What is Sivaraman Gounder's specialty?

Sivaraman Gounder (NPI 1740436237) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in El Centro, CA.

Where does Sivaraman Gounder practice?

Sivaraman Gounder practices in El Centro, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1740436237.

How much does Medicare pay Sivaraman Gounder?

Sivaraman Gounder (NPI 1740436237) received approximately $838K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 854 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1740436237

Sivaraman GounderMD

Internal MedicineEl Centro, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,184

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

9,787

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$824K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,499 Internal Medicine providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 531).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,026

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$136K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

12.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium221 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium172 claims

Amlodipine Besylate167 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium138 claims

Apixaban133 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

1.6

Cost

84.3

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$102

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$102

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$102

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sivaraman Gounder'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). 52 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	135	295
SCHAEFER AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.	81	161
NPI 1447294160	75	208
Hitenkumar Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	72	163
Hanh Bui Cardiology · Vista, CA	66	149
Michael Rutman Internal Medicine · Encinitas, CA	56	94
Roberto Navarro Internal Medicine · El Centro, CA	47	142
City Of Calexico Ambulance Service Provider · Calexico, CA	43	84
Kari Kajitani Family Practice · North Little Rock, AR	41	91
Shahid Hussain Nephrology · El Centro, CA	37	103
Brian Laakaniemi Emergency Medicine · Irvine, CA	35	57
Victor Lin Internal Medicine · El Centro, CA	34	65

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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