Dr. Abiram Bala, MD
- Medicare services, 2023
- 1,954
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 15
- Part D claims, 2024
- 117
- Publications
- 33
- MIPS score, 2024
- 81
- Practice address
- 4760 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
- Practice phone
- Call (323) 783-4011
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California
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Dr. Abiram Bala is an orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Bala practices at Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Bala's NPI, 1457715963, was assigned on April 11, 2016. Dr. Bala graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Bala holds California license A150564.
- NPI
- 1457715963NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2668860529
- NPI enumeration date
- April 11, 2016
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (323) 783-4011
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 36
- Medical school graduation
- 2016
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Abiram Bala practices at Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Bala's primary practice is Southern California Permanente Medical Group, at 4760 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (323) 783-4011.
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group4760 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(323) 783-4011
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Abiram Bala is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Bala's primary practice is Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Bala is also affiliated with Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. The medical group on file is Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bala to 1 more group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Abiram Bala's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bala practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Southern California Permanente Medical Group | 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. Abiram Bala is one of 2,056 orthopedic surgeons in California
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Bala's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Bala's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Massachusetts.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, CaliforniaPrimary
- Massachusetts license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists arthritis, bursitis, fluid in a joint, hip replacement, joint pain, knee injury, knee replacement and lower back pain among the conditions Dr. Bala treats.
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Bala
Counts of orthopedic surgeons 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. Abiram Bala billed Medicare for 1,954 services in 2023
CMS data shows 1,954 Medicare services from Dr. Bala across 13 procedure codes in 2023, for 15 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $164,056 for them.
Dr. Bala's Medicare services by type, 2022 to 2023
- 2022
- 2023
- Office and hospital visits
- 2022: 572023: 7441205%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2022: 02023: 587
- Imaging
- 2022: 342023: 3841029%
- Surgery
- 2022: 532023: 239351%
Where Dr. Bala's Medicare services took place, 2023
- In an office1,91598%
- In a facility392%
Dr. Bala compared with the California median for orthopedic surgeons, 2023
- Dr. Bala
- California median
- Medicare services
- 1,954vs 6832.9 times
- Medicare patients
- 15vs 21593% below
- Part D claims
- 76vs 709% above
Medians across 1,844 orthopedic surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Bala's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2023
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. Abiram Bala treated 15 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69
CMS counts 15 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bala in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 0 patients. 75% of them have arthritis. Their average risk score is 0.71, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bala's median patient age at 70, with 61% women.
Dr. Bala's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Chronic conditions among Dr. Bala's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Bala's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 70
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women61%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Abiram Bala wrote 117 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Bala wrote 117 Medicare Part D claims for 69 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 76 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $498 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 470 claims across 10 drugs.
Dr. Bala'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. Bala's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids22%26 of 117 claims
- Antibiotics9%11 of 117 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: 4702024: 7684%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 10 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. Abiram Bala scored 81 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Bala for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bala accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Bala's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 81of 100Final score
- 68.6of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 70of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Knee replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Abiram Bala has 33 publications on record
Dmand AI links 33 papers to Dr. Bala, published from 2015 to 2024. 2016 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Postoperative Complications, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee and Medicare. Dr. Bala has published most often in J Arthroplasty. Dr. Bala's most frequent co-authors are Derek Fakhredean Amanatullah, MD, Stuart Barry Goodman, MD, PhD and James Irvin Huddleston, MD.
Dr. Bala's papers by year, 2015 to 2024
Topics Dr. Bala writes about most
- Postoperative Complications
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Medicare
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Comorbidity
- Reoperation
- Knee Joint
- Venous Thrombosis
Dr. Bala's most frequent co-authors
- Derek Fakhredean Amanatullah, MD14 shared papers
- Stuart Barry Goodman, MD, PhD9 shared papers
- James Irvin Huddleston, MD8 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Bala
J Arthroplasty
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Abiram Bala received $14,153 in industry payments from 2019 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 53 general payments to Dr. Bala from 11 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 55% of the total. Evolution Surgical, Inc paid the most, $6,998.
General payments to Dr. Bala by program year, 2019 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Bala by kind, 2019 to 2025
- Education$7,74255%
- Consulting fees$2,50318%
- Food and beverage$2,40817%
- Honoraria$1,50011%
Companies that paid Dr. Bala the most, 2019 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Abiram Bala has 8 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 8 awards for Dr. Bala, most recently AAOS 2016, Top 3 Trauma Paper (co-author) in 2016.
Awards and honors for Dr. Bala
- 2016
- AAOS 2016, Top 3 Trauma Paper (co-author)
- Academic Award
- 2015
- 25th AAHKS Best Poster, Primary Knee (co-author)
- Duke Med Faculty Wives Scholarship
- President's Paper Award (co-author)
- Senior Merit Scholarship
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Abiram Bala graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine
Dr. Bala graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 2016.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Abiram Bala accepts plans from 7 insurance carriers
Dr. Bala is in network with 7 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Kaiser Permanente and LA Care. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Kaiser Permanente
- LA Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Molina
- CMS Medicare
Plan types Dr. Bala accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare6
- HMO4
- PPO3
- POS2
- EPO1
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Abiram Bala'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 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| 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. Abiram Bala's NPI number?
Dr. Abiram Bala's NPI number is 1457715963. It was assigned on April 11, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Abiram Bala?
Dr. Abiram Bala is an orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Abiram Bala practice?
Dr. Bala practices at 4760 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Dr. Bala's primary practice is Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bala to 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency, 1 ambulatory surgery center and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Abiram Bala's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Bala is (323) 783-4011.
What is Dr. Abiram Bala's medical license number?
Dr. Bala holds California license A150564, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Abiram Bala been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bala in California (2018 to 2026) and Massachusetts (2021 to 2023).
Which hospitals is Dr. Abiram Bala affiliated with?
Dr. Bala is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Abiram Bala part of?
Dr. Bala is linked to Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Bala to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Abiram Bala accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bala billed Medicare for 1,954 services in 2023, and Dr. Bala accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Abiram Bala's MIPS score?
Dr. Bala's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 81 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Abiram Bala see?
CMS counts 15 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bala in 2024, with an average age of 69.
What services does Dr. Abiram Bala bill to Medicare?
In 2023, Dr. Bala's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: bones and joints (20611).
Where did Dr. Abiram Bala go to medical school?
Dr. Bala graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 2016.
What drugs does Dr. Abiram Bala prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bala's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam and Oxycodone HCl.
Has Dr. Abiram Bala received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $14,153 in general payments to Dr. Bala from 11 companies from 2019 to 2025. The largest total came from Evolution Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Abiram Bala been practicing?
Dr. Bala graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.
Does Dr. Abiram Bala do research?
Dmand AI links 33 publications to Dr. Bala, published from 2015 to 2024.
Who does Dr. Abiram Bala publish with?
Dr. Bala's most frequent co-authors are Derek Fakhredean Amanatullah, MD (14 shared papers), Stuart Barry Goodman, MD, PhD (9 shared papers) and James Irvin Huddleston, MD (8 shared papers).
What insurance does Dr. Abiram Bala accept?
Dr. Bala is in network with 7 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Kaiser Permanente and LA Care. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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