Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari, MD

  • Richmond, TX
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1386693406PAC ID2365459849
Medicare services, 2024
720
Medicare patients, 2024
243
Part D claims, 2024
289
Publications
5
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
1705 Jackson St, Richmond, TX 77469
Practice phone
Call (281) 341-3000
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Primary practice

OakBend Medical Center

Hospital · Richmond, Texas

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Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari is an orthopedic surgeon in Richmond, Texas

Dr. Chaudhari practices at OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas, part of OakBend Medical Center.

Dr. Chaudhari's NPI, 1386693406, was assigned on May 8, 2006. Dr. Chaudhari graduated from Government Medical College Gujurat in 1999. Dr. Chaudhari's Alabama license number on file is 29226.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2365459849
NPI enumeration date
May 8, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(281) 341-3000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
54
Medical school graduation
1999

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

Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari practices at OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas

Dr. Chaudhari's primary practice is OakBend Medical Center, at 1705 Jackson St, Richmond, TX 77469 in Fort Bend County. The practice phone is (281) 341-3000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Chaudhari's primary practice is OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas, part of OakBend Medical Center. Dr. Chaudhari is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital. The medical group on file is UAB Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chaudhari to 2 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chaudhari practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
OakBend Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari is one of 1,394 orthopedic surgeons in Texas

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Chaudhari's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Chaudhari is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Chaudhari's licenses on file in 3 states: Alabama, Texas and New Jersey.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, AlabamaPrimaryLicense 29226 · 2005 to 2021 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • Texas license2018 to 2026
  • New Jersey license2006 to 2010

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, fluid in a joint and hand joint or tendon inflammation among the conditions Dr. Chaudhari treats.

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Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari billed Medicare for 720 services in 2024

CMS data shows 720 Medicare services from Dr. Chaudhari across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 243 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $45,436 for them.

Medicare services, 2024720
Medicare patients243
Paid by Medicare$45,436
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3492024: 44126%
Imaging
2023: 1202024: 14420%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 812024: 757%
Surgery
2023: 322024: 6088%

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

  • In an office68996%
  • In a facility314%

Dr. Chaudhari compared with the Texas median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Chaudhari
  • Texas median
Medicare services
720vs 1,06232% below
Medicare patients
243vs 243Close to median
Part D claims
246vs 21912% above

Medians across 1,283 orthopedic surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Chaudhari'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. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari treated 243 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 243 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chaudhari in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 124 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. 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. Chaudhari's median patient age at 63, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024243
Average age73
Average risk score1.54
Also on Medicaid10%

Dr. Chaudhari's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Chaudhari's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women15865%
  • Men8535%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis59%
  4. Diabetes41%
  5. Ischemic heart disease38%
  6. Anxiety37%
  7. Mood disorders35%
  8. Depression33%

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

Dr. Chaudhari's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men48%

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

Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari wrote 289 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Chaudhari wrote 289 Medicare Part D claims for 200 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 246 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,404 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 170 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024289
Drugs named by CMS6
Total drug cost$1,404
Part D patients200

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

  • Generic287 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims1%

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

  • Opioids51%147 of 289 claims
  • Antibiotics8%24 of 289 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: 1702024: 24645%

Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 6 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. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari ranks in the 83rd percentile for lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) in Medicare

Dr. Chaudhari accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 12 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Chaudhari, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Chaudhari ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Knee replacement
65th percentile31 procedures
Removal of tissue
64th percentile13 procedures
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
83rd percentile12 procedures
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
48th percentile12 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of nail tissue: 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. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari has 5 publications on record

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Chaudhari, published from 2018 to 2020. The most frequent topics are Cadaver. Dr. Chaudhari has published most often in J Orthop Case Rep. Dr. Chaudhari's most frequent co-authors are Christopher Maxwell Beaumont, MD, Brooks William Ficke, MD and Megan Lameka, MD.

Papers5
Years published2018 to 2020

Topics Dr. Chaudhari writes about most

  • Cadaver

Dr. Chaudhari's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Chaudhari

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Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari received $18,434 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 98 general payments to Dr. Chaudhari from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 42% of the total. TriMed, Inc. paid the most, $12,039.

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

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

$18.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$7,80742%
  • Travel and lodging$7,62541%
  • Consulting fees$1,5008%
  • Entertainment$1,0035%
  • Honoraria$5003%

Companies that paid Dr. Chaudhari 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. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari graduated from Government Medical College Gujurat

Dr. Chaudhari graduated from Government Medical College Gujurat in 1999.

  1. Medical schoolGovernment Medical College Gujurat
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgery of the handAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari accepts plans from 19 insurance carriers

Dr. Chaudhari is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Chaudhari accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO14
  2. Medicare11
  3. HMO10
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari'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 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)
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. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari's NPI number?

Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari's NPI number is 1386693406. It was assigned on May 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari?

Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari is an orthopedic surgeon in Richmond, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari practice?

Dr. Chaudhari practices at 1705 Jackson St, Richmond, TX 77469. Dr. Chaudhari's primary practice is OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas, part of OakBend Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chaudhari to 2 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Chaudhari is (281) 341-3000.

What is Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari's medical license number?

Dr. Chaudhari's Alabama license number on file is 29226, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Chaudhari in Alabama (2005 to 2021), Texas (2018 to 2026) and New Jersey (2006 to 2010).

Which hospitals is Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari affiliated with?

Dr. Chaudhari practices at OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas. Dr. Chaudhari is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Chaudhari to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari part of?

Dr. Chaudhari is linked to UAB Medicine. Dmand AI links Dr. Chaudhari to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chaudhari billed Medicare for 720 services in 2024, and Dr. Chaudhari accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari see?

CMS counts 243 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chaudhari in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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Is Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari board certified?

Yes. Dr. Chaudhari is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Chaudhari's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, new patient (99204).

Where did Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari go to medical school?

Dr. Chaudhari graduated from Government Medical College Gujurat in 1999.

What drugs does Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chaudhari's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Meloxicam and Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $18,434 in general payments to Dr. Chaudhari from 26 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from TriMed, Inc.

How long has Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari been practicing?

Dr. Chaudhari graduated from medical school in 1999, 27 years ago.

Does Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari do research?

Dmand AI links 5 publications to Dr. Chaudhari, published from 2018 to 2020.

Who does Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari publish with?

Dr. Chaudhari's most frequent co-authors are Christopher Maxwell Beaumont, MD (1 shared paper), Brooks William Ficke, MD (1 shared paper) and Megan Lameka, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Nileshkumar M. Chaudhari accept?

Dr. Chaudhari is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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