What is Sunil Bhandarkar's specialty?

Sunil Bhandarkar (NPI 1518977685) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Los Angeles, CA.

Where does Sunil Bhandarkar practice?

Sunil Bhandarkar practices in Los Angeles, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518977685.

How much does Medicare pay Sunil Bhandarkar?

Sunil Bhandarkar (NPI 1518977685) received approximately $498K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,004 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518977685

Sunil BhandarkarM.D.

OphthalmologyLos Angeles, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

6,069

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,791

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$491K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,776

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$2.0M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

43.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Cyclosporine1,018 claims

Azelastine Hcl843 claims

Latanoprost828 claims

Cyclosporine679 claims

Prednisolone Acetate430 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$664

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$664

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$664

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sunil Bhandarkar's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 10 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	92	187
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER	42	77
WAXLER, ROBERT	32	85
Richard Duong Anesthesiology · Los Angeles, CA	22	75
Gopal Govindarajan Cardiology · Los Angeles, CA	21	58
Primex Clinical Laboratories Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Van Nuys, CA	19	43
Specialty Surgical Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Beverly Hills, CA	16	49
David Boyer Ophthalmology · Los Angeles, CA	14	41
WALUCH, VICTOR	13	19
Thomas Hascall Internal Medicine · Los Angeles, CA	12	18

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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