Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral, MD

  • San Antonio, TX
  • Interventional cardiologist
NPI1053506774PAC ID8123152725
Medicare services, 2024
2,798
Medicare patients, 2024
1,111
Part D claims, 2024
2,900
Publications
1
Clinical trials
2
Practice address
4411 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229
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Primary practice

39385 Methodist Hospital - Op Card 1 - Cardiology - Cardiology - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · San Antonio, Texas

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Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral is an interventional cardiologist in San Antonio, Texas

Dr. Thukral practices at 39385 Methodist Hospital - Op Card 1 - Cardiology - Cardiology - HOPD in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Thukral's NPI, 1053506774, was assigned on September 6, 2007. Dr. Thukral graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Thukral holds Texas license M4590.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8123152725
NPI enumeration date
September 6, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

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

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral practices at 39385 Methodist Hospital - Op Card 1 - Cardiology - Cardiology - HOPD in San Antonio, Texas

Dr. Thukral's primary practice is 39385 Methodist Hospital - Op Card 1 - Cardiology - Cardiology - HOPD, at 4411 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229.

  • 39385 Methodist Hospital - Op Card 1 - Cardiology - Cardiology - HOPD
    4411 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229

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Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Thukral's primary practice is 39385 Methodist Hospital - Op Card 1 - Cardiology - Cardiology - HOPD in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Thukral is also affiliated with Methodist Hospital. The medical group on file is Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio. Dmand AI also links Dr. Thukral to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
39385 Methodist Hospital - Op Card 1 - Cardiology - Cardiology - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral is one of 650 interventional cardiologists in Texas

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Thukral's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Thukral is licensed in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Interventional cardiology, TexasPrimaryLicense M4590 · 2006 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RI0011X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists angioplasty, cardiac catheterization, circulation problems and leg revascularization among the conditions Dr. Thukral treats.

Interventional cardiologists near Dr. Thukral

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

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral billed Medicare for 2,798 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,798 Medicare services from Dr. Thukral across 24 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,111 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $163,875 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,798
Medicare patients1,111
Paid by Medicare$163,875
Procedure codes24

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,5412024: 1,6718%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,2352024: 1,10411%
Imaging
2023: 292024: 2321%

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

  • In an office88932%
  • In a facility1,90968%

Dr. Thukral compared with the Texas median for interventional cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Thukral
  • Texas median
Medicare services
2,798vs 2,04137% above
Medicare patients
1,111vs 65470% above
Part D claims
2,713vs 2,42012% above

Medians across 640 interventional cardiologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Thukral'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. Nandish Kumar Thukral treated 1,111 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 1,111 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Thukral in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 424 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.03, 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. Thukral's median patient age at 73, with 44% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,111
Average age76
Average risk score2.03
Also on Medicaid8%

Dr. Thukral's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Thukral's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women52247%
  • Men58953%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Ischemic heart disease66%
  4. Arthritis50%
  5. Diabetes47%
  6. Chronic kidney disease45%
  7. Atrial fibrillation42%
  8. Heart failure42%

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

Dr. Thukral's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women44%
  • Men54%

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

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral wrote 2,900 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Thukral wrote 2,900 Medicare Part D claims for 418 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,713 of them, across 37 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $583,915 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,541 claims across 35 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,900
Drugs named by CMS37
Total drug cost$583,915
Part D patients418

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

  • Generic2,360 claims81%
  • Brand-name540 claims19%

Dr. Thukral'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, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2,5412024: 2,7137%

Drugs named by CMS: 37 in 2024, 35 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. Nandish Kumar Thukral 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. Thukral for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Thukral accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 72 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Thukral, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Thukral's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Thukral ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Coronary angioplasty and stenting
92nd percentile72 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. Nandish Kumar Thukral has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Thukral. Dr. Thukral's most frequent co-authors are Mohammad A. Abdul-Waheed, MBBS, MD, MPH, John W. Baker, MD and Mir Babar Basir, DO.

Papers1

Dr. Thukral's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Thukral

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See who Dr. Thukral researches with

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

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral has worked on 2 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Thukral to 2 clinical trials. 2 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction. Abiomed Inc. sponsors the most, 2.

Conditions in Dr. Thukral's trials

  • Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction
  • ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  • Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction
  • Myocardial Infarction

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Thukral

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Thukral

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral received $433,726 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,085 general payments to Dr. Thukral from 69 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 67% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $215,914. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $102 in 2024.

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

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

$433.7Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$291,15767%
  • Honoraria$48,18611%
  • Travel and lodging$47,12011%
  • Food and beverage$27,6896%
  • Other$19,2504%

Companies that paid Dr. Thukral 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. Nandish Kumar Thukral has 1 award and honors on record

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

Awards and honors for Dr. Thukral

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Dr. Thukral graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Thukral is a member of ACC, AMA and TMA.

  1. Medical schoolJoe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral accepts plans from 22 insurance carriers

Dr. Thukral is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Thukral accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO13
  2. PPO13
  3. Medicare10
  4. POS6
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand 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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
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. Nandish Kumar Thukral's NPI number?

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral's NPI number is 1053506774. It was assigned on September 6, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral?

Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral is an interventional cardiologist in San Antonio, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Interventional Cardiology Physician (taxonomy code 207RI0011X).

Where does Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral practice?

Dr. Thukral practices at 4411 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229. Dr. Thukral's primary practice is 39385 Methodist Hospital - Op Card 1 - Cardiology - Cardiology - HOPD in San Antonio, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Thukral to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral's medical license number?

Dr. Thukral holds Texas license M4590.

Which hospitals is Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral affiliated with?

Dr. Thukral is affiliated with Methodist Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Thukral to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral part of?

Dr. Thukral is linked to Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio. Dmand AI links Dr. Thukral to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Thukral billed Medicare for 2,798 services in 2024, and Dr. Thukral accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral's MIPS score?

Dr. Thukral's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral see?

CMS counts 1,111 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Thukral in 2024, with an average age of 76.

What services does Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Thukral's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93010), office visit, established patient (99214) and heart test or procedure (93000).

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Where did Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral go to medical school?

Dr. Thukral graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2003.

What drugs does Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Thukral's most prescribed drugs by claims were Carvedilol, Metoprolol Succinate and Rosuvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $433,726 in general payments to Dr. Thukral from 69 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral been practicing?

Dr. Thukral graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Thukral. Dr. Thukral has worked on 2 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral publish with?

Dr. Thukral's most frequent co-authors are Mohammad A. Abdul-Waheed, MBBS, MD, MPH (1 shared paper), John W. Baker, MD (1 shared paper) and Mir Babar Basir, DO (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Nandish Kumar Thukral accept?

Dr. Thukral is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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