Dr. Surendra B. Avula, MD

Dr. Avula practices at Cardiovascular Care Consultants S.C. in Oak Lawn, Illinois.

Dr. Avula's NPI, 1275526071, was assigned on August 26, 2005. Dr. Avula graduated from Guntur Medical College NTR in 1986. Dr. Avula holds Illinois license 036-082117.

Dr. Avula's primary practice is Cardiovascular Care Consultants S.C., at 4950 W 95th St, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 in Cook County. The practice phone is (708) 576-8150.

Dr. Avula's primary practice is Cardiovascular Care Consultants S.C. in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Dr. Avula is also affiliated with Advocate Christ Medical Center. The medical group on file is Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avula to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Avula practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Avula's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Avula is board certified in interventional cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Avula's licenses on file in 2 states: Illinois and Wisconsin.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease, chronic embolism thrombosis and chronic hypertension among the conditions Dr. Avula treats.

CMS data shows 2,076 Medicare services from Dr. Avula across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 716 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $172,947 for them.

CMS counts 716 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avula in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 293 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.76, 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. Avula's median patient age at 75, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Avula wrote 4,127 Medicare Part D claims for 579 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,859 of them, across 45 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $923,415 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,999 claims across 39 drugs.

Dr. Avula accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 51 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Avula, more than 84% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Avula, published from 2011 to 2017. The most frequent topics are Stents and Prosthesis Design. Dr. Avula's most frequent co-authors are Wayne B. Batchelor, MD, Hiram G. Bezerra, MD and James W. Choi, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Avula to 1 clinical trial. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Disease.

CMS Open Payments shows 551 general payments to Dr. Avula from 40 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education speaker fees make up the largest share, 40% of the total. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. paid the most, $92,807.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Avula, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Avula graduated from Guntur Medical College NTR in 1986. Dr. Avula is a member of ACC.

Dr. Avula is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and HCSC. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.