Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel, DO

  • The Woodlands, TX
  • General surgeon
NPI1154670487PAC ID3072838473
Medicare services, 2024
381
Medicare patients, 2024
201
Part D claims, 2024
194
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
17201 Interstate 45 South, The Woodlands, TX 77385
Practice phone
Call (936) 270-2000
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Primary practice

Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital

Hospital · The Woodlands, Texas

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Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel is a general surgeon in The Woodlands, Texas

Dr. Patel practices at Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas, part of Houston Methodist.

Dr. Patel's NPI, 1154670487, was assigned on August 31, 2012. Dr. Patel graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008. Dr. Patel holds Texas license Q1472.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3072838473
NPI enumeration date
August 31, 2012
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(936) 270-2000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
44
Medical school graduation
2008

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

Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel practices at Houston Methodist the Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas

Dr. Patel's primary practice is Houston Methodist the Woodlands Hospital, at 17201 Interstate 45 South, The Woodlands, TX 77385 in Montgomery County. The practice phone is (936) 270-2000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel is affiliated with 4 sites of care

Dr. Patel's primary practice is Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas, part of Houston Methodist. Dr. Patel is also affiliated with Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Patel to 1 more hospital and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Patel practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Houston Methodist The Woodlands HospitalAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel is one of 1,939 general surgeons in Texas

Surgery is Dr. Patel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Patel is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Patel is licensed in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, TexasPrimaryLicense Q1472 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists abdominal adhesion surgery, abdominal hernia repair surgery, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, appendectomy, colonoscopy, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery and gallbladder removal among the conditions Dr. Patel treats.

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Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel billed Medicare for 381 services in 2024

CMS data shows 381 Medicare services from Dr. Patel across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 201 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $43,719 for them.

Medicare services, 2024381
Medicare patients201
Paid by Medicare$43,719
Procedure codes6

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2942024: 36123%
Surgery
2023: 162024: 2025%

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

  • In an office5414%
  • In a facility32786%

Dr. Patel compared with the Texas median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Patel
  • Texas median
Medicare services
381vs 1183.2 times
Medicare patients
201vs 972.1 times
Part D claims
136vs 423.2 times

Medians across 1,674 general surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Patel'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. Ronak Jayant Patel treated 201 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 201 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Patel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 84 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.96, 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. Patel's median patient age at 61, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024201
Average age74
Average risk score1.96
Also on Medicaid9%

Dr. Patel's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Patel's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women10552%
  • Men9648%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis51%
  4. Ischemic heart disease51%
  5. Diabetes46%
  6. Chronic kidney disease41%
  7. Mood disorders38%
  8. Anxiety35%

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

Dr. Patel's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 61

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men44%

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

Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel wrote 194 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Patel wrote 194 Medicare Part D claims for 111 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 136 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,185 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 127 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024194
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$1,185
Part D patients111

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

  • Generic184 claims95%
  • Brand-name and other10 claims5%

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

  • Opioids45%87 of 194 claims
  • Antibiotics30%59 of 194 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: 1272024: 1367%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 4 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. Ronak Jayant Patel offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Patel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Patel as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

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

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 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. Ronak Jayant Patel has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Patel in 2014. Dr. Patel's most frequent co-authors are Jennifer Nicole Harb, MD and Michel M. Murr, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Patel's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Patel

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Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel received $10,442 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 61 general payments to Dr. Patel from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 38% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $6,772.

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

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

$10.4Kin total
  • Education$4,00038%
  • Food and beverage$3,18531%
  • Travel and lodging$3,09230%
  • Gifts$1652%

Companies that paid Dr. Patel 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. Ronak Jayant Patel graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Patel graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008. Dr. Patel is a member of ACS, AMA and ASMBS.

  1. Medical schoolTexas College of Osteopathic Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  3. Board certified in 2014 - 2026TX State License

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel accepts plans from 21 insurance carriers

Dr. Patel is in network with 21 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +13 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Patel accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. HMO11
  3. Medicare10
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel'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. Ronak Jayant Patel's NPI number?

Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel's NPI number is 1154670487. It was assigned on August 31, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel?

Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel is a general surgeon in The Woodlands, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel practice?

Dr. Patel practices at 17201 Interstate 45 South, The Woodlands, TX 77385. Dr. Patel's primary practice is Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas, part of Houston Methodist. Dmand AI also links Dr. Patel to 1 hospital and 1 physician office.

What is Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Patel is (936) 270-2000.

What is Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel's medical license number?

Dr. Patel holds Texas license Q1472.

Which hospitals is Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel affiliated with?

Dr. Patel practices at Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas. Dr. Patel is also affiliated with Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Patel to 1 more hospital.

Does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Patel billed Medicare for 381 services in 2024, and Dr. Patel accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Patel as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel see?

CMS counts 201 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Patel in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel board certified?

Yes. Dr. Patel is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

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What services does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Patel's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99222) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel go to medical school?

Dr. Patel graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008.

What drugs does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Patel's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass and Pantoprazole Sodium.

Has Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $10,442 in general payments to Dr. Patel from 17 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel been practicing?

Dr. Patel graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.

Does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Patel.

Who does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel publish with?

Dr. Patel's most frequent co-authors are Jennifer Nicole Harb, MD (1 shared paper) and Michel M. Murr, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Ronak Jayant Patel accept?

Dr. Patel is in network with 21 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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