Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Arlington, TX
Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Arlington, Texas, and NPI 1477890614, issued on Jan 8, 2013. Check the license (Texas R1617, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- R1617 TX
5315060922 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 W Randol Mill RD Ste 2300, Arlington, TX 76012
- Phone
- (817) 960-6648
- Enumerated
- Jan 8, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (817) 960-6649
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170831003240); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license R1617Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
447 Medicare Part D claims for 210 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium43 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass24 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium24 claims
- Prednisone20 claims
- Cefdinir18 claims
- Carvedilol15 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: $232.08
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
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
- Hospitalist Medicine Physicians OF Texas PLLCArlington, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 66% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
100 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Arlington
They are 100 of the 5,219 NPPES records with a practice address in Arlington, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D.'s NPI number?
Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477890614, issued on Jan 8, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 W Randol Mill RD Ste 2300, Arlington, TX, 76012. Phone: (817) 960-6648. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number R1617, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bala Sundara Raju Ponnam, M.D. had 447 Medicare Part D claims for 210 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.
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.