Dikshya Baral
Psychiatry Physician · West Columbia, SC
Dikshya Baral is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in West Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1477129138, issued on Jun 2, 2021. Check the license (South Carolina 93698, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dikshya Baral
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- 93698 SC
12828 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 146 E Hospital Dr Ste 120A, West Columbia, SC 29169
- Phone
- (803) 936-7460
- Enumerated
- Jun 2, 2021
- Record last updated
- Sep 15, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250905003472); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 2025
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 146 E Hospital Dr Ste 120A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Dikshya Baral in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 93698Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
543 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate64 claims
- Trazodone Hcl42 claims
- Sertraline Hcl34 claims
- Bupropion Xl30 claims
- Lamotrigine29 claims
- Prazosin Hcl27 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: $48.96
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Lexington Health IncLexington, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dikshya Baral among 891 psychiatry physician records in South Carolina
Dikshya Baral is one of 891 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 77% of these records are older, 19% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 41% of these records are
- Graduated2025 · median 2007 among the 365 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in South Carolina
There are 891 psychiatry physician records in South Carolina.
All 891 in South Carolina → Every provider in West Columbia → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Atit Bhattachan, MBBSWest Columbia, SC 291691013229855
- Mary Boyd, M.D.West Columbia, SC 291691497744890
- William Bragdon, MDWest Columbia, SC 291691346217601
- Patrick Butterfield, M.D.West Columbia, SC 291691003900507
- Bruce Capehart, MDWest Columbia, SC 291691821057878
- Cynthia Garman, M.D.West Columbia, SC 291691649374844
- Charles Ham, MDWest Columbia, SC 291691669413654
- Mark Kilgus, MDWest Columbia, SC 291691093771107
Common questions
What is Dikshya Baral's NPI number?
Dikshya Baral's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477129138, issued on Jun 2, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dikshya Baral located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 146 E Hospital Dr Ste 120A, West Columbia, SC, 29169. Phone: (803) 936-7460. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dikshya Baral's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 93698, 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 Dikshya Baral prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dikshya Baral had 543 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.