Dr. Puneet Bhalla, MD

  • Gilbert, AZ
  • Medical oncologist
NPI1336115542PAC ID1557313046
Medicare services, 2024
45,418
Medicare patients, 2024
587
Part D claims, 2024
832
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
3686 S Rome St, Gilbert, AZ 85297
Practice phone
Call (480) 821-2838
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Primary practice

Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers

Gilbert, Arizona

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Dr. Puneet Bhalla is a medical oncologist in Gilbert, Arizona

Dr. Bhalla practices at Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers in Gilbert, Arizona.

Dr. Bhalla's NPI, 1336115542, was assigned on February 27, 2006. Dr. Bhalla graduated from Bangalore Medical College in 1998. Dr. Bhalla holds Arizona license 30244.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1557313046
NPI enumeration date
February 27, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(480) 821-2838
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
54
Medical school graduation
1998

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Puneet Bhalla practices at Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers in Gilbert, Arizona

Dr. Bhalla's primary practice is Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, at 3686 S Rome St, Gilbert, AZ 85297 in Maricopa County. The practice phone is (480) 821-2838.

  • Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers
    3686 S Rome St, Gilbert, AZ 85297 · Maricopa CountyPhone(480) 821-2838

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Puneet Bhalla is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Bhalla's primary practice is Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers in Gilbert, Arizona. Dr. Bhalla is also affiliated with Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. The medical group on file is Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhalla to 2 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Puneet Bhalla's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bhalla practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Ironwood Cancer & Research CentersAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Puneet Bhalla is one of 60 medical oncologists in Arizona

Medical oncology is Dr. Bhalla's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RX0202X. Dr. Bhalla is board certified in medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Bhalla is licensed in Arizona.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Medical oncology, ArizonaPrimaryLicense 30244 · 2002 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RX0202X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists breast cancer, chronic anemia, chronic leukemia, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and neutropenia among the conditions Dr. Bhalla treats.

Medical oncologists near Dr. Bhalla

Counts of medical oncologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

60medical oncologists in Arizona
8medical oncologists in Gilbert

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Puneet Bhalla billed Medicare for 45,418 services in 2024

CMS data shows 45,418 Medicare services from Dr. Bhalla across 29 procedure codes in 2024, for 587 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $812,449 for them.

Medicare services, 202445,418
Medicare patients587
Paid by Medicare$812,449
Procedure codes29

Dr. Bhalla's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 43,2922024: 30,60829%
Other services
2023: 14,6972024: 12,95512%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8072024: 8404%
Tests and treatments
2023: 7212024: 6638%
Imaging
2023: 4322024: 34021%
Lab and pathology
2023: 232024: 1248%

Where Dr. Bhalla's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office45,406100%
  • In a facility120%

Dr. Bhalla compared with the Arizona median for medical oncologists, 2024

  • Dr. Bhalla
  • Arizona median
Medicare services
45,418vs 89450.8 times
Medicare patients
587vs 35068% above
Part D claims
680vs 58716% above

Medians across 62 medical oncologists in Arizona with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Bhalla's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Puneet Bhalla treated 587 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 587 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhalla in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 268 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.92, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bhalla's median patient age at 71, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024587
Average age76
Average risk score1.92
Also on Medicaid5%

Dr. Bhalla's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Bhalla's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women30151%
  • Men28649%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Bhalla's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Cancer61%
  4. Arthritis45%
  5. Ischemic heart disease37%
  6. Chronic kidney disease31%
  7. Diabetes30%
  8. COPD29%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Bhalla's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men45%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Puneet Bhalla wrote 832 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Bhalla wrote 832 Medicare Part D claims for 159 patients. 72% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 680 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,886,186 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 735 claims across 22 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024832
Drugs named by CMS17
Total drug cost$1.9M
Part D patients159

Dr. Bhalla's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic601 claims72%
  • Brand-name231 claims28%

Dr. Bhalla's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Bhalla's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics4%32 of 832 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over2%20 of 832 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 7352024: 6807%

Drugs named by CMS: 17 in 2024, 22 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Puneet Bhalla offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Bhalla accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Bhalla as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Puneet Bhalla has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Bhalla. Dr. Bhalla's most frequent co-authors are Jonathan D'Cunha, MD, PhD, Patrick A. Devaleria, MD and Samine Ravanbakhsh, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Bhalla's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Bhalla

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Dr. Puneet Bhalla received $12,100 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 685 general payments to Dr. Bhalla from 65 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Celgene Corporation paid the most, $1,286.

General payments to Dr. Bhalla by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Bhalla by kind, 2016 to 2025

$12.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$11,69897%
  • Education$4023%

Companies that paid Dr. Bhalla the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Puneet Bhalla has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Bhalla, most recently Top Doc in 2017.

Awards and honors for Dr. Bhalla

  1. 2017
    • Top Doc
  2. 2012
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  3. Undated
    • Super Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Puneet Bhalla graduated from Bangalore Medical College

Dr. Bhalla graduated from Bangalore Medical College in 1998. Dr. Bhalla is a member of ACP and ASCO.

  1. Medical schoolBangalore Medical College
  2. Board certified in medical oncologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Puneet Bhalla accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Bhalla is in network with 17 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, HCSC and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Bhalla accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO12
  2. HMO8
  3. Medicare7
  4. POS5
  5. EPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Puneet Bhalla's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Puneet Bhalla's NPI number?

Dr. Puneet Bhalla's NPI number is 1336115542. It was assigned on February 27, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Puneet Bhalla?

Dr. Puneet Bhalla is a medical oncologist in Gilbert, Arizona. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Medical Oncology Physician (taxonomy code 207RX0202X).

Where does Dr. Puneet Bhalla practice?

Dr. Bhalla practices at 3686 S Rome St, Gilbert, AZ 85297. Dr. Bhalla's primary practice is Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers in Gilbert, Arizona. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bhalla to 2 hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Puneet Bhalla's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bhalla is (480) 821-2838.

What is Dr. Puneet Bhalla's medical license number?

Dr. Bhalla holds Arizona license 30244.

Which hospitals is Dr. Puneet Bhalla affiliated with?

Dr. Bhalla is affiliated with Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Bhalla to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Puneet Bhalla part of?

Dr. Bhalla is linked to Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers. Dmand AI links Dr. Bhalla to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Puneet Bhalla accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bhalla billed Medicare for 45,418 services in 2024, and Dr. Bhalla accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Puneet Bhalla offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Bhalla as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Puneet Bhalla see?

CMS counts 587 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhalla in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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Is Dr. Puneet Bhalla board certified?

Yes. Dr. Bhalla is board certified in medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Puneet Bhalla bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Bhalla's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1439), injected or infused drug (J9271) and medicare temporary code (Q9967).

Where did Dr. Puneet Bhalla go to medical school?

Dr. Bhalla graduated from Bangalore Medical College in 1998.

What drugs does Dr. Puneet Bhalla prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bhalla's most prescribed drugs by claims were Abiraterone Acetate, Prednisone and Eliquis.

Has Dr. Puneet Bhalla received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $12,100 in general payments to Dr. Bhalla from 65 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Celgene Corporation.

How long has Dr. Puneet Bhalla been practicing?

Dr. Bhalla graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.

Does Dr. Puneet Bhalla do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Bhalla.

Who does Dr. Puneet Bhalla publish with?

Dr. Bhalla's most frequent co-authors are Jonathan D'Cunha, MD, PhD (1 shared paper), Patrick A. Devaleria, MD (1 shared paper) and Samine Ravanbakhsh, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Puneet Bhalla accept?

Dr. Bhalla is in network with 17 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, HCSC and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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