Dr. Vinay A. Sunku, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,213
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 279
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,392
- MIPS score, 2024
- 100
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 43932 15th Street, Suite #103, Lancaster, CA 93534
- Practice phone
- Call (661) 945-7755
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Antelope Valley Kidney Institute
Dialysis Center - Hospital-Based · Lancaster, California
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Dr. Vinay A. Sunku is a nephrologist in Lancaster, California
Dr. Sunku practices at Antelope Valley Kidney Institute in Lancaster, California.
Dr. Sunku's NPI, 1326039405, was assigned on October 28, 2005. Dr. Sunku graduated from Bangalore Medical College in 1982. Dr. Sunku holds California license A54362.
- NPI
- 1326039405NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8921006032
- NPI enumeration date
- October 28, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (661) 945-7755
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 70
- Medical school graduation
- 1982
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Vinay A. Sunku practices at Antelope Valley Kidney Institute in Lancaster, California
Dr. Sunku's primary practice is Antelope Valley Kidney Institute, at 43932 15th Street, Suite #103, Lancaster, CA 93534 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (661) 945-7755.
- Antelope Valley Kidney Institute43932 15th Street, Suite #103, Lancaster, CA 93534 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(661) 945-7755
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Vinay A. Sunku is affiliated with 4 sites of care
Dr. Sunku's primary practice is Antelope Valley Kidney Institute in Lancaster, California. Dr. Sunku is also affiliated with Antelope Valley Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sunku to 2 more hospitals, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Vinay A. Sunku's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sunku practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Antelope Valley Kidney Institute | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Vinay A. Sunku is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California
Nephrology is Dr. Sunku's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sunku's licenses on file in 2 states: California and New York.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimary
- New York license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease and fluid and electrolyte imbalances among the conditions Dr. Sunku treats.
Nephrologists near Dr. Sunku
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. Vinay A. Sunku billed Medicare for 2,213 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,213 Medicare services from Dr. Sunku across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 279 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $265,747 for them.
Dr. Sunku's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,8292024: 1,6848%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 7672024: 52931%
Where Dr. Sunku's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,04847%
- In a facility1,16553%
Dr. Sunku compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Sunku
- California median
- Medicare services
- 2,213vs 1,0842.0 times
- Medicare patients
- 279vs 3079% below
- Part D claims
- 1,188vs 95524% above
Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Sunku'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. Vinay A. Sunku treated 279 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 279 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sunku in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 112 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 59% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.71, 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. Sunku's median patient age at 66, with 51% women.
Dr. Sunku's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Sunku's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women14151%
- Men13849%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Sunku's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes70%
- Arthritis51%
- Heart failure43%
- Ischemic heart disease39%
- COPD36%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Sunku's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 66
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men49%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Vinay A. Sunku wrote 1,392 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Sunku wrote 1,392 Medicare Part D claims for 159 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,188 of them, across 34 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $289,248 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,176 claims across 36 drugs.
Dr. Sunku's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,073 claims77%
- Brand-name and other319 claims23%
Dr. Sunku'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.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,1762024: 1,1881%
Drugs named by CMS: 34 in 2024, 36 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. Vinay A. Sunku scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Sunku for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Sunku accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Sunku as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Sunku's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 100of 100Final score
- 91.6of 100Quality
- 97of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
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. Vinay A. Sunku received $1,191 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 39 general payments to Dr. Sunku from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid the most, $253.
General payments to Dr. Sunku by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Sunku by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$94279%
- Speaker and faculty fees$22519%
- Education$252%
Companies that paid Dr. Sunku 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. Vinay A. Sunku graduated from Bangalore Medical College
Dr. Sunku graduated from Bangalore Medical College in 1982.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Vinay A. Sunku accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers
Dr. Sunku is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Molina
- Regence Health Plans
- +8 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Sunku accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO9
- HMO8
- Medicare8
- EPO4
- POS4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Vinay A. Sunku'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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. Vinay A. Sunku's NPI number?
Dr. Vinay A. Sunku's NPI number is 1326039405. It was assigned on October 28, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Vinay A. Sunku?
Dr. Vinay A. Sunku is a nephrologist in Lancaster, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Vinay A. Sunku practice?
Dr. Sunku practices at 43932 15th Street, Suite #103, Lancaster, CA 93534. Dr. Sunku's primary practice is Antelope Valley Kidney Institute in Lancaster, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sunku to 2 hospitals.
What is Dr. Vinay A. Sunku's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Sunku is (661) 945-7755.
What is Dr. Vinay A. Sunku's medical license number?
Dr. Sunku holds California license A54362, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Vinay A. Sunku been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Sunku in California (1995 to 2027) and New York (1993 to 1997).
Which hospitals is Dr. Vinay A. Sunku affiliated with?
Dr. Sunku is affiliated with Antelope Valley Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Sunku to 2 more hospitals.
Does Dr. Vinay A. Sunku accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sunku billed Medicare for 2,213 services in 2024, and Dr. Sunku accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Vinay A. Sunku offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Sunku as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Vinay A. Sunku's MIPS score?
Dr. Sunku's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported individually.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Vinay A. Sunku see?
CMS counts 279 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sunku in 2024, with an average age of 72.
What services does Dr. Vinay A. Sunku bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Sunku's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), office visit, established patient (99214) and hospital inpatient care (99233).
Where did Dr. Vinay A. Sunku go to medical school?
Dr. Sunku graduated from Bangalore Medical College in 1982.
What drugs does Dr. Vinay A. Sunku prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Sunku's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amlodipine Besylate, Furosemide and Jardiance.
Has Dr. Vinay A. Sunku received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,191 in general payments to Dr. Sunku from 14 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
How long has Dr. Vinay A. Sunku been practicing?
Dr. Sunku graduated from medical school in 1982, 44 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Vinay A. Sunku accept?
Dr. Sunku is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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