What is Monica Budianu's specialty?

Monica Budianu (NPI 1699967083) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Rheumatology in San Diego, CA.

Where does Monica Budianu practice?

Monica Budianu practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1699967083.

How much does Medicare pay Monica Budianu?

Monica Budianu (NPI 1699967083) received approximately $563K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 497 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1699967083

Monica BudianuM.D.

RheumatologySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,173

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

33,754

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$429K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 530 Rheumatology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,833).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,441

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

26.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Alendronate Sodium165 claims

Prednisone155 claims

Celecoxib148 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate129 claims

Methotrexate Sodium111 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$73

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$73

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$73

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Monica Budianu'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Xing Ren Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA	19	38
Scripps Health Clinical Laboratory · La Jolla, CA	19	43
Amy Wu Diagnostic Radiology · La Jolla, CA	13	19
EISENHART, PAULA	12	22
Robert Sharpe Pathology · La Jolla, CA	12	14
BRAHME, SEVIL	11	14

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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