What is Ranga Balasekaran's specialty?

Ranga Balasekaran (NPI 1518965813) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Springdale, AR.

Where does Ranga Balasekaran practice?

Ranga Balasekaran practices in Springdale, AR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518965813.

How much does Medicare pay Ranga Balasekaran?

Ranga Balasekaran (NPI 1518965813) received approximately $36K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 224 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518965813

Ranga BalasekaranMD

GastroenterologySpringdale, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

229

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

230

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$28K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 86 Gastroenterology providers in AR — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,287).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

439

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$75K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

47.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium159 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl55 claims

Sod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac52 claims

Dicyclomine Hcl35 claims

Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl32 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$13K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$10K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$10K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ranga Balasekaran'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). 24 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Douglas Elliott Interventional Radiology · Little Rock, AR	68	230
PHELAN, DAVID	58	203
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	57	152
Michael Flick Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	53	159
Holly Bohannan Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) · Bentonville, AR	47	160
Madhu Kalyan Pulmonary Disease · Springdale, AR	41	165
Robby Guinn Family Practice · Springdale, AR	26	54
Peter Ball Family Practice · Springdale, AR	25	65
Shashi Katukoori Hospitalist · Birmingham, AL	25	78
Michael Green Cardiology · Springdale, AR	24	68
City Of Springdale Ambulance Service Provider · Springdale, AR	24	68
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	22	43

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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.

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