Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D.
Nephrology Physician · Baltimore, MD
Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D. is a nephrology physician with a practice address in Baltimore, Maryland, and NPI 1871524512, issued on Jul 5, 2006. Check the license (Maryland D63421, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sumeska Thavarajah
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
- License number
- D63421 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4940 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224
- Phone
- (410) 550-0979
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 19, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 408418700 MD
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050930000764); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sumeska Thavarajah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D63421Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024
1,048 Medicare Part D claims for 152 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate60 claims
- Losartan Potassium51 claims
- Nifedipine Er51 claims
- Lisinopril46 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium43 claims
- Carvedilol40 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $6.16
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sumeska Thavarajah among 337 nephrology physician records in Maryland
Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D. is one of 337 nephrology physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 80% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2001 among the 232 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 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 207RN0300X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nephrology Physician providers in Maryland
There are 337 nephrology physician records in Maryland.
All 337 in Maryland → Every provider in Baltimore → Nephrology Physician nationwide →
The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Duvuru Geetha, M.D.Baltimore, MD 212241053365486
- Bernard Jaar, M.D.Baltimore, MD 212241962408617
- Abbal Koirala, M.D.Baltimore, MD 212241730449653
- Zainab Obaidi, M.DBaltimore, MD 212241891102505
- Chirag Parikh, MDBaltimore, MD 212241831279892
Common questions
What is Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871524512, issued on Jul 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4940 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21224. Phone: (410) 550-0979. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D63421, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D. had 1,048 Medicare Part D claims for 152 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sumeska Thavarajah, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.