Dr. Varun Sharma Choudry, MD

Dr. Choudry practices at Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana.

Dr. Choudry's NPI, 1073740015, was assigned on June 17, 2009. Dr. Choudry holds Louisiana license MD.204998.

Dr. Choudry's primary practice is Lakeview Regional Medical Center, at 95 Judge Tanner Blvd, Covington, LA 70433 in Saint Tammany Parish. The practice phone is (504) 503-4000.

Dr. Choudry's primary practice is Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana. Dr. Choudry is also affiliated with East Jefferson General Hospital. The medical group on file is East Jefferson Physicians Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Choudry to 1 more group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 skilled nursing facility, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Choudry practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Dr. Choudry's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Choudry is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Choudry is licensed in Louisiana.

CMS data shows 470 Medicare services from Dr. Choudry across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 161 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $34,780 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 161 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Choudry in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 55 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 23% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.64, 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. Choudry's median patient age at 78, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Choudry wrote 424 Medicare Part D claims for 183 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 167 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $12,271 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 199 claims across 11 drugs.

Dr. Choudry accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 26 general payments to Dr. Choudry from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 59% of the total. Marco Ophthalmic, Inc. paid the most, $333.