Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Huntersville, NC
Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Huntersville, North Carolina, and NPI 1366973588, issued on Mar 21, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 2020-00571, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shanti Gundavaram Rao
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2020-00571 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16455 Statesville RD, Huntersville, NC 28078
- Phone
- (704) 801-3011
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230919002786); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2017
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shanti Gundavaram Rao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2020-00571Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
558 Medicare Part D claims for 312 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 30% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole181 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf102 claims
- Plenvu44 claims
- Gavilyte-G40 claims
- Suflave35 claims
- Linzess19 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: $1,502.03
52 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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 2 group practices
- Atrium Health Specialty Network IncCharlotte, NC
- Carolinas Physicians Network IncHuntersville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shanti Gundavaram Rao among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 81% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 81% of these records are older, 16% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
31 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Huntersville
They are 31 of the 1,525 NPPES records with a practice address in Huntersville, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD's NPI number?
Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366973588, issued on Mar 21, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16455 Statesville RD, Huntersville, NC, 28078. Phone: (704) 801-3011. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2020-00571, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shanti Gundavaram Rao, MD had 558 Medicare Part D claims for 312 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.