Body Mass IndexHernia, VentralHerniorrhaphy
Dr. Parag Bhanot, MD
NPI1952336562PAC ID6204835994
- Medicare services, 2024
- 359
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 187
- Publications
- 24
- MIPS score, 2024
- 82
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 2000 15th N St, Arlington, VA 22201
- Practice phone
- Call (443) 444-5606
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Medstar Medical Group II
Arlington, Virginia
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Dr. Parag Bhanot is a general surgeon in Arlington, Virginia
Dr. Bhanot practices at Medstar Medical Group II in Arlington, Virginia.
Dr. Bhanot's NPI, 1952336562, was assigned on July 11, 2006. Dr. Bhanot graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2000. Dr. Bhanot holds District of Columbia license 036203.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1952336562NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6204835994
- NPI enumeration date
- July 11, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (443) 444-5606
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 52
- Medical school graduation
- 2000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Parag Bhanot practices at Medstar Medical Group II in Arlington, Virginia
Dr. Bhanot's primary practice is Medstar Medical Group II, at 2000 15th N St, Arlington, VA 22201 in Arlington County. The practice phone is (443) 444-5606.
- Medstar Medical Group II2000 15th N St, Arlington, VA 22201 · Arlington CountyPhone(443) 444-5606
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Parag Bhanot is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Bhanot's primary practice is Medstar Medical Group II in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Bhanot is also affiliated with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. The medical group on file is MedStar Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhanot to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.
Medstar Medical Group IIPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Parag Bhanot's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bhanot practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Medstar Medical Group II | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Parag Bhanot is one of 739 general surgeons in Virginia
Surgery is Dr. Bhanot's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Bhanot is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Bhanot's licenses on file in 2 states: District of Columbia and Virginia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, District of ColumbiaPrimary
- Virginia license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, colon removal, gallbladder removal, groin hernia surgery and removal of damaged skin or skin graft among the conditions Dr. Bhanot treats.
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Parag Bhanot billed Medicare for 359 services in 2024
CMS data shows 359 Medicare services from Dr. Bhanot across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 187 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $87,974 for them.
Medicare services, 2024359
Medicare patients187
Paid by Medicare$87,974
Procedure codes8
Dr. Bhanot's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1622024: 22539%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1292024: 1344%
Where Dr. Bhanot's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office19053%
- In a facility16947%
Dr. Bhanot compared with the Virginia median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Bhanot
- Virginia median
- Medicare services
- 359vs 19089% above
- Medicare patients
- 187vs 14430% above
Medians across 667 general surgeons in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Bhanot'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. Parag Bhanot treated 187 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 187 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhanot in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 98 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bhanot's median patient age at 63, with 37% women.
Medicare patients, 2024187
Average age73
Average risk score1.38
Also on Medicaid14%
Dr. Bhanot's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Bhanot's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women8646%
- Men10154%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Bhanot's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis48%
- Ischemic heart disease34%
- Diabetes33%
- Chronic kidney disease23%
- Cancer22%
- Anxiety19%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Bhanot's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 63
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women37%
- Men60%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Parag Bhanot scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Bhanot for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bhanot accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 17 procedures of hernia repair - groin (open) by Dr. Bhanot, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Bhanot's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 82of 100Final score
- 67.9of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 69of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Bhanot ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
- 92nd percentile25 procedures
- Hernia repair - groin (open)
- 95th percentile17 procedures
- Removal of tissue
- 65th percentile14 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Colonoscopy: 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)
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. Parag Bhanot has 24 publications on record
Dmand AI links 24 papers to Dr. Bhanot, published from 2012 to 2024. 2019 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Hernia, Ventral, Abdominal Wall and Herniorrhaphy. Dr. Bhanot has published most often in Ann Plast Surg. Dr. Bhanot's most frequent co-authors are Yewande Rukayat Alimi, MD, Ketan M. Patel, MD and Frank P. Albino, MD.
