Dr. Dinakar Golla, MD

  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery physician
NPI1164561379PAC ID4082699673
Medicare services, 2024
1,389
Medicare patients, 2024
160
Part D claims, 2024
21
Publications
2
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Practice phone
Call (412) 647-2345
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Primary practice

UPMC Presbyterian

Hospital · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Dr. Dinakar Golla is a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dr. Golla practices at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Dr. Golla's NPI, 1164561379, was assigned on February 5, 2007. Dr. Golla graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1999. Dr. Golla holds Pennsylvania license MD424542.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4082699673
NPI enumeration date
February 5, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(412) 647-2345
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
53
Medical school graduation
1999

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

Dr. Dinakar Golla practices at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dr. Golla's primary practice is UPMC Presbyterian, at 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 in Allegheny County. The practice phone is (412) 647-2345.

  • UPMC Presbyterian
    200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 · Allegheny CountyPhone(412) 647-2345

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Dr. Dinakar Golla is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Golla's primary practice is UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Golla is also affiliated with Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh / UPMC. The medical group on file is Golla Center for Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI also links Dr. Golla to 1 more hospital and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Dinakar Golla's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UPMC PresbyterianAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Dinakar Golla is one of 87 plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in Pennsylvania

Plastic and reconstructive surgery is Dr. Golla's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0122X. Dr. Golla is licensed in Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense MD424542 · taxonomy 2086S0122X

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Dr. Dinakar Golla billed Medicare for 1,389 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,389 Medicare services from Dr. Golla across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 160 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $136,359 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,389
Medicare patients160
Paid by Medicare$136,359
Procedure codes13

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1942024: 573195%
Imaging
2023: 02024: 560
Other services
2023: 02024: 256

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

  • In an office1,03074%
  • In a facility35926%

Dr. Golla compared with the Pennsylvania median for plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Golla
  • Pennsylvania median
Medicare services
1,389vs 8216.9 times
Medicare patients
160vs 9078% above
Part D claims
18vs 3040% below

Medians across 84 plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Golla'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. Dinakar Golla treated 160 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 160 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Golla in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 79 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 24% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.48, 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. Golla's median patient age at 64, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024160
Average age73
Average risk score2.48
Also on Medicaid24%

Dr. Golla's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Golla's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7849%
  • Men8251%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis54%
  4. Diabetes44%
  5. Ischemic heart disease44%
  6. Heart failure41%
  7. Anxiety40%
  8. Mood disorders40%

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

Dr. Golla's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men45%

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

Dr. Dinakar Golla wrote 21 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Golla wrote 21 Medicare Part D claims. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 18 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $2,058 in total drug cost. In 2016, CMS named 25 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202421
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$2,058

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

  • Generic20 claims95%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims5%

Dr. Golla's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2018

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, 2016 to 2018

  • 2016
  • 2018
Claims for drugs CMS names
2016: 252018: 1828%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2018, 2 in 2016.

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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. Dinakar Golla ranks in the 80th percentile for removal of tissue in Medicare

Dr. Golla accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 56 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Golla, more than 80% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Golla ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of tissue
80th percentile56 procedures
Removal or shaving of skin growth
76th percentile37 procedures
Removal of skin lesions
70th percentile36 procedures
Skin biopsy
66th percentile34 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 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. Dinakar Golla has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Golla.

Papers2

Recent publications by Dr. Golla

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Dr. Dinakar Golla received $159,471 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 492 general payments to Dr. Golla from 71 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 53% of the total. Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. paid the most, $44,412. It also lists 4 research payments totaling $30,000 in 2017.

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

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

$159.5Kin total
  • Consulting fees$84,23153%
  • Honoraria$25,25016%
  • Food and beverage$18,21511%
  • Gifts$17,15111%
  • Other$14,5819%

Companies that paid Dr. Golla 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

Dr. Dinakar Golla graduated from Boston University School of Medicine

Dr. Golla graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1999.

  1. Medical schoolBoston University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Dinakar Golla'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Dinakar Golla's NPI number?

Dr. Dinakar Golla's NPI number is 1164561379. It was assigned on February 5, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Dinakar Golla?

Dr. Dinakar Golla is a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 2086S0122X).

Where does Dr. Dinakar Golla practice?

Dr. Golla practices at 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Dr. Golla's primary practice is UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Golla to 1 hospital and 1 ambulatory surgery center.

What is Dr. Dinakar Golla's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Golla is (412) 647-2345.

What is Dr. Dinakar Golla's medical license number?

Dr. Golla holds Pennsylvania license MD424542.

Which hospitals is Dr. Dinakar Golla affiliated with?

Dr. Golla practices at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Golla is also affiliated with Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh / UPMC. Dmand AI links Dr. Golla to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Dinakar Golla part of?

Dr. Golla is linked to Golla Center for Plastic Surgery.

Does Dr. Dinakar Golla accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Golla billed Medicare for 1,389 services in 2024, and Dr. Golla accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Dinakar Golla see?

CMS counts 160 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Golla in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Dinakar Golla bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Golla's most billed Medicare services were radiation oncology (77280), medicare service (G6001) and radiation oncology (77401).

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Where did Dr. Dinakar Golla go to medical school?

Dr. Golla graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1999.

What drugs does Dr. Dinakar Golla prescribe most?

In 2018 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Golla's most prescribed drugs by claims were Lidocaine-Prilocaine.

Has Dr. Dinakar Golla received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $159,471 in general payments to Dr. Golla from 71 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.

How long has Dr. Dinakar Golla been practicing?

Dr. Golla graduated from medical school in 1999, 27 years ago.

Does Dr. Dinakar Golla do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Golla.

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