Dr. Kunal Malhotra, MD

Dr. Malhotra practices at St Louis Dialysis Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Malhotra's NPI, 1720236904, was assigned on August 30, 2008. Dr. Malhotra holds Missouri license 2012003464.

Dr. Malhotra's primary practice is St Louis Dialysis Center, at 4950 Childrens Pl, Saint Louis, MO 63110 in Saint Louis City. The practice phone is (314) 534-0909.

Dr. Malhotra's primary practice is St Louis Dialysis Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Malhotra is also affiliated with SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital. The medical group on file is SLUCare Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Malhotra to 2 more dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Nephrology is Dr. Malhotra's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Malhotra is licensed in Missouri.

CMS data shows 453 Medicare services from Dr. Malhotra across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 201 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $36,076 for them.

CMS counts 201 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Malhotra in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 71 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.57, 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. Malhotra's median patient age at 68, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. Malhotra wrote 1,555 Medicare Part D claims for 183 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,451 of them, across 31 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $43,319 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,841 claims across 33 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Malhotra for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Malhotra accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 22 papers to Dr. Malhotra, published from 2012 to 2024. 2018 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Renal Dialysis, Acute Kidney Injury and Peritoneal Dialysis. Dr. Malhotra has published most often in Adv Perit Dial. Dr. Malhotra's most frequent co-authors are Jose I. Suarez, MD, Ramesh Khanna, MD and Farhan Siddiq, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 95 general payments to Dr. Malhotra from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 46% of the total. Relypsa, Inc. paid the most, $11,165.