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- 10820 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037
About Dr. Bonakdar
Robert A. Bonakdar, M.D. practices pain medicine in La Jolla, CA. Robert is a 1998 graduate of University of Nevada School of Medicine. Robert is also listed as specializing in family medicine. According to Medicare claims data, Robert cared for 352 Medicare patients across 2,097 services. The services billed most often include acupuncture, each additional 15 minutes, acupuncture, initial 15 minutes, and acupuncture with electrical stimulation, each additional 15 minutes. The provider's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376584540.
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Education & Training
Specialty
Credentials & Licensing
Medicare information
Exactly as CMS reports it (National Downloadable File, Opt-Out Affidavits, Order & Referring). Not an insurance directory; confirm coverage with the office.
Contact Information
- (858) 554-3300
- Email not available
Practice Locations
10820 N TORREY PINES RD
La Jolla, CA 92037
Conditions Commonly Evaluated or Treated
Within Pain Medicine generally. Availability varies by clinician, training and location — this profile has not been claimed, so nothing here is a personal claim by the provider.
Conditions
Most searched conditions
Abdominal & visceral pain
Cancer
Chest
Chronic pain
Feet
Foot & ankle pain
Head & Face
Headaches
Joint & soft tissue pain
Joint pain
Joints
Muscle pain
Muscles
Nerve pain
Nerves
- Carpal tunnel
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Phantom limb pain
- Pinched nerve
- Piriformis syndrome
- Shingles pain
Pelvic & nerve pain
Pelvis
Shoulder & arm pain
Spine
- Arthritis of the spine
- Degenerative disc disease
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Spinal compression fracture
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Tailbone pain
- Whiplash
Spine pain
Procedures & services
Most searched procedures
- Epidural steroid injection
- Nerve block
- Pain management
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Spinal cord stimulator
Device management
Diagnostics
Implants
Infusions
Injections
- Botox for migraines
- Botox for muscle spasms
- Bursa injection
- Carpal tunnel steroid injection
- Celiac plexus block
- Cryoneurolysis
- Facet Joint Injections
- Facial nerve block for headache
- Fluoroscopy-guided spine injection
- Joint injection or aspiration
- Knee Joint Injection
- Lumbar sympathetic block
- Medial branch block
- SI Joint Injections
- Stellate ganglion block
- Tendon Injections
- Trigger Point Injections
- Ultrasound-Guided Joint Injections
Integrative medicine
Medication
Minimally invasive procedures
- Epidural Lysis Of Adhesions
- Genicular nerve ablation
- Percutaneous disc decompression
- Spinal bone nerve ablation
Neuromodulation
Regenerative
Regenerative medicine
Spine
Therapy
- Biofeedback
- Cold laser therapy
- Dry needling
- E-Stim Therapy
- Electroacupuncture
- Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression
- Shockwave Therapy
Therapy & counseling
Procedures Most Often Billed to Medicare
2,097 services · 352 patients · 8 distinct codes
| Procedure | Type | Code | Services | Compared with peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture, each additional 15 minutes | Treatment | 97811 |
867 | Too few peers to compare |
| Acupuncture, initial 15 minutes | Treatment | 97810 |
434 | Too few peers to compare |
| Acupuncture with electrical stimulation, each additional 15 minutes | Treatment | 97814 |
420 | Too few peers to compare |
| Acupuncture with electrical stimulation, initial 15 minutes | Treatment | 97813 |
212 | Too few peers to compare |
| Biofeedback training | Treatment | 90901 |
39 | Too few peers to compare |
| Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more | Office visit | 99214 |
58 | Less often than most peers in Pain Medicine |
| Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient' | Billing code | G2211 |
51 | Less often than most peers in Pain Medicine |
| New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more | Office visit | 99205 |
16 | Less often than most peers in Pain Medicine |
Source: CMS Medicare public data. Shows how often procedures were billed — not quality of care or patient satisfaction.
Related providers
Connections drawn from the registry and from what providers have told us. A link here is not a referral or an endorsement.
Also at this address 4
Providers at the same street address. Each files their own registry entry, so a shared practice often appears under several different names.
Trained at University of Nevada School of Medicine 1
Other providers in the same specialty who trained at the same institution.
Class of 1998 at University of Nevada School of Medicine 8
Providers who graduated from the same medical school in the same year.
More connections — 3 related providers in 1 group
Also performs Acupuncture, each additional 15 minutes 3
Providers in CA who bill this service to Medicare most often.
Common questions
What does Robert A. Bonakdar specialize in?
Robert A. Bonakdar is a pain specialist in La Jolla, CA. That is the designation recorded for this NPI in the federal registry, where it is listed as “Pain Medicine”.
NPI registry
Where is Robert A. Bonakdar located?
Robert A. Bonakdar is listed at 10820 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037. Addresses come from the NPI registry and can lag a move, so confirm before travelling.
NPI registry
What is Robert A. Bonakdar's phone number?
The number on file is (858) 554-3300. Contact the office directly to confirm availability and scheduling.
NPI registry
What is Robert A. Bonakdar's NPI number?
Robert A. Bonakdar's National Provider Identifier is 1376584540. It is issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is unique and permanent — it does not change if they move practice.
NPI registry
Where did Robert A. Bonakdar train?
Robert A. Bonakdar attended University of Nevada School of Medicine, graduating in 1998. This comes from the CMS National Downloadable File.
CMS public data
How long has Robert A. Bonakdar been practicing?
Robert A. Bonakdar has 28 years experience. Calculated from a graduation year of 1998, reported in the CMS National Downloadable File.
CMS public data
What does Robert A. Bonakdar do most often?
According to Medicare billing data, Robert A. Bonakdar provides treatments such as acupuncture, each additional 15 minutes and acupuncture, initial 15 minutes, alongside routine visits and testing. This reflects Medicare patients only and is billing volume, not a measure of quality.
Medicare claims
Has Robert A. Bonakdar confirmed this information?
Not yet. This profile is built from public federal data and has not been confirmed by Robert A. Bonakdar. If this is you, claiming it is free.
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