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Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi, MD
NPI1821369877PAC ID0244583482
- Medicare services, 2024
- 240
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 171
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,551
- Publications
- 1
- Industry payments
- $2,342
- Practice address
- 700 W 19th St, Ste A&B, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
- Practice phone
- Call (949) 433-6686
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa Mesa
FQHC Look-Alike (No Federal Grant) · Costa Mesa, California
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Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi is an internist in Costa Mesa, California
Dr. Gandhi practices at Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa Mesa in Costa Mesa, California.
Dr. Gandhi's NPI, 1821369877, was assigned on January 23, 2012. Dr. Gandhi graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2016. Dr. Gandhi holds California license A122756.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1821369877NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0244583482
- NPI enumeration date
- January 23, 2012
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (949) 433-6686
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 41
- Medical school graduation
- 2016
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi practices at Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa Mesa in Costa Mesa, California
Dr. Gandhi's primary practice is Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa Mesa, at 700 W 19th St, Ste A&B, Costa Mesa, CA 92627. The practice phone is (949) 433-6686.
- Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa Mesa700 W 19th St, Ste A&B, Costa Mesa, CA 92627Phone(949) 433-6686
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 4 medical groups
Dr. Gandhi's primary practice is Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa Mesa in Costa Mesa, California. The medical group on file is Lakeside Community Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gandhi to 3 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa MesaPrimary
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gandhi practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa Mesa | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 3 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi is one of 16,751 internists in California
Internal medicine is Dr. Gandhi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Gandhi is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, CaliforniaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, chronic diabetes, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, high cholesterol, joint arthropathy, joint pain, lower back pain and obesity among the conditions Dr. Gandhi treats.
Internists near Dr. Gandhi
Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi billed Medicare for 240 services in 2024
CMS data shows 240 Medicare services from Dr. Gandhi across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 171 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,103 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Medicare services, 2024240
Medicare patients171
Paid by Medicare$12,103
Procedure codes3
Dr. Gandhi's Medicare services by type, 2022 to 2024
- 2022
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2022: 122024: 2401900%
Dr. Gandhi compared with the California median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Gandhi
- California median
- Medicare services
- 240vs 36134% below
- Medicare patients
- 171vs 15113% above
- Part D claims
- 1,196vs 4212.8 times
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Dr. Gandhi'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. Kumar S. Gandhi treated 171 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 171 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gandhi in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 60 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have mood disorders. Their average risk score is 2.87, 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. Gandhi's median patient age at 52, with 63% women.
Medicare patients, 2024171
Average age75
Average risk score2.87
Dr. Gandhi's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Gandhi's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women8650%
- Men8550%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Gandhi's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- Mood disorders74%
- High cholesterol73%
- Depression71%
- Diabetes64%
- Alzheimer's and dementia60%
- Arthritis58%
- Anxiety57%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Gandhi's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 52
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women63%
- Men36%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi wrote 1,551 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Gandhi wrote 1,551 Medicare Part D claims for 238 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,196 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $66,328 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,917 claims across 49 drugs.
Part D claims, 20241,551
Drugs named by CMS27
Total drug cost$66,328
Part D patients238
Dr. Gandhi's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,339 claims86%
- Brand-name192 claims12%
- Other20 claims1%
Dr. Gandhi'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. Gandhi's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics1%14 of 1,551 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: 2,9172024: 1,19659%
Drugs named by CMS: 27 in 2024, 49 in 2023.
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. Kumar S. Gandhi offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Gandhi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Gandhi as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Gandhi in 2012. Dr. Gandhi's most frequent co-author is Erin Tiffany Fletcher, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Gandhi's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Gandhi
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi received $2,342 in industry payments from 2018 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 78 general payments to Dr. Gandhi from 21 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $595.
General payments to Dr. Gandhi by program year, 2018 to 2024
Companies that paid Dr. Gandhi the most, 2018 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Dr. Gandhi graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2016.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers
Dr. Gandhi is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Elevance. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- United Healthcare
- Elevance
- Alliant Health Plans
- HCSC
- Molina
- Aspirus Health Plan
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
- +5 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Gandhi accepts, by number of carriers
- HMO7
- PPO6
- EPO4
- Medicare4
- POS4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi's NPI number?
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi's NPI number is 1821369877. It was assigned on January 23, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi?
Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi is an internist in Costa Mesa, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi practice?
Dr. Gandhi practices at 700 W 19th St, Ste A&B, Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Dr. Gandhi's primary practice is Celebrating Life Community Health Center - Costa Mesa in Costa Mesa, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gandhi to 3 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Gandhi is (949) 433-6686.
What is Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi's medical license number?
Dr. Gandhi holds California license A122756.
What medical group is Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi part of?
Dr. Gandhi is linked to Lakeside Community Healthcare. Dmand AI links Dr. Gandhi to 3 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Gandhi billed Medicare for 240 services in 2024, and Dr. Gandhi accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Gandhi as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi see?
CMS counts 171 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gandhi in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Gandhi's most billed Medicare services were nursing facility care (99307), nursing facility care (99308) and nursing facility care (99304).
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Where did Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi go to medical school?
Dr. Gandhi graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2016.
What drugs does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Gandhi's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Lisinopril and Levothyroxine Sodium.
Has Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,342 in general payments to Dr. Gandhi from 21 companies from 2018 to 2024. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
How long has Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi been practicing?
Dr. Gandhi graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.
Does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Gandhi.
Who does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi publish with?
Dr. Gandhi's most frequent co-authors are Erin Tiffany Fletcher, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Kumar S. Gandhi accept?
Dr. Gandhi is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Elevance. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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