Dr. Swathi Ponnathota, MD

Dr. Ponnathota practices at Adventist Health Castle in Kailua, Hawaii, part of Adventist Health.

Dr. Ponnathota's NPI, 1437595527, was assigned on May 15, 2013. Dr. Ponnathota holds Arizona license 56428.

Dr. Ponnathota's primary practice is Adventist Health Castle, at 640 Ulukahiki St, Kailua, HI 96734 in Honolulu County. The practice phone is (808) 263-5015.

Dr. Ponnathota's primary practice is Adventist Health Castle in Kailua, Hawaii, part of Adventist Health. The medical group on file is Adventist Health Castle Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ponnathota to 1 more home health agency, named with a free account. Dr. Ponnathota's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Ponnathota's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Ponnathota is licensed in Arizona.

CMS data shows 116 Medicare services from Dr. Ponnathota across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 72 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,337 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 72 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ponnathota in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 37 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 69% have high cholesterol. 56% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.83, 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. Ponnathota's median patient age at 67, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ponnathota wrote 941 Medicare Part D claims for 269 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 584 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $53,418 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 7,233 claims across 121 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 124 general payments to Dr. Ponnathota from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $337.