 207RI0011X).
Where does Dr. Suraj Rao practice?
Dr. Rao practices at 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404. Dr. Rao's primary practice is Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, part of HCA Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rao to 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Suraj Rao's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Rao is (912) 350-3691.
What is Dr. Suraj Rao's medical license number?
Dr. Rao holds Florida license ME136640, one of the licenses on file in 6 states.
Which states has Dr. Suraj Rao been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Rao in Florida (2018 to 2026), Georgia (2021 to 2026), California (2016 to 2021), Illinois (2013 to 2017), Virginia (2010 to 2013) and District of Columbia (2010 to 2012).
Which hospitals is Dr. Suraj Rao affiliated with?
Dr. Rao practices at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. Dr. Rao is also affiliated with Candler Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Suraj Rao part of?
Dr. Rao is linked to Memorial Health University Physicians, Heart Care - Waters Ave. Dmand AI links Dr. Rao to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Suraj Rao accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Rao billed Medicare for 2,366 services in 2024, and Dr. Rao accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Suraj Rao offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Rao as offering telehealth services.
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What is Dr. Suraj Rao's MIPS score?
Dr. Rao's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Suraj Rao see?
CMS counts 626 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rao in 2024, with an average age of 76.
Is Dr. Suraj Rao board certified?
Yes. Dr. Rao is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Suraj Rao bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Rao's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), heart test or procedure (93306) and medicare service (G2211).
Where did Dr. Suraj Rao go to medical school?
Dr. Rao graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 2010.
What drugs does Dr. Suraj Rao prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Rao's most prescribed drugs by claims were Metoprolol Succinate, Clopidogrel and Eliquis.
Has Dr. Suraj Rao received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $22,758 in general payments to Dr. Rao from 49 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbott Laboratories.
How long has Dr. Suraj Rao been practicing?
Dr. Rao graduated from medical school in 2010, 16 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Suraj Rao accept?
Dr. Rao is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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