Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan, MD

  • Charlotte, NC
  • Internist
NPI1205853991PAC ID7810986932
Medicare services, 2024
1,148
Medicare patients, 2024
400
Part D claims, 2024
771
Clinical trials
1
MIPS score, 2024
94
Practice address
10628 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210
Practice phone
Call (704) 379-5000
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Primary practice

Atrium Health Pineville

Hospital · Charlotte, North Carolina

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Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan is an internist in Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Gopalakrishnan practices at Atrium Health Pineville in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Advocate Health.

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's NPI, 1205853991, was assigned on July 17, 2006. Dr. Gopalakrishnan holds North Carolina license 200201362.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7810986932
NPI enumeration date
July 17, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(704) 379-5000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
60
Medical school graduation
1992

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan practices at Atrium Health Pineville in Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's primary practice is Atrium Health Pineville, at 10628 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210 in Mecklenburg County. The practice phone is (704) 379-5000.

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Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's primary practice is Atrium Health Pineville in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Advocate Health. Dr. Gopalakrishnan is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Atrium Health Cleveland Imaging. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gopalakrishnan to 3 more hospitals, 1 clinical lab, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Atrium Health PinevilleAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan is one of 3,705 internists in North Carolina

Internal medicine is Dr. Gopalakrishnan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Gopalakrishnan is licensed in North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 200201362 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Internists near Dr. Gopalakrishnan

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

Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan billed Medicare for 1,148 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,148 Medicare services from Dr. Gopalakrishnan across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 400 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $84,436 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,148
Medicare patients400
Paid by Medicare$84,436
Procedure codes6

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8882024: 1,14829%

Where Dr. Gopalakrishnan's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office262%
  • In a facility1,12298%

Dr. Gopalakrishnan compared with the North Carolina median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Gopalakrishnan
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
1,148vs 5212.2 times
Medicare patients
400vs 1852.2 times
Part D claims
457vs 27268% above

Medians across 3,695 internists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Gopalakrishnan'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. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan treated 400 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 400 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gopalakrishnan in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 161 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.65, 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. Gopalakrishnan's median patient age at 75, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024400
Average age77
Average risk score2.65
Also on Medicaid13%

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women19850%
  • Men20251%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Chronic kidney disease53%
  4. Ischemic heart disease53%
  5. Arthritis52%
  6. Heart failure51%
  7. Mood disorders48%
  8. Diabetes47%

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

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men45%

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

Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan wrote 771 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Gopalakrishnan wrote 771 Medicare Part D claims for 230 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 457 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $30,020 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 403 claims across 21 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024771
Drugs named by CMS19
Total drug cost$30,020
Part D patients230

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

  • Generic698 claims91%
  • Brand-name and other73 claims9%

Dr. Gopalakrishnan'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. Gopalakrishnan's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids5%40 of 771 claims
  • Antibiotics10%75 of 771 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: 4032024: 45713%

Drugs named by CMS: 19 in 2024, 21 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. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Gopalakrishnan for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Gopalakrishnan accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Gopalakrishnan as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 94of 100Final score
  • 81.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Gopalakrishnan to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Alzheimer Disease and Tauopathies.

Conditions in Dr. Gopalakrishnan's trials

  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Tauopathies

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Gopalakrishnan

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Gopalakrishnan

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Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan received $1,778 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023

CMS Open Payments shows 26 general payments to Dr. Gopalakrishnan from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Janssen Research & Development, LLC paid the most, $1,380.

General payments to Dr. Gopalakrishnan by program year, 2016 to 2023

General payments to Dr. Gopalakrishnan by kind, 2016 to 2023

$1.8Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$1,12863%
  • Food and beverage$65037%

Companies that paid Dr. Gopalakrishnan the most, 2016 to 2023

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. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
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. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan's NPI number?

Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan's NPI number is 1205853991. It was assigned on July 17, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan?

Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan is an internist in Charlotte, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan practice?

Dr. Gopalakrishnan practices at 10628 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210. Dr. Gopalakrishnan's primary practice is Atrium Health Pineville in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Advocate Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gopalakrishnan to 3 hospitals, 1 clinical lab, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Gopalakrishnan is (704) 379-5000.

What is Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan's medical license number?

Dr. Gopalakrishnan holds North Carolina license 200201362.

Which hospitals is Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan affiliated with?

Dr. Gopalakrishnan practices at Atrium Health Pineville in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Gopalakrishnan is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Gopalakrishnan to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan part of?

Dr. Gopalakrishnan is linked to Atrium Health Cleveland Imaging. Dmand AI links Dr. Gopalakrishnan to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Gopalakrishnan billed Medicare for 1,148 services in 2024, and Dr. Gopalakrishnan accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan's MIPS score?

Dr. Gopalakrishnan's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan see?

CMS counts 400 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gopalakrishnan in 2024, with an average age of 77.

What services does Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Gopalakrishnan's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99233) and hospital inpatient care (99239).

What drugs does Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Gopalakrishnan's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amlodipine Besylate, Atorvastatin Calcium and Lisinopril.

Has Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,778 in general payments to Dr. Gopalakrishnan from 9 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Janssen Research & Development, LLC.

How long has Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan been practicing?

Dr. Gopalakrishnan graduated from medical school in 1992, 34 years ago.

Does Dr. Santosh Kumar Gopalakrishnan do research?

Dr. Gopalakrishnan has worked on 1 clinical trial.

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