Pankaj Baluja, MD
Nephrology Physician · Oklahoma City, OK
Pankaj Baluja, MD is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and NPI 1063480309, issued on Mar 11, 2006. Check the license (Oklahoma 22892, as entered in NPPES) on the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Pankaj Baluja
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- 22892 OK
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 608 NW 9TH St Ste 4106, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
- Phone
- (405) 272-8367
- Enumerated
- Mar 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 1, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050614001344); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 608 NW 9TH St Ste 4106
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Joe Ghata, MDNephrology Physician1215258017
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- Usman Khan, M.DNephrology Physician1104379239
- Rajesh Kumar, MDNephrology Physician1134272933
Verify Pankaj Baluja in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersOklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Search for license 22892Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
2,252 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Allopurinol218 claims
- Furosemide210 claims
- Calcitriol181 claims
- Isosorbide Mononitrate Er147 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate139 claims
- Carvedilol122 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): 96.7 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: $546.54
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Travere Therapeutics, Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 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.
Pankaj Baluja among 112 nephrology physician records in Oklahoma
Pankaj Baluja, MD is one of 112 nephrology physician records with a practice address in Oklahoma. 86% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2003 among the 87 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a Oklahoma practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in Oklahoma
There are 112 nephrology physician records in Oklahoma.
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The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Usman Bhutta, MDOklahoma City, OK 731021588896997
- Joe Ghata, MDOklahoma City, OK 731021215258017
- Usman Khan, M.DOklahoma City, OK 731021104379239
- Rajesh Kumar, MDOklahoma City, OK 731021134272933
- Gigi Toma, M.D.Oklahoma City, OK 731021770684037
- Zahid Ahmad, MDOklahoma City, OK 731041700854049
- Benjamin Cowley, MDOklahoma City, OK 731041427027457
- Lukas Haragsim, MDOklahoma City, OK 731041396713541
Common questions
What is Pankaj Baluja, MD's NPI number?
Pankaj Baluja, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063480309, issued on Mar 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Pankaj Baluja, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 608 NW 9TH St Ste 4106, Oklahoma City, OK, 73102. Phone: (405) 272-8367. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Pankaj Baluja, MD's license?
NPPES lists Oklahoma license number 22892, as entered by the provider. Search the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision at https://www.okmedicalboard.org/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Pankaj Baluja, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Pankaj Baluja, MD had 2,252 Medicare Part D claims for 348 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Pankaj Baluja, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.7 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.