Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan, MD

  • Stanford, CA
  • Internist
NPI1043317340PAC ID8921000704
Medicare services, 2024
196
Medicare patients, 2024
95
Part D claims, 2024
3,148
Publications
4
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
Practice phone
Call (650) 723-4000
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Primary practice

Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive

Hospital · Stanford, California

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Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan is an internist in Stanford, California

Dr. Niranjan practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University.

Dr. Niranjan's NPI, 1043317340, was assigned on September 20, 2006. Dr. Niranjan graduated from Kilpauk Medical College in 1995. Dr. Niranjan's Connecticut license number on file is 041070.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8921000704
NPI enumeration date
September 20, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(650) 723-4000
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
57
Medical school graduation
1995

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

Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California

Dr. Niranjan's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive, at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (650) 723-4000.

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Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Niranjan's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. The medical group on file is Stanford Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Niranjan to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Niranjan's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Niranjan practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur DriveAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan is one of 16,751 internists in California

Internal medicine is Dr. Niranjan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Niranjan is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Niranjan's licenses on file in 2 states: Connecticut and California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, ConnecticutPrimaryLicense 041070 · 2003 to 2025 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • California license2024 to 2026

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute sinusitis, acute skin infection, aneurysm, anxiety, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiomyopathy, carpal tunnel syndrome and chronic anemia among the conditions Dr. Niranjan treats.

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Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan billed Medicare for 196 services in 2024

CMS data shows 196 Medicare services from Dr. Niranjan across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 95 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $22,163 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024196
Medicare patients95
Paid by Medicare$22,163
Procedure codes5

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1552024: 10731%
Other services
2023: 812024: 749%
Tests and treatments
2023: 352024: 1557%

Dr. Niranjan compared with the California median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Niranjan
  • California median
Medicare services
196vs 36146% below
Medicare patients
95vs 15137% below
Part D claims
2,542vs 4216.0 times

Medians across 15,815 internists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Niranjan'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. Varalakshmi Niranjan treated 95 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 95 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Niranjan in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 38 patients. 63% of them have high cholesterol, and 60% have high blood pressure. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.95, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Niranjan's median patient age at 53, with 65% women.

Medicare patients, 202495
Average age72
Average risk score0.95
Also on Medicaid25%

Dr. Niranjan's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Niranjan's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7781%
  • Men1819%

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

  1. High cholesterol63%
  2. High blood pressure60%
  3. Arthritis31%
  4. Osteoporosis22%
  5. Anxiety19%
  6. Diabetes18%
  7. Ischemic heart disease18%
  8. Atrial fibrillation16%

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

Dr. Niranjan's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 53

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women65%
  • Men34%

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

Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan wrote 3,148 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Niranjan wrote 3,148 Medicare Part D claims for 412 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,542 of them, across 62 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $246,221 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,257 claims across 74 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,148
Drugs named by CMS62
Total drug cost$246,221
Part D patients412

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

  • Generic2,708 claims86%
  • Brand-name423 claims13%
  • Other17 claims1%

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

  • Opioids1%27 of 3,148 claims
  • Antibiotics2%60 of 3,148 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: 3,2572024: 2,54222%

Drugs named by CMS: 62 in 2024, 74 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. Varalakshmi Niranjan offers telehealth to Medicare patients

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan has 4 publications on record

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Niranjan, published from 2022 to 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Niranjan has published most often in Obes Pillars. Dr. Niranjan's most frequent co-authors are Priya Krishnan, MD, Jennifer A. Ozimek, MD and Amardeep Shrestha, MD.

Papers4
Years published2022 to 2024

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Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan received $146 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Dr. Niranjan from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $35.

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

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

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

Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan has 4 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 4 awards for Dr. Niranjan, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2014.

Awards and honors for Dr. Niranjan

  1. 2014
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
    • NCQA PCMH
    • NCQA PPC
  2. 2013
    • NCQA DRP

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan graduated from Kilpauk Medical College

Dr. Niranjan graduated from Kilpauk Medical College in 1995.

  1. Medical schoolKilpauk Medical College
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in obesity medicineAmerican Board of Obesity Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Niranjan is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +5 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Niranjan accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO8
  2. HMO7
  3. Medicare6
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand 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. Varalakshmi Niranjan's NPI number?

Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan's NPI number is 1043317340. It was assigned on September 20, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan?

Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan is an internist in Stanford, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan practice?

Dr. Niranjan practices at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305. Dr. Niranjan's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Niranjan to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Niranjan is (650) 723-4000.

What is Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan's medical license number?

Dr. Niranjan's Connecticut license number on file is 041070, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Niranjan in Connecticut (2003 to 2025) and California (2024 to 2026).

Which hospitals is Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan affiliated with?

Dr. Niranjan practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California. Dmand AI links Dr. Niranjan to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan part of?

Dr. Niranjan is linked to Stanford Health Care. Dmand AI links Dr. Niranjan to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Niranjan billed Medicare for 196 services in 2024, and Dr. Niranjan accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan offer telehealth?

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

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan see?

CMS counts 95 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Niranjan in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan board certified?

Yes. Dr. Niranjan is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Niranjan's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G0439) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan go to medical school?

Dr. Niranjan graduated from Kilpauk Medical College in 1995.

What drugs does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Niranjan's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Levothyroxine Sodium.

Has Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $146 in general payments to Dr. Niranjan from 6 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan been practicing?

Dr. Niranjan graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.

Does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan do research?

Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Niranjan, published from 2022 to 2024.

Who does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan publish with?

Dr. Niranjan's most frequent co-authors are Priya Krishnan, MD (1 shared paper), Jennifer A. Ozimek, MD (1 shared paper) and Amardeep Shrestha, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Varalakshmi Niranjan accept?

Dr. Niranjan is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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