Bala Swaminathan, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Greenville, SC
Bala Swaminathan, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Greenville, South Carolina, and NPI 1063526010, issued on Aug 18, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 38527, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bala Swaminathan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 38527 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 701 Grove RD FL 5, Greenville, SC 29605
- Phone
- (864) 455-4411
- Enumerated
- Aug 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 20, 2022
- Fax
- (864) 466-4480
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150917002997); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bala Swaminathan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 38527Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
360 Medicare Part D claims for 152 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium33 claims
- Levofloxacin21 claims
- Potassium Chloride14 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium13 claims
- Furosemide13 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate13 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: $12.26
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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.
3 hospitals and group practices
- Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
- Galen Inpatient Physicians PCGreenville, SC
- Prisma Health University Medical GroupGreenville, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Bala Swaminathan among 470 hospitalist physician records in South Carolina
Bala Swaminathan, MD is one of 470 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 93% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 74% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 93% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 87% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2011 among the 409 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
140 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Greenville
They are 140 of the 10,264 NPPES records with a practice address in Greenville, and 470 hospitalist physician records in South Carolina.
All 470 in South Carolina → Every provider in Greenville → Hospitalist Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Bala Swaminathan, MD's NPI number?
Bala Swaminathan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063526010, issued on Aug 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bala Swaminathan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 Grove RD FL 5, Greenville, SC, 29605. Phone: (864) 455-4411. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bala Swaminathan, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 38527, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Bala Swaminathan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bala Swaminathan, MD had 360 Medicare Part D claims for 152 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.