What is Venkat Vavilala's specialty?

Venkat Vavilala (NPI 1730186081) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nephrology in Merrillville, IN.

Where does Venkat Vavilala practice?

Venkat Vavilala practices in Merrillville, IN, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1730186081.

How much does Medicare pay Venkat Vavilala?

Venkat Vavilala (NPI 1730186081) received approximately $312K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 760 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1730186081

Venkat VavilalaMD

NephrologyMerrillville, INI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,567

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,739

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$307K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 192 Nephrology providers in IN — top quintile (cohort median 1,421).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

757

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$224K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

24.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Furosemide82 claims

Amlodipine Besylate62 claims

Empagliflozin55 claims

Calcitriol44 claims

Sevelamer Carbonate44 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Venkat Vavilala'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). 102 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT	378	3,088
Trent Orfanos Cardiology · Crown Point, IN	118	1,012
Joseph Samyn Cardiology · Crown Point, IN	115	1,043
Kevin Myrie Nephrology · Merrillville, IN	108	984
Boris Sagalovsky Cardiology · Crown Point, IN	108	1,323
KIM, HEE	85	621
THE METHODIST HOSPITALS, INC	76	336
Marian Demus Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	67	374
David Cheng Pathology · Crown Point, IN	57	437
Steven Marchioni Diagnostic Radiology · Roanoke, IN	57	624
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	53	470
John Gustaitis Diagnostic Radiology · Munster, IN	51	165

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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