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Bahirathan Krishnadasan, MD

NPI 1639253313ActiveIndividual· Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)· Tacoma, WA

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (MD) in Tacoma, Washington, trained at University of California, Davis School of Medicine (class of 1996). 105 Medicare patients in 2024, $78,803 paid; nearly all of their 63 Part D prescriptions were generic (95%). Intuitive Surgical, Inc. was the largest of 3 companies reporting payments in 2025, $124,414 in all, mostly education.

Overview

NPI1639253313
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedOct 25, 2006
Last updated in NPPESDec 22, 2014

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Primary208G00000XMD00041594WA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Thoracic Surgery (WA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients105
Services billed253 across 45 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$78,803

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)63 · 65 30-day fills
Patients40
Total drug cost$1,592
Generic share95% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of California, Davis School of Medicine
Graduation year1996
Medicare specialtyThoracic Surgery
TelehealthOffers telehealth

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$124,414 · 170 payments from 3 companies
  • 2024$75,898 · 120 payments from 1 company

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Education$96,300 · 43 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$21,235 · 100 payments
  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$5,000 · 4 payments
  • Food and Beverage$1,879 · 23 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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