Dr. Prerana Bhatia, MD

  • San Diego, CA
  • Cardiologist
NPI1225492382PAC ID7416336961
Medicare services, 2024
1,463
Medicare patients, 2024
913
Part D claims, 2024
3,008
Publications
11
MIPS score, 2024
91
Practice address
200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
Practice phone
Call (619) 543-6222
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Primary practice

UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center

San Diego, California

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Dr. Prerana Bhatia is a cardiologist in San Diego, California

Dr. Bhatia practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

Dr. Bhatia's NPI, 1225492382, was assigned on April 5, 2016. Dr. Bhatia graduated from University Of Minnesota Medical School in 2016. Dr. Bhatia's California license number on file is 152738.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7416336961
NPI enumeration date
April 5, 2016
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(619) 543-6222
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
36
Medical school graduation
2016

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

Dr. Prerana Bhatia practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California

Dr. Bhatia's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 543-6222.

  • UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center
    200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 · San Diego CountyPhone(619) 543-6222

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

Dr. Prerana Bhatia is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Bhatia's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Bhatia is also affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is UC San Diego Health.

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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. Prerana Bhatia's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UCSD Hillcrest Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Prerana Bhatia is one of 2,375 cardiologists in California

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Bhatia's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Bhatia is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Bhatia has a license on file in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Cardiovascular disease, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A152738 · 2017 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RC0000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, aortic atherosclerois, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, chronic hypertension, circulation problems and coronary artery disease among the conditions Dr. Bhatia treats.

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

Dr. Prerana Bhatia billed Medicare for 1,463 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,463 Medicare services from Dr. Bhatia across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 913 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $119,956 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,463
Medicare patients913
Paid by Medicare$119,956
Procedure codes19

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 6262024: 69311%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3842024: 66974%
Imaging
2023: 932024: 1019%

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

  • In an office79054%
  • In a facility67346%

Dr. Bhatia compared with the California median for cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Bhatia
  • California median
Medicare services
1,463vs 1,5606% below
Medicare patients
913vs 64442% above
Part D claims
2,772vs 1,41097% above

Medians across 2,237 cardiologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

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

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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

Dr. Prerana Bhatia treated 913 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 913 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhatia in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 372 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 26% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.19, 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. Bhatia's median patient age at 66, with 51% women.

Medicare patients, 2024913
Average age75
Average risk score2.19
Also on Medicaid26%

Dr. Bhatia's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Bhatia's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women46651%
  • Men44749%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Ischemic heart disease49%
  5. Heart failure42%
  6. Atrial fibrillation41%
  7. Chronic kidney disease38%
  8. Diabetes35%

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

Dr. Bhatia's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women51%
  • Men47%

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

Dr. Prerana Bhatia wrote 3,008 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Bhatia wrote 3,008 Medicare Part D claims for 531 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,772 of them, across 38 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $561,232 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,637 claims across 30 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,008
Drugs named by CMS38
Total drug cost$561,232
Part D patients531

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

  • Generic2,498 claims83%
  • Brand-name510 claims17%

Dr. Bhatia'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. Bhatia's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%22 of 3,008 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: 1,6372024: 2,77269%

Drugs named by CMS: 38 in 2024, 30 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. Prerana Bhatia scored 91 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Bhatia for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bhatia accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Bhatia as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Bhatia's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 91of 100Final score
  • 84.1of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Prerana Bhatia has 11 publications on record

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Bhatia, published from 2012 to 2021. 2018 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Defibrillators, Implantable, Device Removal and Echocardiography, Transesophageal. Dr. Bhatia has published most often in JACC Clin Electrophysiol. Dr. Bhatia's most frequent co-authors are Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD, Swapnil Khoche and Travis L. Pollema, DO.

Papers11
Years published2012 to 2021

Dr. Bhatia's papers by year, 2012 to 2021

Topics Dr. Bhatia writes about most

  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Device Removal
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Thrombosis

Dr. Bhatia's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Bhatia

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Dr. Prerana Bhatia received $1,636 in industry payments from 2021 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 21 general payments to Dr. Bhatia from 7 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $1,296.

General payments to Dr. Bhatia by program year, 2021 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Bhatia by kind, 2021 to 2024

$1.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$82751%
  • Travel and lodging$80849%

Companies that paid Dr. Bhatia the most, 2021 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Prerana Bhatia graduated from University Of Minnesota Medical School

Dr. Bhatia graduated from University Of Minnesota Medical School in 2016.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity Of Minnesota Medical School
  2. Board certified in cardiovascular diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Prerana Bhatia accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Dr. Bhatia is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Bhatia accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare10
  2. PPO10
  3. HMO8
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Prerana Bhatia'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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)
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. Prerana Bhatia's NPI number?

Dr. Prerana Bhatia's NPI number is 1225492382. It was assigned on April 5, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Prerana Bhatia?

Dr. Prerana Bhatia is a cardiologist in San Diego, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).

Where does Dr. Prerana Bhatia practice?

Dr. Bhatia practices at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103. Dr. Bhatia's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

What is Dr. Prerana Bhatia's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bhatia is (619) 543-6222.

What is Dr. Prerana Bhatia's medical license number?

Dr. Bhatia's California license number on file is 152738.

Which hospitals is Dr. Prerana Bhatia affiliated with?

Dr. Bhatia is affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Prerana Bhatia part of?

Dr. Bhatia is linked to UC San Diego Health.

Does Dr. Prerana Bhatia accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bhatia billed Medicare for 1,463 services in 2024, and Dr. Bhatia accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Prerana Bhatia offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. Prerana Bhatia's MIPS score?

Dr. Bhatia's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 91 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Prerana Bhatia see?

CMS counts 913 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bhatia in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Prerana Bhatia board certified?

Yes. Dr. Bhatia is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Prerana Bhatia bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Bhatia's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93306), office visit, established patient (99214) and diagnostic imaging (76376).

Where did Dr. Prerana Bhatia go to medical school?

Dr. Bhatia graduated from University Of Minnesota Medical School in 2016.

What drugs does Dr. Prerana Bhatia prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bhatia's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Metoprolol Succinate and Amlodipine Besylate.

Has Dr. Prerana Bhatia received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,636 in general payments to Dr. Bhatia from 7 companies from 2021 to 2024. The largest total came from Abbott Laboratories.

How long has Dr. Prerana Bhatia been practicing?

Dr. Bhatia graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.

Does Dr. Prerana Bhatia do research?

Dmand AI links 11 publications to Dr. Bhatia, published from 2012 to 2021.

Who does Dr. Prerana Bhatia publish with?

Dr. Bhatia's most frequent co-authors are Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD (3 shared papers), Swapnil Khoche (3 shared papers) and Travis L. Pollema, DO (3 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Prerana Bhatia accept?

Dr. Bhatia is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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