PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1013171636

Ajay BalaramMD

PRACTICEILLINOIS HAND & UPPER EXTREMITY CENTER, L.L.C.See all providers at this practice →

Hand SurgeryArlington Heights, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

429

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

752

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$35K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 82 Hand Surgery providers in IL — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,479).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$273

Distinct drugs

Brand share

55.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen30 claims

Meloxicam24 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$45

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$45

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (2)

CCN 140252

Hospital

CCN 140258

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ajay Balaram'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). 2 inbound referrers · 6 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Northwest Community Day Surgery Center Ii Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Arlington Heights, IL	12	24
ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER	12	17

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	37	140
Northwest Community Day Surgery Center Ii Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Arlington Heights, IL	17	62
Michelle Michalski Occupational Therapist in Private Practice · Arlington Heights, IL	14	62
Deborah Lotta Occupational Therapist in Private Practice · Arlingotn Heights, IL	12	49
Jonah Wetherill Occupational Therapist in Private Practice · Arlington Heights, IL	11	51
Scott Sagerman Hand Surgery · Arlington Heights, IL	11	35

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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