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Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD

(Dr. Raj Rao, MD)

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Specializes in: Spine Surgery and Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

1601 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington Vamroc (460)
Wilmington, DE 19805

Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD is a spine surgeon in Wilmington, DE specializing in spine surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD is affiliated with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Office Locations

1601 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington Vamroc (460)
Wilmington, DE 19805

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In The News (see more mentions in the news)

“Beware a doctor who tells you the first and only solution is to go under the knife: "Less than 10 percent of my patients require surgery,"says Dr. Raj Rao, vice chairman of the department of...”—"Having back pain? Read this", Fox News, March 2015

“Fix it: In fact, most sufferers would benefit from more exercise-particularly frequent walks, which ease stiffness, says spine surgeon Dr. Raj...”—"5 habits that hurt your back", Fox News, March 2015

“Patients with pain limited to the back can get physical therapy and use muscle relaxers such as Bengay, said Dr. Raj Rao, a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.”—"Meningitis outbreak brings attention to treatment of back pain", Daily Press, November 2012

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	286

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	242

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Male	99
Female	104

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	168
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	76
From 75 to 84	63
85 and over	18
Less than 65	46

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2013

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	31
Dementia	9
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Wilmington, DE during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery	11
doctor visit	268
hospital care	18
inpatient care	18
nerve procedures	11
spinal procedures	11

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Male	92
Female	111

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	162
Black	29
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	92
From 75 to 84	67
85 and over	11
Less than 65	33

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2014

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	28
Dementia	8
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	155

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Male	160
Female	142

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	216
Black	60
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	142
From 75 to 84	78
85 and over	26
Less than 65	56

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2015

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	31
Dementia	11
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	135

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Male	45
Female	61

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	54
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	45
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2016

Hypertension	59
High Cholesterol	45
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	17
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Wilmington, DE during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	151
hospital care	12
inpatient care	12

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Male	59
Female	79

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	60
Black	62
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	68
From 75 to 84	34
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2017

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	41
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	29
Dementia	13
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	178

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Male	59
Female	104

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	64
Black	79
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	73
From 75 to 84	42
85 and over	12
Less than 65	36

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2018

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	34
Dementia	14
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	257

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Male	73
Female	131

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	71
Black	98
Hispanic	14
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	84
From 75 to 84	55
85 and over	20
Less than 65	45

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2019

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	40
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	29
Dementia	11
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	160

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Male	40
Female	70

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	43
Black	54
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	53
From 75 to 84	31
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2020

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	29
Dementia	0
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	12

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	0
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Wilmington, DE were hospital care, inpatient care, nerve procedures and decompression surgery.

decompression surgery	11
doctor visit	184
hospital care	15
inpatient care	15
nerve procedures	11
spinal procedures	11

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD.

**Gender**
Female	80
Male	62

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	43
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	78
Hispanic	1
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	8
75 to 84	37
Less than 65	25
65 to 74	63

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD From 2012 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	2
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	23
Atrial Fibrillation	3
Dementia	6
Cancer	8

Education & Training

He has a state license in District of Columbia.

Licensed In: District of Columbia

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Rajkumar Rao, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Centinel Spine, LLC	$18,861 PRODISC L $18,861
NovApproach Spine, LLC	$3,750 OneLIF $3,750
Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.	$197 $197
Zimmer Holding Inc	$57 None $57
Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc.	$20 Thoracolumbar - TL Therapies $20
Other	$12 AQUAMANTYS $12