Prabakar Kumar Rao, MD

Primary specialty

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) PhysicianTaxonomy code 207WX0107X

License

118703 Issued in MO

Practice address

4901 Forest Park Ave
Dept Ophthalmology, 6TH FL
Saint Louis, MO 63108-1495

Phone

(314) 362-3937

Fax

(314) 362-3725

NPI assigned

Aug 12, 2005

Last updated

Apr 17, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MO

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1995

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Washington UniversityGroup PAC ID 9830008770, 2,968 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Barnes Jewish Hospital Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, CCN 260032

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.2 of 100Reported as group

Quality

71.6

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

75.75

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir.nextgen.com/nge/prod/fhir-api-r4/fhir/r4/

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Washington University

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1013957562
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Washington University

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1841221116
  NPD
• Washington University

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1962442475
  NPD
• Ozarks Medical Center

  dba Ozarks Healthcare

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • West Plains, MO
  • NPI 1831115641
  NPD (past)
• Retina & Vitreous Consultants Inc

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1255452603
  NPD (past)
• Retina Consultants, LLC

  dba The Retina Institute

  • Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician
  • Brentwood, MO
  • NPI 1700175395
  NPD (past)
• The Retina Institute LLC

  dba Barnes Retina Institute

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1407858673
  NPD (past)
• Washington University

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1134169568
  NPD (past)
• Eyenet Triage, PLC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1932553211
  NPD (past)
• Retinal Consultants of Arizona LTD

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1700823051
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Barnes Jewish Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1649299827
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "city": "CHICAGO",
            "state": "IL",
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            "city": "SAINT LOUIS",
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            "postal_code": "631081495",
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            "affiliation": "Y",
            "affiliationName": "Washington University",
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• Ingrid Ransom
• Daniella Nicole Rao, DO
• Lesley Kathryn Rao, MD
• Monica Lalita Rao
• Pavan Rao, M.D.
• Radhika Rao, MD
• Rakesh Rao, MD
• Ravinder Singh Rao
• Ricardo Rao, MD
• Sanjeev B N Rao, M.D.

• Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician in Saint Louis, MO
• Providers in Saint Louis, MO by specialty
• Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician in Missouri

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 17, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.