Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD

  • Rochester, MN
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1265641187PAC ID4082744958
Medicare services, 2024
320
Medicare patients, 2024
251
Part D claims, 2024
32
Publications
198
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
1216 Second Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55902
Practice phone
Call (507) 255-5123
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Primary practice

Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus

Hospital · Rochester, Minnesota

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Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara is a gastroenterologist in Rochester, Minnesota

Dr. Chandrasekhara practices at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, Minnesota, part of Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Chandrasekhara's NPI, 1265641187, was assigned on May 21, 2007. Dr. Chandrasekhara graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Chandrasekhara holds Minnesota license 62847.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4082744958
NPI enumeration date
May 21, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(507) 255-5123
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
48
Medical school graduation
2004

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara practices at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, Minnesota

Dr. Chandrasekhara's primary practice is Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus, at 1216 Second Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55902 in Olmsted County. The practice phone is (507) 255-5123.

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Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Chandrasekhara's primary practice is Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, Minnesota, part of Mayo Clinic. The medical group on file is Mayo Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chandrasekhara to 2 more medical groups and 1 hospice, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chandrasekhara practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys CampusAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara is one of 366 gastroenterologists in Minnesota

Gastroenterology is Dr. Chandrasekhara's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Chandrasekhara's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Florida.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, MinnesotaPrimaryLicense 62847 · taxonomy 207RG0100X
  • Florida licenseLicense ME143836

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists colonoscopy, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery, pancreas or bile duct endoscopy (ERCP) and upper GI endoscopy among the conditions Dr. Chandrasekhara treats.

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Chandrasekhara

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Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara billed Medicare for 320 services in 2024

CMS data shows 320 Medicare services from Dr. Chandrasekhara across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 251 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $41,475 for them.

Medicare services, 2024320
Medicare patients251
Paid by Medicare$41,475
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 2432024: 21910%
Imaging
2023: 762024: 699%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 302024: 327%
Other services
2023: 122024: 0100%

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

  • In an office3210%
  • In a facility28890%

Dr. Chandrasekhara compared with the Minnesota median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Chandrasekhara
  • Minnesota median
Medicare services
320vs 27417% above
Medicare patients
251vs 19827% above
Part D claims
15vs 14289% below

Medians across 380 gastroenterologists in Minnesota with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Chandrasekhara's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara treated 251 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 251 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chandrasekhara in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 124 patients. 73% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.87, 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. Chandrasekhara's median patient age at 68, with 55% women.

Medicare patients, 2024251
Average age72
Average risk score1.87
Also on Medicaid9%

Dr. Chandrasekhara's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Chandrasekhara's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13253%
  • Men11947%

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

  1. High cholesterol73%
  2. High blood pressure70%
  3. Arthritis48%
  4. Chronic kidney disease38%
  5. Diabetes35%
  6. Ischemic heart disease33%
  7. Anxiety26%
  8. Mood disorders26%

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Dr. Chandrasekhara's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women55%
  • Men44%

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

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara wrote 32 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Chandrasekhara wrote 32 Medicare Part D claims for 12 patients. 47% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 15 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $19,837 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202432
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$19,837
Part D patients12

Dr. Chandrasekhara's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic15 claims47%
  • Brand-name17 claims53%

Dr. Chandrasekhara'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2019 to 2024

  • 2019
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2019: 112024: 1536%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 in 2019.

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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. Vinay Chandrasekhara ranks in the 97th percentile for upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux in Medicare

Dr. Chandrasekhara accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 368 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Chandrasekhara, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Chandrasekhara ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
97th percentile368 procedures

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Colonoscopy: 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. Vinay Chandrasekhara has 198 publications on record

Dmand AI links 198 papers to Dr. Chandrasekhara, published from 2006 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 21. The most frequent topics are Endosonography, Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde and Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal. Dr. Chandrasekhara has published most often in Gastrointest Endosc. Dr. Chandrasekhara's most frequent co-authors are Andrew Charles Storm, MD, Michael Jon Levy, MD and Bret T. Petersen, MD.

Papers198
Years published2006 to 2025

Dr. Chandrasekhara's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Chandrasekhara writes about most

  • Endosonography
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Stents
  • Drainage
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
  • Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing

Dr. Chandrasekhara's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Chandrasekhara

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara received $86,072 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 143 general payments to Dr. Chandrasekhara from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 55% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $63,726.

General payments to Dr. Chandrasekhara by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Chandrasekhara by kind, 2016 to 2025

$86.1Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$47,10055%
  • Consulting fees$23,88128%
  • Food and beverage$6,9298%
  • Travel and lodging$6,5068%
  • Grants$1,6552%

Companies that paid Dr. Chandrasekhara the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Chandrasekhara, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Chandrasekhara

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine

Dr. Chandrasekhara graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2004.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara accepts plans from 20 insurance carriers

Dr. Chandrasekhara is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Cigna
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +12 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Chandrasekhara accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare12
  2. PPO12
  3. HMO8
  4. POS6
  5. EPO5
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
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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)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (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. Vinay Chandrasekhara's NPI number?

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara's NPI number is 1265641187. It was assigned on May 21, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara?

Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara is a gastroenterologist in Rochester, Minnesota. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara practice?

Dr. Chandrasekhara practices at 1216 Second Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55902. Dr. Chandrasekhara's primary practice is Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, Minnesota, part of Mayo Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chandrasekhara to 2 medical groups and 1 hospice.

What is Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Chandrasekhara is (507) 255-5123.

What is Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara's medical license number?

Dr. Chandrasekhara holds Minnesota license 62847, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Chandrasekhara in Minnesota and Florida.

Which hospitals is Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara affiliated with?

Dr. Chandrasekhara practices at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, Minnesota.

What medical group is Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara part of?

Dr. Chandrasekhara is linked to Mayo Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Chandrasekhara to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chandrasekhara billed Medicare for 320 services in 2024, and Dr. Chandrasekhara accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara see?

CMS counts 251 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chandrasekhara in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Chandrasekhara's most billed Medicare services were diagnostic imaging (74328), surgery: digestive system (43264) and surgery: digestive system (43276).

Where did Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara go to medical school?

Dr. Chandrasekhara graduated from University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2004.

What drugs does Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chandrasekhara's most prescribed drugs by claims were Creon.

Has Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $86,072 in general payments to Dr. Chandrasekhara from 11 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Boston Scientific Corporation.

How long has Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara been practicing?

Dr. Chandrasekhara graduated from medical school in 2004, 22 years ago.

Does Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara do research?

Dmand AI links 198 publications to Dr. Chandrasekhara, published from 2006 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara publish with?

Dr. Chandrasekhara's most frequent co-authors are Andrew Charles Storm, MD (61 shared papers), Michael Jon Levy, MD (47 shared papers) and Bret T. Petersen, MD (36 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Vinay Chandrasekhara accept?

Dr. Chandrasekhara is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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