Dr. Vasant Jayasankar, MD

Dr. Jayasankar practices at UnityPoint Health- St. Luke’s-Downtown in Sioux City, Iowa.

Dr. Jayasankar's NPI, 1881763704, was assigned on November 7, 2006. Dr. Jayasankar graduated from Albany Medical College in 1998. Dr. Jayasankar holds Florida license ME107781.

Dr. Jayasankar's primary practice is UnityPoint Health- St. Luke’s-Downtown, at 801 5th St, Sioux City, IA 51101 in Woodbury County. The practice phone is (712) 279-2036.

Dr. Jayasankar's primary practice is UnityPoint Health- St. Luke’s-Downtown in Sioux City, Iowa. Dr. Jayasankar is also affiliated with AnMed Medical Center. The medical group on file is AnMed. Dmand AI also links Dr. Jayasankar to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Jayasankar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Jayasankar is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Jayasankar's licenses on file in 6 states: Florida, South Carolina, Iowa, Nebraska, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 186 Medicare services from Dr. Jayasankar across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 146 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $67,700 for them.

CMS counts 146 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Jayasankar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 70 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.64, 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. Jayasankar's median patient age at 71, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Jayasankar wrote 50 Medicare Part D claims for 31 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 45 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $157 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 21 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Jayasankar for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Jayasankar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 12 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Jayasankar, more than 47% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Jayasankar in 2006. The most frequent topics are Myocardial Infarction, Adenoviridae and Rats, Inbred Lew. Dr. Jayasankar has published most often in Circulation. Dr. Jayasankar's most frequent co-authors are Mark Francis Berry, MD, Timothy John Pirolli, MD and Subhasis Chatterjee, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 502 general payments to Dr. Jayasankar from 56 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $10,712. It also lists 4 research payments totaling $9,600 from 2016 to 2017.

Dmand AI lists 11 awards for Dr. Jayasankar, most recently U.S. Surgical Resident Scholar Award in 2005.

Dr. Jayasankar graduated from Albany Medical College in 1998. Dr. Jayasankar is a member of ACS and STS.

Dr. Jayasankar is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Elevance. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.