Papers24
Years published2012 to 2024
Dr. Bhanot's papers by year, 2012 to 2024
Topics Dr. Bhanot writes about most
- Hernia, Ventral
- Abdominal Wall
- Herniorrhaphy
- Surgical Mesh
- Postoperative Complications
- Plastic Surgery Procedures
- Surgical Wound Infection
- Acellular Dermis
Dr. Bhanot's most frequent co-authors
- Yewande Rukayat Alimi, MD7 shared papers
- Ketan M. Patel, MD6 shared papers
- Frank P. Albino, MD3 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Bhanot
ComorbidityHernia, VentralHerniorrhaphy
Abdominal WallDistrict of ColumbiaIncisional Hernia
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Parag Bhanot received $276,962 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 288 general payments to Dr. Bhanot from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 40% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $103,747.
General payments to Dr. Bhanot by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Bhanot by kind, 2016 to 2025
$277Kin total
- Speaker and faculty fees$110,99540%
- Consulting fees$89,15132%
- Honoraria$53,60619%
- Travel and lodging$15,1005%
- Other$8,1113%
Companies that paid Dr. Bhanot the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Parag Bhanot has 2 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Bhanot, most recently ACS Fellow in 2011.
Awards and honors for Dr. Bhanot
- 2011
- ACS Fellow
- Undated
- CMS Stage 1 2012
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Parag Bhanot graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dr. Bhanot graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2000. Dr. Bhanot is a member of ACS and SLS.
- Medical school
- Board certified in surgery
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Parag Bhanot accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers
Dr. Bhanot is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- United Healthcare
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
- Cigna
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Aspirus Health Plan
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- +8 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Bhanot accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO11
- HMO9
- Medicare8
- EPO4
- POS3
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Parag Bhanot's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors 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) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Parag Bhanot's NPI number?
Dr. Parag Bhanot's NPI number is 1952336562. It was assigned on July 11, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Parag Bhanot?
Dr. Parag Bhanot is a general surgeon in Arlington, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Parag Bhanot practice?
Dr. Bhanot practices at 2000 15th N St, Arlington, VA 22201. Dr. Bhanot's primary practice is Medstar Medical Group II in Arlington, Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhanot to 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Parag Bhanot's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Bhanot is (443) 444-5606.
What is Dr. Parag Bhanot's medical license number?
Dr. Bhanot holds District of Columbia license 036203, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Parag Bhanot been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bhanot in District of Columbia (2006 to 2027) and Virginia (2021 to 2026).
Which hospitals is Dr. Parag Bhanot affiliated with?
Dr. Bhanot is affiliated with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Parag Bhanot part of?
Dr. Bhanot is linked to MedStar Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Bhanot to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Parag Bhanot accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bhanot billed Medicare for 359 services in 2024, and Dr. Bhanot accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Parag Bhanot's MIPS score?
Dr. Bhanot's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Parag Bhanot see?
CMS counts 187 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhanot in 2024, with an average age of 73.
Is Dr. Parag Bhanot board certified?
Yes. Dr. Bhanot is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
What services does Dr. Parag Bhanot bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Bhanot's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (13102).
Where did Dr. Parag Bhanot go to medical school?
Dr. Bhanot graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2000.
Has Dr. Parag Bhanot received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $276,962 in general payments to Dr. Bhanot from 5 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.
How long has Dr. Parag Bhanot been practicing?
Dr. Bhanot graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.
Does Dr. Parag Bhanot do research?
Dmand AI links 24 publications to Dr. Bhanot, published from 2012 to 2024.
Who does Dr. Parag Bhanot publish with?
Dr. Bhanot's most frequent co-authors are Yewande Rukayat Alimi, MD (7 shared papers), Ketan M. Patel, MD (6 shared papers) and Frank P. Albino, MD (3 shared papers).
What insurance does Dr. Parag Bhanot accept?
Dr. Bhanot is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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