Dr. Suman Shekar, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 159
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 60
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,960
- Publications
- 9
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 1901 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42104
- Practice phone
- Call (270) 796-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Med Center Health Primary Care
Multi-specialty group site · Bowling Green, Kentucky
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Dr. Suman Shekar is a pediatrician in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Dr. Shekar practices at Med Center Health Primary Care in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Dr. Shekar's NPI, 1265750897, was assigned on May 6, 2010. Dr. Shekar holds Kentucky license 48337.
- NPI
- 1265750897NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9335465699
- NPI enumeration date
- May 6, 2010
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (270) 796-8000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 46
- Medical school graduation
- 2006
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Suman Shekar practices at Med Center Health Primary Care in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Dr. Shekar's primary practice is Med Center Health Primary Care, at 1901 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42104. The practice phone is (270) 796-8000.
- Med Center Health Primary Care1901 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42104Phone(270) 796-8000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Suman Shekar is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Shekar's primary practice is Med Center Health Primary Care in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Dr. Shekar is also affiliated with The Medical Center at Bowling Green. The medical group on file is Med Center Health.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Suman Shekar's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Shekar practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Med Center Health Primary Care | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Suman Shekar is one of 716 pediatricians in Kentucky
Pediatrics is Dr. Shekar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208000000X. Dr. Shekar is licensed in Kentucky.
Specialties and state licenses
- Pediatrics, KentuckyPrimary
Pediatricians near Dr. Shekar
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Suman Shekar billed Medicare for 159 services in 2024
CMS data shows 159 Medicare services from Dr. Shekar across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 60 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,919 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Shekar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1412024: 1391%
- Other services
- 2023: 382024: 2047%
Dr. Shekar compared with the Kentucky median for pediatricians, 2024
- Dr. Shekar
- Kentucky median
- Medicare services
- 159vs 164Close to median
- Medicare patients
- 60vs 12251% below
- Part D claims
- 1,516vs 2365.9 times
Medians across 113 pediatricians in Kentucky with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Shekar'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. Suman Shekar treated 60 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69
CMS counts 60 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shekar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 30 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 40% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.69, 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. Shekar's median patient age at 45, with 51% women.
Dr. Shekar's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Shekar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women3558%
- Men2542%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Shekar's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol73%
- Diabetes45%
- Arthritis38%
- Depression35%
- Heart failure35%
- Mood disorders35%
- Tobacco use32%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Shekar's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 45
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. Suman Shekar wrote 1,960 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Shekar wrote 1,960 Medicare Part D claims for 173 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,516 of them, across 49 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $154,218 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,078 claims across 38 drugs.
Dr. Shekar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,665 claims85%
- Brand-name281 claims14%
- Other14 claims1%
Dr. Shekar'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. Shekar's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics1%12 of 1,960 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: 1,0782024: 1,51641%
Drugs named by CMS: 49 in 2024, 38 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. Suman Shekar takes part in Medicare
Dr. Shekar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Suman Shekar has 9 publications on record
Dmand AI links 9 papers to Dr. Shekar, published from 2012 to 2022. 2022 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Dr. Shekar has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Shekar's most frequent co-authors are Avinash Aravantagi, MD, Kamakshya P. Patra, MBBS and Chaitra Gopinath.
Dr. Shekar's papers by year, 2012 to 2022
Topics Dr. Shekar writes about most
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Dr. Shekar's most frequent co-authors
- Avinash Aravantagi, MD3 shared papers
- Kamakshya P. Patra, MBBS2 shared papers
- Chaitra Gopinath1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Shekar
Solid State Nucl Magn Reson
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Suman Shekar received $697 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 40 general payments to Dr. Shekar from 17 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $183.
General payments to Dr. Shekar by program year, 2017 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Shekar the most, 2017 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Suman Shekar'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 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)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) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Suman Shekar's NPI number?
Dr. Suman Shekar's NPI number is 1265750897. It was assigned on May 6, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Suman Shekar?
Dr. Suman Shekar is a pediatrician in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pediatrics Physician (taxonomy code 208000000X).
Where does Dr. Suman Shekar practice?
Dr. Shekar practices at 1901 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42104. Dr. Shekar's primary practice is Med Center Health Primary Care in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
What is Dr. Suman Shekar's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Shekar is (270) 796-8000.
What is Dr. Suman Shekar's medical license number?
Dr. Shekar holds Kentucky license 48337.
Which hospitals is Dr. Suman Shekar affiliated with?
Dr. Shekar is affiliated with The Medical Center at Bowling Green.
What medical group is Dr. Suman Shekar part of?
Dr. Shekar is linked to Med Center Health.
Does Dr. Suman Shekar accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Shekar billed Medicare for 159 services in 2024, and Dr. Shekar accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Suman Shekar see?
CMS counts 60 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shekar in 2024, with an average age of 69.
What services does Dr. Suman Shekar bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Shekar's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and medicare service (G0439).
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What drugs does Dr. Suman Shekar prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Shekar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Levothyroxine Sodium and Gabapentin.
Has Dr. Suman Shekar received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $697 in general payments to Dr. Shekar from 17 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.
How long has Dr. Suman Shekar been practicing?
Dr. Shekar graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.
Does Dr. Suman Shekar do research?
Dmand AI links 9 publications to Dr. Shekar, published from 2012 to 2022.
Who does Dr. Suman Shekar publish with?
Dr. Shekar's most frequent co-authors are Avinash Aravantagi, MD (3 shared papers), Kamakshya P. Patra, MBBS (2 shared papers) and Chaitra Gopinath (1 shared paper).
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