What is Udaya Kakarla's specialty?

Udaya Kakarla (NPI 1609056647) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Neurosurgery in Phoenix, AZ.

Where does Udaya Kakarla practice?

Udaya Kakarla practices in Phoenix, AZ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1609056647.

How much does Medicare pay Udaya Kakarla?

Udaya Kakarla (NPI 1609056647) received approximately $343K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 275 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1609056647

Udaya KakarlaMD

NeurosurgeryPhoenix, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

703

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,021

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$261K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 111 Neurosurgery providers in AZ — top quintile (cohort median 428).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

81.5

Quality

72.3

Cost

74.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

90.0

Payment adjustment

0.28%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Udaya Kakarla'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). 18 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
DUNN, NEIL	48	106
Ralph Drosten Diagnostic Radiology · Tucson, AZ	44	110
Youngsoo Cho Cardiology · Phoenix, AZ	31	112
Tilina Hu Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	29	62
Farzad Sakha Internal Medicine · Phoenix, AZ	25	86
Brian Wilhelmi Anesthesiology · Phoenix, AZ	23	58
Lindley Bliss Hospitalist · Phoenix, AZ	22	77
Karen Baker Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZ	21	46
David Treiman Psychiatry & Neurology · Phoenix, AZ	21	50
Laura Lehnhoff Neurology · Phoenix, AZ	18	57
Vance Julian Hospitalist · Phoenix, AZ	18	55
PRENGER, ERIN	17	45

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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