Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele

  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • Plastic surgeon
NPI1497940951PAC ID4880768068
Medicare services, 2024
118
Medicare patients, 2024
88
Part D claims, 2024
24
Hospital affiliations
2
Industry payments
$12,962
Practice address
5642 Esplanade Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414
Practice phone
Call (361) 888-7417
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Primary practice

Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PA

Corpus Christi, Texas

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Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele is a plastic surgeon in Corpus Christi, Texas

Vijay Bindingnavele practices at Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PA in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Vijay Bindingnavele's NPI, 1497940951, was assigned on September 7, 2007. Vijay Bindingnavele graduated from Albany Medical College in 1995. Vijay Bindingnavele's Texas license number on file is M9865.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4880768068
NPI enumeration date
September 7, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(361) 888-7417
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
57
Medical school graduation
1995

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

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele practices at Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PA in Corpus Christi, Texas

Vijay Bindingnavele's primary practice is Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PA, at 5642 Esplanade Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414 in Nueces County. The practice phone is (361) 888-7417.

  • Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PA
    5642 Esplanade Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414 · Nueces CountyPhone(361) 888-7417

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

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Vijay Bindingnavele's primary practice is Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PA in Corpus Christi, Texas. Vijay Bindingnavele is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline. The medical group on file is Corpus Christi Institute of Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI also links Vijay Bindingnavele to 1 more hospital 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 Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PAAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele is one of 319 plastic surgeons in Texas

Plastic surgery is Vijay Bindingnavele's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208200000X. Vijay Bindingnavele is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI has Vijay Bindingnavele's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic surgery, TexasPrimaryLicense M9865 · 2008 to 2025 · taxonomy 208200000X
  • California licenseSince 2005

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists cancerous skin growth removal and head wound among the conditions Vijay Bindingnavele treats.

Plastic surgeons near Vijay Bindingnavele

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

319plastic surgeons in Texas
3plastic surgeons in Corpus Christi

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

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele billed Medicare for 118 services in 2024

CMS data shows 118 Medicare services from Vijay Bindingnavele across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 88 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $9,632 for them.

Medicare services, 2024118
Medicare patients88
Paid by Medicare$9,632
Procedure codes4

Vijay Bindingnavele's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1242024: 10019%
Surgery
2023: 182024: 18No change

Where Vijay Bindingnavele's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office10085%
  • In a facility1815%

Vijay Bindingnavele compared with the Texas median for plastic surgeons, 2024

  • Vijay Bindingnavele
  • Texas median
Medicare services
118vs 313.8 times
Medicare patients
88vs 402.2 times
Part D claims
34vs 2821% above

Medians across 248 plastic surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Vijay Bindingnavele'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

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele treated 88 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 88 Medicare patients who saw Vijay Bindingnavele in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 48 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Vijay Bindingnavele's median patient age at 72, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 202488
Average age74
Average risk score1.01

Vijay Bindingnavele's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Vijay Bindingnavele's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4855%
  • Men4045%

Chronic conditions among Vijay Bindingnavele's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis50%
  4. Cancer33%
  5. Diabetes32%
  6. Mood disorders27%
  7. Depression26%
  8. Ischemic heart disease26%

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

Vijay Bindingnavele's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men51%

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

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele wrote 24 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Vijay Bindingnavele wrote 24 Medicare Part D claims for 14 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 1 drug, with $77 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 31 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202424
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$77
Part D patients14

Vijay Bindingnavele's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2021

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, 2020 to 2021

  • 2020
  • 2021
Claims for drugs CMS names
2020: 312021: 3410%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020.

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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

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele ranks in the 90th percentile for melanoma (skin cancer) excision in Medicare

Vijay Bindingnavele accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 74 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Vijay Bindingnavele, more than 90% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Vijay Bindingnavele ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
90th percentile74 procedures
Skin biopsy
60th percentile12 procedures

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Mastectomy: 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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Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele received $12,962 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 144 general payments to Vijay Bindingnavele from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Gifts make up the largest share, 48% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $9,705.

General payments to Vijay Bindingnavele by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Vijay Bindingnavele by kind, 2016 to 2025

$13Kin total
  • Gifts$6,25448%
  • Food and beverage$4,72636%
  • Travel and lodging$1,92515%
  • Education$320%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$250%

Companies that paid Vijay Bindingnavele 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

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Vijay Bindingnavele.

Awards and honors for Vijay Bindingnavele

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele graduated from Albany Medical College

Vijay Bindingnavele graduated from Albany Medical College in 1995. Vijay Bindingnavele is a member of ACS and ASPS.

  1. Medical schoolAlbany Medical College
  2. Board certified in plastic surgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

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Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele accepts plans from 22 insurance carriers

Vijay Bindingnavele is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Vijay Bindingnavele accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO14
  2. HMO11
  3. Medicare10
  4. POS6
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele'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)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 Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele's NPI number?

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele's NPI number is 1497940951. It was assigned on September 7, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele specialize in?

Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele is a plastic surgeon in Corpus Christi, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208200000X).

Where does Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele practice?

Vijay Bindingnavele practices at 5642 Esplanade Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78414. Vijay Bindingnavele's primary practice is Vijay K Bindingnavele MD PA in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dmand AI also links Vijay Bindingnavele to 1 hospital and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Vijay Bindingnavele is (361) 888-7417.

What is Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele's medical license number?

Vijay Bindingnavele's Texas license number on file is M9865, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Vijay Bindingnavele in Texas (2008 to 2025) and California (since 2005).

Which hospitals is Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele affiliated with?

Vijay Bindingnavele is affiliated with CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline. Dmand AI links Vijay Bindingnavele to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele part of?

Vijay Bindingnavele is linked to Corpus Christi Institute of Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery.

Does Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Vijay Bindingnavele billed Medicare for 118 services in 2024, and Vijay Bindingnavele accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele see?

CMS counts 88 Medicare patients who saw Vijay Bindingnavele in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele board certified?

Yes. Vijay Bindingnavele is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

What services does Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Vijay Bindingnavele's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99203), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (15004).

Where did Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele go to medical school?

Vijay Bindingnavele graduated from Albany Medical College in 1995.

What drugs does Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele prescribe most?

In 2021 Medicare Part D data, Vijay Bindingnavele's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tramadol HCl.

Has Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $12,962 in general payments to Vijay Bindingnavele from 16 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.

How long has Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele been practicing?

Vijay Bindingnavele graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.

What insurance does Vijay Krishna Bindingnavele accept?

Vijay Bindingnavele is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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