Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Swetha Alapati, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Sioux Falls, SD

Swetha Alapati, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and NPI 1982051421, issued on May 14, 2016. Check the license (South Dakota 13448, as entered in NPPES) on the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordas of Aug 27, 2026
1982051421
Name
Swetha Alapati
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
13448 SD
38692 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1305 W 18TH St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Phone
(605) 328-4973
Enumerated
May 14, 2016
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1305 W 18TH St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Beth AbrahamsonNeonatal Nurse Practitioner1013047380
  2. Unknown AbubakarStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1235020959
  3. Mamoon AhmedHospitalist Physician1679184360
  4. Sameer Ahmed, MDHospitalist Physician1619549292
  5. Joseph Alex, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1407484819
  6. Elias Alhanoun, MDInternal Medicine Physician1770689473

Verify Swetha Alapati in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
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84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

432 Medicare Part D claims for 133 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,785 among the 127,794 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 28 claims were for opioids.

  1. Swetha Alapati432
  2. Specialty average2,785

Most prescribed

  1. Eliquis36 claims
  2. Furosemide27 claims
  3. Omeprazole26 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate19 claims
  5. Metoprolol Succinate17 claims
  6. Gabapentin16 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 78 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score80.1
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%47.4
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%99.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $34.42

1 payment, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc.. The 65,274 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,536.66 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Swetha Alapati$34.42
  2. Specialty average$2,536.66

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

2 hospital and facility affiliations

  1. Sanford ClinicSioux Falls, SD
  2. Sanford Medical CenterSioux Falls, SD

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.

189 internal medicine physician records list a Sioux Falls practice address

They are 189 of the 6,563 NPPES records with a Sioux Falls practice address, and 331 internal medicine physician records in South Dakota.

Other internal medicine physician records in South Dakota

  1. Mouhanna Abu Ghanimeh, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD1962812982
  2. Emad Abu Sitta, M.DSioux Falls, SD1194165977
  3. Joyce Achenjang, M.DPine Ridge, SD1750736096
  4. Boakye-Yiadom Adomako, M.D.Yankton, SD1720774771
  5. Comfort Agaba, MDSioux Falls, SD1891221123
  6. Abdalah Ahmed, MDSioux Falls, SD1457091993
  7. Munir Ahmed, M.D.Sisseton, SD1962577585
  8. Shakeel Ahmed, MDRapid City, SD1356773113
  9. Ghassan Al-Shbool, MDRapid City, SD1215450937
  10. Marc Aldrich, MDRapid City, SD1932209442

Common questions

What is Swetha Alapati, MD's NPI number?

Swetha Alapati, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982051421, issued on May 14, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Swetha Alapati, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1305 W 18TH St, Sioux Falls, SD, 57105. Phone: (605) 328-4973. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Swetha Alapati, MD's license?

NPPES lists South Dakota license number 13448, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners at https://www.sdbmoe.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Swetha Alapati, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Swetha Alapati, MD had 432 Medicare Part D claims for 133 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 2,785. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Swetha Alapati, MD's Medicare quality score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 78 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), loaded Aug 27, 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.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.