Dr. Saaransh Rakesh Desai, MD

Dr. Desai practices at Sentara Cardiology Specialists in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dr. Desai's NPI, 1093070138, was assigned on July 4, 2012. Dr. Desai holds Virginia license 0101278906.

Dr. Desai's primary practice is Sentara Cardiology Specialists, at 2075 Glenn Mitchell Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 in Virginia Beach City. The practice phone is (757) 507-8900.

Dr. Desai's primary practice is Sentara Cardiology Specialists in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dr. Desai is also affiliated with Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. The medical group on file is Sentara Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desai to 4 more hospitals, 4 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Desai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Desai's licenses on file in 2 states: Virginia and Alaska.

CMS data shows 2,935 Medicare services from Dr. Desai across 24 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,724 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $149,150 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 1,724 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desai in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 688 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.85, 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. Desai's median patient age at 64, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Desai wrote 629 Medicare Part D claims for 138 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 523 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $75,076 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 484 claims across 15 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 78 general payments to Dr. Desai from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 59% of the total. Biotronik Inc. paid the most, $1,794.