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Dr. Nima Salari, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · NPI 1598967911

Dr. Nima Salari, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Phoenix, Arizona. Graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 2007, 19 years ago. Practices with Desert Institute for Spine Care PC, an 11-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Arizona.

Years since qualifying
19
Trained at
Temple University School of Medicine
Licensed in
AZ
In the registry since
2007
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1635 E Myrtle Ave Ste 400
Phoenix, AZ 85020-5556
Phone: (602) 944-2900
Fax: (602) 944-0064
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence 47480 (AZ)

Record details

NPI number1598967911
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 5, 2007
Last updated in NPPESMay 4, 2022
Certification dateMay 4, 2022

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolTEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2007 (19 years in practice)
Group practice Desert Institute For Spine Care Pc — 11 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 144 times · 98th percentile
Spinal fusion 346 times · 97th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients543
Services billed 1,879 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Royalty or License $21,090 6 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Consulting Fee $12,425 6 payments
Food and Beverage $2,092 28 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $189 2 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Arizona Orthopedic And Surgical Specialty Hospital Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · listed as Orthopedic and Surgical Specialty Company, LLC
  • Verde Valley Medical Center Hospital · Cottonwood, AZ
  • Honorhealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center Hospital · Scottsdale, AZ
  • Honorhealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med Ctr Hospital · Scottsdale, AZ
  • The Core Institute Specialty Hosp Hospital · Phoenix, AZ
  • Haven Home Health Care Home health agency · Scottsdale, AZ

Colleagues at Desert Institute for Spine Care PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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