Dr. Arun G. Nayar, MD

  • Columbus, TX
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1740247030PAC ID0749281954
Medicare services, 2024
3,662
Medicare patients, 2024
1,594
Part D claims, 2024
4,841
MIPS score, 2024
90
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
100 Sweetbriar Dr, Columbus, TX 78934
Practice phone
Call (979) 732-5771
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Primary practice

Columbus Eye Associates

Columbus, Texas

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Dr. Arun G. Nayar is an ophthalmologist in Columbus, Texas

Dr. Nayar practices at Columbus Eye Associates in Columbus, Texas.

Dr. Nayar's NPI, 1740247030, was assigned on April 28, 2006. Dr. Nayar graduated from UMKC School of Medicine in 1991. Dr. Nayar's Texas license number on file is J3561.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0749281954
NPI enumeration date
April 28, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(979) 732-5771
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
61
Medical school graduation
1991

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

Dr. Arun G. Nayar practices at Columbus Eye Associates in Columbus, Texas

Dr. Nayar's primary practice is Columbus Eye Associates, at 100 Sweetbriar Dr, Columbus, TX 78934 in Colorado County. The practice phone is (979) 732-5771.

  • Columbus Eye Associates
    100 Sweetbriar Dr, Columbus, TX 78934 · Colorado CountyPhone(979) 732-5771

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

Dr. Arun G. Nayar is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Nayar's primary practice is Columbus Eye Associates in Columbus, Texas. Dr. Nayar is also affiliated with Columbus Community Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nayar to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, 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. Arun G. Nayar's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Columbus Eye AssociatesAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Arun G. Nayar is one of 1,311 ophthalmologists in Texas

Ophthalmology is Dr. Nayar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Nayar is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Nayar has a license on file in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, TexasPrimaryLicense J3561 · 1993 to 2025 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists age-related macular degeneration, cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, cold sores or genital herpes, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eye infection or inflammation and eyelid inflammation among the conditions Dr. Nayar treats.

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Nayar

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1,311ophthalmologists in Texas
6ophthalmologists in Columbus

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

Dr. Arun G. Nayar billed Medicare for 3,662 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,662 Medicare services from Dr. Nayar across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,594 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $288,853 for them.

Medicare services, 20243,662
Medicare patients1,594
Paid by Medicare$288,853
Procedure codes20

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 2,5112024: 2,3297%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,1902024: 99017%
Surgery
2023: 3242024: 29210%
Imaging
2023: 422024: 5121%

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

  • In an office3,43994%
  • In a facility2236%

Dr. Nayar compared with the Texas median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nayar
  • Texas median
Medicare services
3,662vs 1,3532.7 times
Medicare patients
1,594vs 4923.2 times
Part D claims
4,725vs 6137.7 times

Medians across 1,290 ophthalmologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nayar'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. Arun G. Nayar treated 1,594 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 1,594 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nayar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 685 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.99, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nayar's median patient age at 74, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,594
Average age76
Average risk score0.99
Also on Medicaid4%

Dr. Nayar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Nayar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women91958%
  • Men67542%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis47%
  4. Ischemic heart disease29%
  5. Diabetes28%
  6. Chronic kidney disease20%
  7. Atrial fibrillation19%
  8. Anxiety18%

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

Dr. Nayar's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men42%

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

Dr. Arun G. Nayar wrote 4,841 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nayar wrote 4,841 Medicare Part D claims for 878 patients. 74% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,725 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $197,803 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,609 claims across 26 drugs.

Part D claims, 20244,841
Drugs named by CMS27
Total drug cost$197,803
Part D patients878

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

  • Generic3,569 claims74%
  • Brand-name1,272 claims26%

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

  • Antibiotics1%25 of 4,841 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: 4,6092024: 4,7253%

Drugs named by CMS: 27 in 2024, 26 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. Arun G. Nayar scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Nayar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nayar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 242 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Nayar, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Nayar's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 95.5of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 72of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Nayar ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
86th percentile242 procedures

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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. Arun G. Nayar received $639 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 23 general payments to Dr. Nayar from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $207.

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

Companies that paid Dr. Nayar 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. Arun G. Nayar has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Nayar, most recently AAO Fellow in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Nayar

  1. 2013
    • AAO Fellow
  2. 2012
    • ACS Fellow
  3. Undated
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Arun G. Nayar graduated from UMKC School of Medicine

Dr. Nayar graduated from UMKC School of Medicine in 1991. Dr. Nayar is a member of AAO and ACS.

  1. Medical schoolUMKC School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology
  3. Board certified in ophthalmologyNational Board of Physicians and Surgeons

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Arun G. Nayar accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers

Dr. Nayar is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • +11 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Nayar accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO13
  2. PPO12
  3. Medicare8
  4. POS7
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Arun G. Nayar'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)
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. Arun G. Nayar's NPI number?

Dr. Arun G. Nayar's NPI number is 1740247030. It was assigned on April 28, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Arun G. Nayar?

Dr. Arun G. Nayar is an ophthalmologist in Columbus, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Arun G. Nayar practice?

Dr. Nayar practices at 100 Sweetbriar Dr, Columbus, TX 78934. Dr. Nayar's primary practice is Columbus Eye Associates in Columbus, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nayar to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Arun G. Nayar's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nayar is (979) 732-5771.

What is Dr. Arun G. Nayar's medical license number?

Dr. Nayar's Texas license number on file is J3561.

Which hospitals is Dr. Arun G. Nayar affiliated with?

Dr. Nayar is affiliated with Columbus Community Hospital.

Does Dr. Arun G. Nayar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nayar billed Medicare for 3,662 services in 2024, and Dr. Nayar accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Arun G. Nayar's MIPS score?

Dr. Nayar's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Arun G. Nayar see?

CMS counts 1,594 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nayar in 2024, with an average age of 76.

Is Dr. Arun G. Nayar board certified?

Yes. Dr. Nayar is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

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What services does Dr. Arun G. Nayar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nayar's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), office visit, established patient (99213) and eye exam or test (92133).

Where did Dr. Arun G. Nayar go to medical school?

Dr. Nayar graduated from UMKC School of Medicine in 1991.

What drugs does Dr. Arun G. Nayar prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nayar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Dorzolamide-Timolol and Prednisolone Acetate.

Has Dr. Arun G. Nayar received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $639 in general payments to Dr. Nayar from 11 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Arun G. Nayar been practicing?

Dr. Nayar graduated from medical school in 1991, 35 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Arun G. Nayar accept?

Dr. Nayar is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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