NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ashok N. Babu, M.D.

Surgery Physician · Nashville, TN

Ashok N. Babu, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1316142573, issued on Jun 18, 2007. Check the license (Tennessee 53641, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1316142573
Name
Ashok N. Babu
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
53641 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4230 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205
Phone
(615) 222-5500
Enumerated
Jun 18, 2007
Record last updated
Aug 15, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(615) 222-5601
Medicaid ID
Q017956 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20151210001413); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 2002
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 4230 Harding Pike

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Jonathan Allgood, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1013042910
  2. Kara Anderson, APNFamily Nurse Practitioner1619321486
  3. Christopher Ashton, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1487076030
  4. Mitzi Baker, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1376897785
  5. Jeanne Ballinger, M.D.Specialist1972582096
  6. Grace Benton, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1023525011

Verify Ashok N. Babu in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
    Search for license 53641    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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22% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024

115 Medicare Part D claims for 106 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Ashok Babu115
  2. Specialty average147

Most prescribed

  1. Mupirocin104 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $57,366.30

92 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ashok Babu$57,366
  2. Specialty average$3,514

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Saint Thomas Medical PartnersNashville, TN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ashok N. Babu among 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee

Ashok N. Babu, M.D. is one of 631 surgery physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 54% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 54% of these records are older, 35% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 2003 among the 404 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee

There are 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee.

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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. William Edwards, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051992703698
  2. Jeffrey Gibson, MDNashville, TN 372051982606943
  3. Jerry Howard, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051275706541
  4. Raymond Martin, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051679571129
  5. Francis Minch, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051255679254
  6. Ethan Montemayor, MDNashville, TN 372051700406337
  7. Mathew Ninan, MDNashville, TN 372051710061817
  8. Drew Reynolds, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051073733093

Common questions

What is Ashok N. Babu, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ashok N. Babu, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316142573, issued on Jun 18, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ashok N. Babu, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4230 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN, 37205. Phone: (615) 222-5500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ashok N. Babu, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 53641, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ashok N. Babu, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ashok N. Babu, M.D. had 115 Medicare Part D claims for 106 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.