Dr. Gaurav Kistangari, MD

Dr. Kistangari practices at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care.

Dr. Kistangari's NPI, 1538334800, was assigned on April 28, 2008. Dr. Kistangari holds Tennessee license 61685.

Dr. Kistangari's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, at 6019 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120 in Shelby County. The practice phone is (901) 226-5000.

Dr. Kistangari's primary practice is Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care. Dr. Kistangari is also affiliated with Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. The medical group on file is Baptist Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kistangari 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. Kistangari practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 2,376 Medicare services from Dr. Kistangari across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 986 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $189,866 for them.

CMS counts 986 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kistangari in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 384 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.07, 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. Kistangari's median patient age at 69, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kistangari wrote 815 Medicare Part D claims for 224 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 668 of them, across 16 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $110,215 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 909 claims across 18 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Kistangari for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kistangari accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 253 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Kistangari, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 13 papers to Dr. Kistangari, published from 2012 to 2019. 2015 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Kistangari has published most often in Cleve Clin J Med. Dr. Kistangari's most frequent co-authors are Hamed A. Daw, MD, Farayi Jonnes Mbuvah, MD and Timothy P. Spiro, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 154 general payments to Dr. Kistangari from 18 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $1,321.