Dr. Pragya B. Gupta, MD

Dr. Gupta practices at Palomar Surgical Center, Inc in Escondido, California.

Dr. Gupta's NPI, 1740243609, was assigned on April 10, 2006. Dr. Gupta graduated from RG Kar Medical College Calcutta in 1985. Dr. Gupta holds California license C152074.

Dr. Gupta's primary practice is Palomar Surgical Center, Inc, at 255 N Elm St, Escondido, CA 92025 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (760) 489-1876.

Dr. Gupta's primary practice is Palomar Surgical Center, Inc in Escondido, California. The medical group on file is Synovation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gupta to 2 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gupta practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional pain medicine is Dr. Gupta's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208VP0014X. Dr. Gupta is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dmand AI has Dr. Gupta's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Kentucky and Massachusetts.

Dmand AI lists back pain injection, lower back pain, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain and spinal stenosis among the conditions Dr. Gupta treats.

CMS data shows 371 Medicare services from Dr. Gupta across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 166 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $22,472 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 166 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gupta in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 63 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 35% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gupta's median patient age at 62, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gupta wrote 2,716 Medicare Part D claims for 581 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,597 of them, across 30 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $114,614 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,208 claims across 35 drugs.

Dr. Gupta accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Gupta in 2025. 2025 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Gupta's most frequent co-authors are Kee D. Kim, MD, Kasra Amirdelfan, MD and James Scott Bainbridge, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Gupta to 9 clinical trials, 4 of them phase 2 studies. Conditions studied include Osteoarthritis, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 and Headache. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Gupta that name 3 trials.

CMS Open Payments shows 265 general payments to Dr. Gupta from 39 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $1,528. It also lists 36 research payments totaling $385,869 from 2016 to 2023, naming 3 clinical trials.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Gupta, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2012.

Dr. Gupta graduated from RG Kar Medical College Calcutta in 1985. Dr. Gupta is a member of AAPM, American Academy of Physician in Clinical Research, American Association of Regional Anesthesia, American Neuromodulation Society and Spina Intervention Society.

Dr. Gupta is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.