Dr. David Zolfaghari, MD

  • Springfield, MO
  • Cardiothoracic surgeon
NPI1104853316PAC ID6800826132
Medicare services, 2024
229
Medicare patients, 2024
125
Part D claims, 2024
94
MIPS score, 2024
82
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
1423 N Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO 65802
Practice phone
Call (417) 269-6000
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Primary practice

Cox North Hospital

Springfield, Missouri

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Dr. David Zolfaghari is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Springfield, Missouri

Dr. Zolfaghari practices at Cox North Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.

Dr. Zolfaghari's NPI, 1104853316, was assigned on June 26, 2006. Dr. Zolfaghari graduated from Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1990. Dr. Zolfaghari holds Missouri license 113525.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6800826132
NPI enumeration date
June 26, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(417) 269-6000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

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

Dr. David Zolfaghari practices at Cox North Hospital in Springfield, Missouri

Dr. Zolfaghari's primary practice is Cox North Hospital, at 1423 N Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO 65802 in Greene County. The practice phone is (417) 269-6000.

  • Cox North Hospital
    1423 N Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO 65802 · Greene CountyPhone(417) 269-6000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. David Zolfaghari is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Zolfaghari's primary practice is Cox North Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Zolfaghari is also affiliated with Cox Medical Center South. The medical group on file is CoxHealth Neurology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zolfaghari to 1 more hospital, 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Zolfaghari's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Zolfaghari practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Cox North HospitalAvailable with a free account
+5 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. David Zolfaghari is one of 112 cardiothoracic surgeons in Missouri

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Zolfaghari's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Zolfaghari is licensed in Missouri.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery), MissouriPrimaryLicense 113525 · taxonomy 208G00000X

Cardiothoracic surgeons near Dr. Zolfaghari

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

112cardiothoracic surgeons in Missouri
7cardiothoracic surgeons in Springfield

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

Dr. David Zolfaghari billed Medicare for 229 services in 2024

CMS data shows 229 Medicare services from Dr. Zolfaghari across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 125 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $75,490 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024229
Medicare patients125
Paid by Medicare$75,490
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1222024: 10514%
Surgery
2023: 742024: 785%
Tests and treatments
2023: 432024: 467%

Dr. Zolfaghari compared with the Missouri median for cardiothoracic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Zolfaghari
  • Missouri median
Medicare services
229vs 1072.1 times
Medicare patients
125vs 10025% above
Part D claims
41vs 3228% above

Medians across 106 cardiothoracic surgeons in Missouri with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Zolfaghari'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. David Zolfaghari treated 125 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 125 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zolfaghari in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 58 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.54, 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. Zolfaghari's median patient age at 70, with 32% women.

Medicare patients, 2024125
Average age73
Average risk score1.54

Dr. Zolfaghari's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Zolfaghari's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4536%
  • Men8064%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Ischemic heart disease75%
  4. Arthritis64%
  5. Atrial fibrillation50%
  6. COPD49%
  7. Heart failure48%
  8. Diabetes42%

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

Dr. Zolfaghari's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women32%
  • Men68%

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

Dr. David Zolfaghari wrote 94 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Zolfaghari wrote 94 Medicare Part D claims for 44 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 41 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $265 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 53 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 202494
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$265
Part D patients44

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

  • Generic87 claims93%
  • Brand-name and other7 claims7%

Dr. Zolfaghari'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. Zolfaghari's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids22%21 of 94 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: 532024: 4123%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 3 in 2023.

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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. David Zolfaghari scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Zolfaghari for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Zolfaghari accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 43 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Zolfaghari, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Zolfaghari's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 82of 100Final score
  • 61.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 77of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Zolfaghari ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
93rd percentile43 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. David Zolfaghari received $3,250 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 109 general payments to Dr. Zolfaghari from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation paid the most, $860.

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

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

$3.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,237100%
  • Travel and lodging$130%

Companies that paid Dr. Zolfaghari 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. David Zolfaghari graduated from Medical College of Pennsylvania

Dr. Zolfaghari graduated from Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1990.

  1. Medical schoolMedical College of Pennsylvania

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. David Zolfaghari'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. David Zolfaghari's NPI number?

Dr. David Zolfaghari's NPI number is 1104853316. It was assigned on June 26, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David Zolfaghari?

Dr. David Zolfaghari is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Springfield, Missouri. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (taxonomy code 208G00000X).

Where does Dr. David Zolfaghari practice?

Dr. Zolfaghari practices at 1423 N Jefferson Ave, Springfield, MO 65802. Dr. Zolfaghari's primary practice is Cox North Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zolfaghari to 1 hospital, 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. David Zolfaghari's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Zolfaghari is (417) 269-6000.

What is Dr. David Zolfaghari's medical license number?

Dr. Zolfaghari holds Missouri license 113525.

Which hospitals is Dr. David Zolfaghari affiliated with?

Dr. Zolfaghari is affiliated with Cox Medical Center South. Dmand AI links Dr. Zolfaghari to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. David Zolfaghari part of?

Dr. Zolfaghari is linked to CoxHealth Neurology.

Does Dr. David Zolfaghari accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Zolfaghari billed Medicare for 229 services in 2024, and Dr. Zolfaghari accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. David Zolfaghari's MIPS score?

Dr. Zolfaghari's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Zolfaghari see?

CMS counts 125 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zolfaghari in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Dr. David Zolfaghari bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Zolfaghari's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93503), surgery: heart and blood vessels (33533) and surgery: heart and blood vessels (33518).

Where did Dr. David Zolfaghari go to medical school?

Dr. Zolfaghari graduated from Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1990.

What drugs does Dr. David Zolfaghari prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Zolfaghari's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Atorvastatin Calcium and Metoprolol Succinate.

Has Dr. David Zolfaghari received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,250 in general payments to Dr. Zolfaghari from 21 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.

How long has Dr. David Zolfaghari been practicing?

Dr. Zolfaghari graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

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