Dr. Guita Balakhane, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,645
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 61
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,598
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Industry payments
- $3,123
- Practice address
- 8635 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048
- Practice phone
- Call (310) 659-9408
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Tower Outpatient Surgery Center
Los Angeles, California
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Dr. Guita Balakhane is a nephrologist in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Balakhane practices at Tower Outpatient Surgery Center in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Balakhane's NPI, 1326027806, was assigned on January 12, 2006. Dr. Balakhane graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 1987. Dr. Balakhane holds California license G63871.
- NPI
- 1326027806NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7113083775
- NPI enumeration date
- January 12, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (310) 659-9408
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 65
- Medical school graduation
- 1987
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Guita Balakhane practices at Tower Outpatient Surgery Center in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Balakhane's primary practice is Tower Outpatient Surgery Center, at 8635 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (310) 659-9408.
- Tower Outpatient Surgery Center8635 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(310) 659-9408
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Guita Balakhane is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Balakhane's primary practice is Tower Outpatient Surgery Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Balakhane is also affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The medical group on file is Holistic Medical. Dmand AI also links Dr. Balakhane to 2 more group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Guita Balakhane's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Balakhane practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Tower Outpatient Surgery Center | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Guita Balakhane is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California
Nephrology is Dr. Balakhane's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Balakhane is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute gastroduodenitis, acute kidney failure, aneurysm, anxiety, arthritis, asthma, atrial fibrillation and flutter and chronic anemia among the conditions Dr. Balakhane treats.
Nephrologists near Dr. Balakhane
Counts of nephrologists 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. Guita Balakhane billed Medicare for 1,645 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,645 Medicare services from Dr. Balakhane across 34 procedure codes in 2024, for 61 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $67,373 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Balakhane's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 3032024: 665119%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 7662024: 62618%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4592024: 30134%
- Surgery
- 2023: 612024: 5313%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 382024: 0100%
- Imaging
- 2023: 242024: 0100%
- Other services
- 2023: 352024: 0100%
Dr. Balakhane compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Balakhane
- California median
- Medicare services
- 1,645vs 1,08452% above
- Medicare patients
- 61vs 30780% below
- Part D claims
- 1,245vs 95530% above
Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Balakhane'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. Guita Balakhane treated 61 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 61 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Balakhane in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 25 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have diabetes. 67% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.84, 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. Balakhane's median patient age at 71, with 52% women.
Dr. Balakhane's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Balakhane's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women3456%
- Men2744%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Balakhane's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- Diabetes75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease52%
- Mood disorders48%
- Depression44%
- Anxiety43%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Balakhane'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
- Women52%
- Men45%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Guita Balakhane wrote 1,598 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Balakhane wrote 1,598 Medicare Part D claims for 63 patients. 75% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,245 of them, across 61 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $297,587 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,346 claims across 60 drugs.
Dr. Balakhane's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,194 claims75%
- Brand-name404 claims25%
Dr. Balakhane'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. Balakhane's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids4%64 of 1,598 claims
- Antibiotics2%28 of 1,598 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over2%25 of 1,598 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: 1,3462024: 1,2458%
Drugs named by CMS: 61 in 2024, 60 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
How Dr. Guita Balakhane takes part in Medicare
Dr. Balakhane accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Guita Balakhane received $3,123 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 100 general payments to Dr. Balakhane from 29 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. paid the most, $715.
General payments to Dr. Balakhane by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Balakhane by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$3,07899%
- Education$451%
Companies that paid Dr. Balakhane the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Guita Balakhane graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia
Dr. Balakhane graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 1987.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Guita Balakhane accepts plans from 6 insurance carriers
Dr. Balakhane is in network with 6 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Regence Health Plans
- CMS Medicare
Plan types Dr. Balakhane accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare5
- PPO5
- HMO2
- EPO1
- POS1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Guita Balakhane'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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) |
| 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. Guita Balakhane's NPI number?
Dr. Guita Balakhane's NPI number is 1326027806. It was assigned on January 12, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Guita Balakhane?
Dr. Guita Balakhane is a nephrologist in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Guita Balakhane practice?
Dr. Balakhane practices at 8635 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Dr. Balakhane's primary practice is Tower Outpatient Surgery Center in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Balakhane to 2 group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Guita Balakhane's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Balakhane is (310) 659-9408.
What is Dr. Guita Balakhane's medical license number?
Dr. Balakhane holds California license G63871.
Which hospitals is Dr. Guita Balakhane affiliated with?
Dr. Balakhane is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Guita Balakhane part of?
Dr. Balakhane is linked to Holistic Medical. Dmand AI links Dr. Balakhane to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Guita Balakhane accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Balakhane billed Medicare for 1,645 services in 2024, and Dr. Balakhane accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Guita Balakhane see?
CMS counts 61 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Balakhane in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Guita Balakhane bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Balakhane's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), physical therapy and rehabilitation (97530) and physical therapy and rehabilitation (97112).
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Where did Dr. Guita Balakhane go to medical school?
Dr. Balakhane graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 1987.
What drugs does Dr. Guita Balakhane prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Balakhane's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ozempic, Levothyroxine Sodium and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Guita Balakhane received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $3,123 in general payments to Dr. Balakhane from 29 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
How long has Dr. Guita Balakhane been practicing?
Dr. Balakhane graduated from medical school in 1987, 39 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Guita Balakhane accept?
Dr. Balakhane is in network with 6 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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