Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal, MD

  • Durham, NC
  • Cardiologist
NPI1134391253PAC ID0143461681
Medicare services, 2024
422
Medicare patients, 2024
151
Part D claims, 2024
1,803
Publications
98
Clinical trials
9
Practice address
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Practice phone
Call (919) 684-8111
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Primary practice

Duke University Hospital

Hospital · Durham, North Carolina

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Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal is a cardiologist in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Rajagopal practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University.

Dr. Rajagopal's NPI, 1134391253, was assigned on March 28, 2008. Dr. Rajagopal holds North Carolina license 2009-01799.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0143461681
NPI enumeration date
March 28, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(919) 684-8111
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Sex
Male
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. Sudarshan Rajagopal practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Rajagopal's primary practice is Duke University Hospital, at 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705 in Durham County. The practice phone is (919) 684-8111.

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Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Rajagopal's primary practice is Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University. The medical group on file is Duke Health Integrated Practice. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rajagopal to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Rajagopal practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Duke University HospitalAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal is one of 726 cardiologists in North Carolina

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Rajagopal's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Rajagopal is licensed in North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Cardiovascular disease, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 2009-01799 · taxonomy 207RC0000X

Cardiologists near Dr. Rajagopal

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal billed Medicare for 422 services in 2024

CMS data shows 422 Medicare services from Dr. Rajagopal across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 151 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $21,680 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024422
Medicare patients151
Paid by Medicare$21,680
Procedure codes8

Dr. Rajagopal's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3142024: 3254%
Other services
2023: 02024: 97

Dr. Rajagopal compared with the North Carolina median for cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Rajagopal
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
422vs 1,71075% below
Medicare patients
151vs 75380% below
Part D claims
1,681vs 1,87911% below

Medians across 724 cardiologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Rajagopal's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal treated 151 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 151 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rajagopal in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 56 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.45, 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. Rajagopal's median patient age at 71, with 60% women.

Medicare patients, 2024151
Average age72
Average risk score2.45
Also on Medicaid11%

Dr. Rajagopal's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Rajagopal's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women9362%
  • Men5838%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Rajagopal's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol74%
  3. Heart failure71%
  4. Arthritis54%
  5. Chronic kidney disease50%
  6. Ischemic heart disease50%
  7. Atrial fibrillation48%
  8. COPD46%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Rajagopal's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women60%
  • Men39%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal wrote 1,803 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Rajagopal wrote 1,803 Medicare Part D claims for 130 patients. 47% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,681 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $12,093,701 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,412 claims across 26 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,803
Drugs named by CMS27
Total drug cost$12.1M
Part D patients130

Dr. Rajagopal's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic852 claims47%
  • Brand-name951 claims53%

Dr. Rajagopal'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,4122024: 1,68119%

Drugs named by CMS: 27 in 2024, 26 in 2023.

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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

Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal offers telehealth to Medicare patients

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal has 98 publications on record

Dmand AI links 98 papers to Dr. Rajagopal, published from 2010 to 2025. 2018 was the busiest year, with 11. The most frequent topics are Hypertension, Pulmonary, Signal Transduction and beta-Arrestins. Dr. Rajagopal has published most often in Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Dr. Rajagopal's most frequent co-authors are Robert Lefkowitz, MD, Kishan S. Parikh, MD and Yen-Rei Andrea Yu, MD, PhD.

Papers98
Years published2010 to 2025

Dr. Rajagopal's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Rajagopal writes about most

  • Hypertension, Pulmonary
  • Signal Transduction
  • beta-Arrestins
  • Ligands
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Echocardiography

Dr. Rajagopal's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Rajagopal

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal has worked on 9 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Rajagopal to 9 clinical trials, 5 of them phase 2 studies. 2 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Hypertension, Pulmonary, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Hypertension. Bastiaan Driehuys sponsors the most, 4. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Rajagopal that name 1 trial.

Clinical trials with Dr. Rajagopal by phase

  1. NonePhase 1: no trials
  2. 5Phase 2: 5 trials
  3. 1Phase 2/3: 1 trial
  4. 1Phase 3: 1 trial
  5. NonePhase 4: no trials

Conditions in Dr. Rajagopal's trials

  • Hypertension, Pulmonary
  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  • Hypertension
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial
  • Emphysema

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Rajagopal

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Rajagopal

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Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal received $179,098 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 298 general payments to Dr. Rajagopal from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 84% of the total. United Therapeutics Corporation paid the most, $66,791. It also lists 5 research payments totaling $1,087 in 2018, naming 1 clinical trial.

General payments to Dr. Rajagopal by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Rajagopal by kind, 2016 to 2025

$179.1Kin total
  • Consulting fees$151,06584%
  • Travel and lodging$19,64611%
  • Food and beverage$8,3645%
  • Education$230%

Companies that paid Dr. Rajagopal the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal's NPI number?

Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal's NPI number is 1134391253. It was assigned on March 28, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal?

Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal is a cardiologist in Durham, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).

Where does Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal practice?

Dr. Rajagopal practices at 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705. Dr. Rajagopal's primary practice is Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rajagopal to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Rajagopal is (919) 684-8111.

What is Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal's medical license number?

Dr. Rajagopal holds North Carolina license 2009-01799.

Which hospitals is Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal affiliated with?

Dr. Rajagopal practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

What medical group is Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal part of?

Dr. Rajagopal is linked to Duke Health Integrated Practice. Dmand AI links Dr. Rajagopal to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Rajagopal billed Medicare for 422 services in 2024, and Dr. Rajagopal accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Rajagopal as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal see?

CMS counts 151 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rajagopal in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Rajagopal's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G2211) and hospital inpatient care (99231).

What drugs does Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Rajagopal's most prescribed drugs by claims were Opsumit, Tadalafil and Jardiance.

Has Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $179,098 in general payments to Dr. Rajagopal from 10 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from United Therapeutics Corporation.

How long has Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal been practicing?

Dr. Rajagopal graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.

Does Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal do research?

Dmand AI links 98 publications to Dr. Rajagopal, published from 2010 to 2025. Dr. Rajagopal has worked on 9 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Sudarshan Rajagopal publish with?

Dr. Rajagopal's most frequent co-authors are Robert Lefkowitz, MD (7 shared papers), Kishan S. Parikh, MD (7 shared papers) and Yen-Rei Andrea Yu, MD, PhD (7 shared papers).

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