Banujan Balachandran, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Fresno, CA
Banujan Balachandran, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Fresno, California, and NPI 1043716947, issued on Apr 1, 2018. Check the license (California A164139, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Banujan Balachandran
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A164139 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2823 Fresno St, Fresno, CA 93721
- Phone
- (559) 499-6450
- Enumerated
- Apr 1, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 499-6451
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Banujan Balachandran in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A164139Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
260 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl26 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium22 claims
- Lisinopril19 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate13 claims
- Metformin Hcl12 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $22.93
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi Pasteur Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Banujan Balachandran among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Banujan Balachandran, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2021 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
237 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Fresno
They are 237 of the 19,440 NPPES records with a practice address in Fresno, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Banujan Balachandran, MD's NPI number?
Banujan Balachandran, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043716947, issued on Apr 1, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Banujan Balachandran, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2823 Fresno St, Fresno, CA, 93721. Phone: (559) 499-6450. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Banujan Balachandran, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A164139, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Banujan Balachandran, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Banujan Balachandran, MD had 260 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Banujan Balachandran, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.