Manikandan Nagendran, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Lafayette, LA
Manikandan Nagendran, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lafayette, Louisiana, and NPI 1730398801, issued on May 22, 2007. Check the license (Louisiana MD.202135, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Manikandan Nagendran
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- MD.202135 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2390 W Congress St, Lafayette, LA 70506
- Phone
- (337) 261-6323
- Enumerated
- May 22, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 5, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (337) 261-6334
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090122000314); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Manikandan Nagendran in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD.202135Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
52% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,510 Medicare Part D claims for 455 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 44 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium105 claims
- Furosemide86 claims
- Hydralazine Hcl53 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate47 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate46 claims
- Losartan Potassium44 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): 89.1 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: $423.74
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AngioDynamics, 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
- Coolidge Physician Services LLCLafayette, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Manikandan Nagendran among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Manikandan Nagendran, MD is one of 1,749 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 85% 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 42% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 42% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 56% 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
107 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lafayette
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Common questions
What is Manikandan Nagendran, MD's NPI number?
Manikandan Nagendran, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730398801, issued on May 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Manikandan Nagendran, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2390 W Congress St, Lafayette, LA, 70506. Phone: (337) 261-6323. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Manikandan Nagendran, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number MD.202135, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Manikandan Nagendran, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Manikandan Nagendran, MD had 1,510 Medicare Part D claims for 455 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Manikandan Nagendran, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.1 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.